E
A
B
C
D
F
G
H
ON the back write your paragraph
response.
What is the best tip you will try to
use in your own writing this year?
How will you use it?
Restate the question
Answer it
Prove your answer using examples or evidence
Thoroughly explain how your examples/evidence
prove your point
What is the best tip you will try to use in your own writing this
year? How will you use it?
My natural tendency is to write every single
thought, and then write them again in another
way because I worry that my reader won’t
T
understand what I mean. As a result, I say too
much. So as I’m writing, I will use Vonnegut’s R
A tip to ‘have the guts to cut.” Often I have three
slides for my lesson that basically say the same P
thing in different ways. That’s unnecessary,
and probably boring.
RW Quiz Q1-Wks 1-2
1.
Name:
Don’t contradict your dad if you want to stay on his good side.
2. A biologist decided it was a species that had never been discovered before.
3. The density of the air in a balloon has to be lower than the air around it for it to float.
4. The ravens encircled the hurt rabbit in an area enclosed by trees.
5. Our city is almost equidistant from the equator and the North Pole.
6. We could use a barometer to tell if the conditions are right for a thunderstorm.
7. The project will certainly fail if we don’t cooperate.
8. Take the anti-toxin just in case you’re allergic to the snake that bit you.
9. Measure the circumference of the basketball and compare it to the size of your hand.
10. A beetle’s empty exoskeleton is sometimes found hanging on a tree.
Per:
A/D
I
E
H
G
B
C
A/D
J
F
Root Word
flu
Definition
Sentence
Pictogram
flow
Liquids are fluid,
which means
they flow.
flu
QW: A “flow” state is when you get lost in whatever you’re doing
and forget about everything else.
What leads to a “flow” state for you?
What is your
#1 writing
goal
for this year?
Write a ‘pithy’ label for
the writing skill you want
to master.
Nonfiction Narrative
Factual story about a person
What are all the kinds of
“narratives” people write?
Nonfiction Narrative
What are all the kinds of
“nonfiction narratives”?
Memoir
Autobiography
Biography
Diary
about one part of a person’s life
about the writer’s whole life
about someone else’s life
journal of one’s life
Nonfiction Narrative
Annotation Practice
1. Genevieve Barrios’ family narrative is the story
of her family’s flight from Mexico to the U.S.
1. How does a person earn the title of “Hero”?
Main Idea
Supporting
Detail
Supporting
Detail
14
While reading, ask yourself…
What is the text mostly about?
Nearly everything in the text relates to…
Main Idea
15
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Main Idea – MI (1-2)
Diction – D (5+)
Logical Order of Events – LogO (1+)
Imagery – Imag (2+)
Author’s Purpose - AP (2-3)
Historical Fact - HI (2-3)
Root Word
Graph,
gram
Definition
Sentence
Draw,
write
Pictograms are
drawings of a
word to show
the word’s
meaning.
Pictogram
GRAM
JW: How would you describe the most important female in your
life? Here’s a sample from one writer:
"She pulls rank all the time and once judo-flipped me onto my back
in a grocery store to remind me where things stood."
What is your writing goal for this year?
“ Here we grew from the
first feeble band to be a
great people, and
covered the whole
country as the clouds
cover the mountains. “
•
Succinct?
(says a lot in a few words – no rambling)
• Authentic Voice?
• Passion for the topic?
“I have come to you, not from
any love for you or for your
great father in Washington, or
from any regard for his or your
wishes, but as a conquered
chief, to try to save the few
people that still remain to me.“
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Main Idea – MI
(1-2)
Author’s Purpose - AP
(2-3)
Diction – D
(5+)
Simile – Sim
(1-2)
Logical Order of Events – Log (1+)
Imagery – Imag
(2+)
Historical Fact - HI
(2-3)
Call to Action – Call
(1)
Cochise as a Writing Model
Cochise …
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writes his thoughts simply
uses strong, precise wording
writes about what interests him
doesn’t ramble
What’s YOUR writing goal?
You’re going to find a passage in Cochise’s
narrative where he actually does this.
For example, Ms. W doesn’t want to ramble.
Cochise said a lot in a single sentence.
“I have come to you, not from
any love for you or for your
great father in Washington, or
from any regard for his or your
wishes, but as a conquered
chief, to try to save the few
people that still remain to me.“
How many ideas are packed into this sentence?
“I have come to you, not from any love for you
or for your great father in Washington, or
from any regard for his or your wishes, but as
a conquered chief, to try to save the few
people that still remain to me.“
How many ideas are packed into this sentence?
2
1
“I have come to you, not from any love for you
3
or for your great father in Washington, or
4
from any regard for his or your wishes, but as
5
6
a conquered chief, to try to save the few
people that still remain to me.“
RAPT Paragraph
Which passage in Cochise’s narrative is the
best example of YOUR writing goal?
Challenge yourself to mix it up in your paragraph!
Restate the question
Answer it
Prove your answer using examples or evidence
Thoroughly explain how your examples/evidence prove your point
Root Word
hydr
Definition
Sentence
Pictogram
water
Becoming
dehydrated
leads to
headaches and
fatigue.
hydr
JW: What are your favorite kinds of water and places with water?
(think about drinking it, swimming in it, seeing it, boating in it…)
Diction Practice pg. 15
Use strong, precise words in order to…
Create an engaging, authentic VOICE!
Say what you REALLY mean.
Avoid RAMBLING.
Example of WEAK wording
There was a dog who had been in an accident
and he lost both of his legs and couldn’t come to
you if you called him.
Example of VAGUE wording
He owned a dog who lost his legs in an accident
and couldn’t come when he called him.
Example of WEAK wording fix up
The dog, a four-leg amputee victim from a run-in
with a vehicle, couldn’t come when called.
Example of VAGUE wording fix up
Daryl’s legless dog, Lucky, couldn’t come when
called thanks to the accident.
Example of a humorous fix up that
resolves vagueness and weak wording
Referring to his dog who’d survived a run-in
with a car, Daryl asked, what do you call a
dog with no legs?
It doesn’t matter; it’s not going to come.
Root Word
hyper
Definition
Sentence
over
The man
suffered from
hypertension, so
he took his
blood pressure
daily.
JW: What makes you hyper?
Pictogram
Root Word
hypo
Definition
Sentence
Pictogram
under
Used hypodermic
needles can expose
people to diseases
because they come
in contact with
blood under the
skin.
hypo
JW: “Why do people risk their lives to get equality?”
Would you? What kind of equality is worth risking your life?