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Why We Write: Write down your homework: Free
Write Activity
Today’s Objective
• Students will write routinely over … shorter frame for a specific task or purpose.
Process:
• Take out your warm-up page.
• Turn it over to the back and answer the following questions:– How does the article we read today
connect to this class?– Compare how you read the article, the
website, and the policy handouts.
Writer’s Notebook Set-up
• Divide the spiral in half
• First half – Writing Rubric
• Back half – Vocabulary (we’ll do this tomorrow!)
Writing Rubric
• Homework is collected and graded on Mondays.
• You are responsible for 1 Writing Response and 2 Vocabulary words.
• Each section may earn up to 4 points.
• Let’s focus on the writing for today.
Blocks
• Take three post-it notes from the table.
• On each of the three, write ONE:– adverb or adjective– noun (this should be a common noun such as
“clown”, “box”, “painter”, etc.) – verb
Posters
• Place your post-it on the appropriate chart.
• We will call you by table to choose your new three post-its.
• Once you are seated, you can start writing.
• Directions will be on your table.
Noun Verb Adj/Adv
DirectionsIt’s time to think outside the box! Using the
words on your post-it notes, write a descriptive paragraph below. Remember that you cannot be wrong!
For example, if I choose:
N: frogA: lazy V: played
I could write about a “lazy frog that played” or a “frog that played lazily”
Homework
• Glue your BINGO board onto the back of the first page in your Writer’s Notebook.
• Choose one (OR more) of these activities for tonight.
• Remember to include all elements – including that artistic component!
Closure: Index Cards
• Write your name on the index card.
• On your index card, decide what score your descriptive paragraph should earn.
• Explain your thinking.