Content Writing Informational PowerPoint (November 6, 2012 PD)

 

More Resources and Information About Text Features and Writing

Click Here Common Core Resources

 

Tons of Resources on Text Features

http://www.pendercountyschools.net/departments/instructional_support_services/language_arts/__3-5_literacy_coach/nonfictiontext_features/

Text Feature Scanning.doc

 

 

Writing

http://www.pendercountyschools.net/departments/instructional_support_services/language_arts/__3-5_literacy_coach/writing_6_1_traits/

 

Reading Critically

 

Bookmark on Text Coding Codingthetex.doc

Reading Critically http://science.nsta.org/enewsletter/2004-07/tst0210_56.pdf

 

 Text Structure

text structure 3-5 packet.pdf

Text Structures Graphic Organizers.doc

text+structure+sort.fcrr.pdf

Targeting Text StructurePD good partic.ppt

text-structure-slideshow.pd

text structure book list.pdf

TextStructureQuestionsExamples.doc'

 

 

MUCH MORE on Text Features   click here resources for Text Features

teaching text features.pdf

out of rubble text feature ws.pdf

out of rubble.pdf

 

Using Rafts

rafts.pdf

 

Writing to Learn

writing to learn activities.pdf

Argument/Informational Ideas/Templates--look in back of packet Integrating Reading and Writing.pdf

 

Persuasive Lesson Online

http://www.readwritethink.org/classroom-resources/student-interactives/persuasion-30034.html

 

Persuasive Lesson

http://www.readwritethink.org/classroom-resources/lesson-plans/convince-developing-persuasive-writing-56.html

Ideas for Teaching Debate/Argument http://www.kyrene.org/schools/brisas/sunda/debate/teaching_debate.htm

 

3rd Grade Persuasive Unit http://www.pkwy.k12.mo.us/candd/curriculumareas/CommArts/documents/FINAL3WritingPersuasiveLetters.pdf

 

2nd-4th grade  Persuasive Unit 

http://www.teachingwithpurpose.com/EDUC651/LanguageArts_Unit_SecondGrade.doc

 

Round Table to teach point of view or argument

Have students look at content piece from 4 different points of view, 4 settings, 4 time periods,, etc.

round table.pdf

 

Technology

Kids Created Animation

http://www.zimmertwins.com/

http://www.zooburst.com/zb_pricing.php

 

Create Comic Strips

http://www.bitstrips.com/

http://www.makebeliefscomix.com/

http://superherosquad.marvel.com/create_your_own_comic

Build your own wild self! http://www.buildyourwildself.com/

 

Talking Pictures --use for Reporting (Sci/Math-explain math problem/SS topics)

http://www.voki.com/

http://blabberize.com/

 

 

READING CLOSELY/CRITICALLY

• What is the author's purpose?
• Who's voice dominates and who's is missing?
• Who is target for this information and why?
• What benefits does the author have in taking this view?
• How does the information (not) apply to me and my beliefs?
• What practices are being taught, shaped or valued?

After identifying the author and the author's intent, continue seeking answers:

• How this information be interpreted differently in different contexts?
• What could be the assumptions behind the statements?
• How do you think the author understands reality? What could be shaping his/her understanding?
• Who decides (what is real, can be known or needs to be done) in whose name and for whose benefit in this context?
• What could be the implications of his/her claims (past/present/future: social, environmental, economic, etc…)?

 

Lesson Ideas

climate.pdf

political.pdf

historicalbiographies.pdf

earthscience.pdf 

solarsystem raft 2-3rd.pdf  

 

Additional Ideas For All Content Areas-Click on Title for PDF Organizer

*From http://writingfix.com/WAC/WackyWeSearch.htm

Also, a great resource: 51 Wacky We-Search Reports: Face the Facts With Fun by Barry Lane and Miles Bodimeade

 

• Summarize with a Traditional Haiku -- You can't really plagiarize a haiku from the encyclopedia or text book, can you? Teach this simple format to your students and have them create a single haiku or a series of haikus to show they can summarize information.

 

• Summarize with a Haiku Variation -- Here's a variation of the haiku format--instead of seventeen syllables, the writer uses seventeen words.

 

• Summarize with an Acrostic --You can't really plagiarize an acrostic poem from the encyclopedia or text book, can you? Teach this simple format to your students and have them create a single acrostic or a series of acrostics to show they can summarize information about vocabulary words.

 

• Summarize with the Alphabet Book Format -- An alphabet book makes a great group-writing summary assignment. Can you come up with 26 words or ideas (all beginning with different letters of the alphabet) that summarize a topic? Here's a worksheet to help students plan theirs.

 

• Summarize with a Research Recipe -- Here's a great summarizing assignment: translate research into the format of a recipe. What "ingredients" do you need to summarize a topic? What do you do with those ingredients to "cook up" your topic?

 

• Summarize with a Board Game--Version 1 -- This is another great group-writing task: have your students design a board game that summarizes their topic. Here's a template to help them design their board.

 

• Summarize with a Board Game--Version 2 -- Here's a second template for a board game, in case the first version doesn't appeal to your students.