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Template for Comparison/Contrast Persuasive Writing Lesson
Lesson title: [Click here and type title]
Mentor Text or Texts to be used in this lesson: [Click here and type names of mentor texts]
Three-sentence overview of your Comparison/Contrast lesson. (Tip: You may want to type this last!)
[Click here and type your three-sentence overview]
6-Trait overview. (What is your FOCUS skill and your SUPPORTING SKILL?)
[Click here and explain your FOCUS and SUPPORTING Skills]
Writing Across the Curriculum Topics:
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Using the Mentor Text Skillfully: (Explain your activities that would help your students find inspiration in the mentor text)
[Click here and share your step-by-step mentor text instructions.]
Teacher/Student Models: (Either type your teacher/student model below or attach it separately)
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A Tool/Task from the Comparison/Contrast Guide: (For this type of lesson, you will need to make use of one of the provided tools—or an adaptation of—from the Orange Comparison/Contrast Guide. Which tool/task will you use, and how will you use it to promote writing or thinking?)
[Click here to type the tool's name and its page number.]
[Click here to type your step-by-step instructions for using this tool with this lesson.]
Encouraging Student Talk throughout the Writing Process: (At what points in your lesson will students talk to each other about the writing?)
[Click here and type ideas to share with other teachers]
Publishing Suggestions: (How might you encourage creative publishing to better invest students in the writing task?)
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