Research Writing

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Research Writing
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Data BankAfter taking notes, students fill in
chart to help organize their data.
Looks Like (Physical Attributes) Se Mira como Lives Vive Eats Come Interesting Fact Hecho Interesante Interesting Fact Hecho Interesante

tadpoles live in water on rain forest floor
eating algae
lime green, blue stripes, orange feet and big red
eyes
In the trees in the rain forest canopy.
males have vocal sac, females do not
hunts for insects
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If I Were A ________

• Use your data bank for the information and follow
  this pattern
• Line 1 Name the thing you want to be.
• Line 2 Tell how you look.
• Line 3 Tell where you live.
• Line 4 Name one thing you eat.
• Line 5 Tell an interesting fact about you.
• Line 6 Tell a second interesting fact about you
• Line 7 Tell what you are.

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• If I Were A
• By
• If I Were A
• .
• .
• .
• .
• .
• If I were a

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If I Were A Red-Eye Tree Frog
If I were a red-eyed tree frog. I would be lime
green, have blue stripes, orange feet and big red
eyes! I would live in the trees in the rain
forest canopy. I would hunt and eat
insects. If I were a male frog, I would have a
vocal sac, but since I am a female, I would just
listen! I would start life as a tadpole swimming
in the water on the rain forest floor eating
algae, yuck! If I were a red-eyed tree frog.
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If I Were A Red-Eye Tree FrogBy Mrs. Lanford

• If I were a red-eyed tree frog.
• I would be lime green, have blue stripes, orange
  feet and big red eyes!
• I would live in the trees in the rain forest
  canopy.
• I would hunt and eat insects.
• If I were a male frog, I would have a vocal sac,
  but since I am a female, I would just listen!
• I would start life as a tadpole swimming in the
  water on the rain forest floor eating algae,
  yuck!
• If I were a red-eyed tree frog.

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Teacher Resources for Writing

• Interactive Writing (2000) by Andrea McCarrier,
  Gay Su Pinnell Irene Fountas
• What Did I Write? (1990) by Marie Clay
• Writing Teachers and Children at Work ( 1983) by
  Donald Graves
• The Art of Teaching Writing (1994) by Lucy
  Calkins
• Writing Workshop Working Through the Hard
  Parts(And Theyre All Hard Parts( 2001) by Katie
  Wookd Ray
• Writing Essentials (2005) and Conversations
  (2000) by Regie Routman
• Teaching Writing Balancing Process and Product 4
  ed. ( 2004) by Gail Tompkins
• Writing Workshop ( 2001), Nonfiction Craft
  Lessons (2001) by Ralph Fletcher and Joann
  Portalupi