Unit 2 Writing Unit of Study

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Unit 2 - Writing Unit of Study

• Small Moment Writing in Personal Narrative

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Unit 2 Teaching Point 1 Writers Use a
Timeline to Come Up with Stories to Write About!

• They think about their life and put the events in
  order.
• They draw a line and write dates on the line.
• (The line can go sideways or up and down.
  Sideways horizontal up and down
  vertical
• 3. Finally, they add information in order so
  they remember all the important events..

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Unit 2 Teaching Point 2 Writers Zoom in on
a Small Moment

• They choose one of the moments from their life.
  (Use the timeline to help you remember.)
• Zoom in on the most important part.
• Tell it across your fingers.
• Then sketch and write the story.

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Unit 2 Teaching Point 3 Writers Choose a
Writing Topic Using an Idea Bag

• Writers collect ideas every day!
• They think at first about the Watermelon Story.
  
• (The great big story. Example going to a
  baseball game)
• Then they zoom in to the SEED.
• (Example The moment your favorite player
  it a homerun the moment you saw
  yourself on the giant scoreboard
  the moment you had your first taste of cotton
  candy.)

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Writing Unit 2 Teaching Point 4Writers use
small actions to stretch out the heart of the
Small Moment

• Writers close their eyes zooming in to
• make a mind movie of that small moment
  .
• They ask themselves What was my body doing?
• What was happening around me?
• Writers then sketch and write in great detail
  about the things that were happening o that the
  reader can picture it and make a movie in their
  mind.

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• Writing Unit 2 Teaching Point
  5Writers revise by adding to their small moment
  using internal thinking.
• Writers ask themselves questions like
• what was I thinking at that moment.
• They write in such detail that the reader
• feels like they were right there.
• 3. Writers include their internal thinking
  to help the reader do a mind movie.

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Writing Unit 2 Teaching Point 5
(Expanded)Writers revise by adding to their
small moment using internal thinking.
Writers make their writing
better by rereading their writing,
closing their eyes, and asking
themselves What was I
thinking at that moment?
I dont want to go. Please dont make me go!
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• Writing Unit 2
  Teaching Point 6
• Writers can write a good beginning for their
  stories by writing a story like setting
  beginning.
• They include when the story takes place
• - the time of day On a summer evening
• - the month In early September
• - the time of year Late last winter
• They include where the story takes place
• - where in my back yard
• at the beach

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• A Story-Like Setting Beginning Might Include
• They include when the story takes place
• - the time of day On a summer evening
• - the month In early September
• - the time of year Late last winter
• They include where the story takes place
• - where in my back yard
• at the beach
• at school

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Writing Unit 2 Teaching Point 7 One way that
writers create good endings is by including
Close-in-to-the Moment Endings. 1.
End in the moment with the next
thing that happened 2. You might include
a thought 3. You might include a
feeling
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• Writing Unit 2 Teaching Point 8
• Writers choose a piece of their writing
  to publish.
• They look through their writing pieces.
• 2. They choose the one they like the most.
• 3. They choose a piece they think others
  will enjoy too.

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• Writing Unit 2 Teaching Point 8
• Writers edit their stories by looking for run
  on and
• rambling sentences.
• Look for words like and, then, so, but.
  We call these Wimpy Words.
• Put a dot under these words.
• Reread the sentences without the dotted word. If
  it makes sense, cross out the word.
• Remember to place a period at the end of the
  sentence and to capitalize the next word.

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• Writing Unit 2 Teaching Point 9
• How to Edit for Run On
• and Rambling Sentences
• Put a dot under the words and, then, so, and
  but everywhere they appear in your writing
• 2. Reread those sentences. If the sentence
  makes sense when you reread it without the dotted
  word, you should cross the word out.
• Place a period before the crossed
• out the word and capitalize the
  first word in the next sentence.

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• Writing Unit 2 Teaching
  Point 10
• Writers punctuate dialogue in their writing by
  using quotation marks and ending punctuation
  because it helps our readers understand who is
  speaking.
• They find the words the speaker said.
• They put quotation marks around the spoken
  words.
• They use commas and punctuation too.

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Heres the way you punctuate dialogue. I dont
want to go, I thought. Mom said, Honey, you
look scared. I am, I admitted. Thats when
mom said, Ill ask the doctor if I could hold
your hand.
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• Writing Unit 2 Teaching Point
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• Writers study words in their stories
  in order to spell them correctly
• They circle words that dont look right.
• 2. Writers use many spelling strategies
• - use your dictionary
• - use the word wall
• - use a personal word wall
• - look at word family patterns

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• Writing Unit 2 Teaching Point 12
• Partners can help us prepare our pieces for an
  audience by asking specific questions about our
  piece.
• They ask us to explain what we meant.
• 2. They help us catch mistakes that we might
  not notice.
• 3. They ask tell me more questions.

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• How are you doing as a writer?
• 1 little evidence 2 some evidence 3
  clear evidence 4 clear and effective
  evidence
• Writers generate their own ideas for writing
  stories that are focused on a
• small moment.
• Writers plan by first sketching the moment across
  several pages. Writers show some evidence of
  planning their story.
• Writers use several strategies to elaborate or
  stretch out moments.
• Writers use a variety of strategies to write
  effective beginnings and endings
• Writers use a variety of strategies to study and
  spell words correctly.
• Writers attempt to edit for run on and rambling
  sentences.
• Writers punctuate dialogue correctly.
• Writers work well with a partner.