Teaching Evidence-Based Writing: Nonfiction

VIDEO CLIPS WRITE-ABOUT-READING TEMPLATES EXCERPTS TO WRITE ABOUT DYNAMIC DUOS: ADDITIONAL IDEAS FOR TEACHING WITH THE TEXTS ACKNOWLEDGMENTS INTRODUCTION Section 1. Evidence Lesson 1. Ask and Answer Questions Write-About-Reading Template: Ask and Answer Questions Excerpt to Write About: "Where Do Tornadoes Come From?" From How Come? Every Kid's Science Questions Explained by Kathy Wollard Lesson 2. Cite Evidence Write-About-Reading Template: Prove It! Excerpt to Write About: "The Storm Factory" From Hurricane Force: In the Path of America's Deadliest Storms by Joseph B. Treaster Lesson 3. Use Quotes to Summarize Text Write-About-Reading Template: Build My Summary Excerpt to Write About: "Saving Cheetahs" by Suzanne Zimbler Lesson 4. Cite and Analyze Write-About-Reading Template: Analyze and Cite Evidence Excerpt to Write About: "The Computer" From What a Great Idea! Inventions That Changed the World by Stephen M. Tomecek Section 2. Relationships Lesson 5. Explain Events, Procedures, or Concepts Write-About-Reading Template: Important Events and Ideas Excerpts to Write About: "Enemy at the Gates" From Science Warriors: The Battle Against Invasive Species by Sneed B. Collard III Lesson 6. Analyze How Authors Introduce, Illustrate, and Elaborate Write-About-Reading Template: Introduce, Illustrate, and Elaborate Excerpts to Write About: Albert Einstein Biographies: Odd Boy Out: Young Albert Einstein by Don Brown; On a Beam of Light: A Story of Albert Einstein by Jennifer Berne; Who Was Albert Einstein? by Jess Brallier; Giants of Science: Albert Einstein by Kathl Lesson 7. Describe Relationships and Interactions Write-About-Reading Template: It's All About Connections Excerpt to Write About: "Opening Doors for Others" From Jackie Robinson: Strong Inside and Out by Denise Lewis Patrick Lesson 8. Analyze the Connections Between People, Events, and Ideas Write-About-Reading Template: Events, Individuals, and Ideas: How Do They Influence? Excerpts to Write About: Influential Speeches: "The Gettysburg Address" by Abraham Lincoln; "I Have a Dream" Speech by Martin Luther King, Jr. Section 3. Main Idea/Central Idea Lesson 9. Identify Main Idea and Details Write-About-Reading Template: Main Idea Excerpts to Write About: "A Hurricane Arrives" From Violent Skies: Hurricanes by Chris Oxlade Lesson 10. Understand Topics and Subtopics Write-About-Reading Template: Topic Sentences Excerpts to Write About: "White Death" From Avalanche! The Deadly Slide by Jane Duden Lesson 11. Determine Central Ideas: Details Write-About-Reading Template: Think About the Central Idea Excerpt to Write About: "How Does a Chameleon Change Its Color?" From How Come? Planet Earth by Kathy Wollard Lesson 12. Determine Multiple Ideas in a Text Write-About-Reading Template: State the Central Idea Excerpt to Write About: Years of Dust: The Story of the Dust Bowl by Albert Marrin Section 4. Point of View Lesson 13. What Is the Author's Purpose? Write-About-Reading Template: Author's Point of View Excerpt to Write About: Foreword by Jane Goodall From Untamed: The Wild Life of Jane Goodall by Anita Silvey Lesson 14. Determine Author's Purpose and Point of View Write-About-Reading Template: Notice Perspective Excerpts to Write About: "Students Lead the Way" and "Retaliation and Intimidation" From The Split History of the Civil Rights Movement by Nadia Higgins Lesson 15. Compare and Contrast Accounts Write-About-Reading Template: Analyze Firsthand and Secondhand Accounts Excerpts to Write About: Freedom's Children: Young Civil Rights Activists Tell Their Own Stories by Ellen Levine Lesson 16. Explore Same Topic, Many Points of View Write-About-Reading Template: Analyze Different Perspectives Excerpts to Write About: Rosa Parks: Rosa by Nikki Giovanni; Rosa Parks: Civil Rights Pioneer by Karen Kelleher; Rosa Parks: My Story by Rosa Parks with Jim Haskins Section 5. Visuals Lesson 17. Mine Maps, Charts, and Other Visuals Write-About-Reading Template: Visuals + Text = Better Understanding Excerpt to Write About: "A Hot Topic" From Everything Volcanoes and Earthquakes by Kathy Furgang Lesson 18. Read Digital and Print Efficiently Write-About-Reading Template: On the Search! Excerpt to Write About: "Drought in the Plains" From The Dust Bowl by Rebecca Langston-George Section 6. Words and Structure Lesson 19. Determine the Meaning of Specialized Words Write-About-Reading Templates: Word Attack!; What Does This Word Mean? Excerpt to Write About: Weather! by Rebecca Rupp Lesson 20. Spot Words That Signal Text Structure Write-About-Reading Template: Dig Into the Structure of the Text Excerpt to Write About: "Death Valley's Super Bloom" by Kio Herrera Lesson 21. Identify Text Structure Write-About-Reading Templates: Look at Structure Across a Text (for Use With Short Texts); Look at Structure Across a Text (for Grades 6-8) Excerpts to Write About: Volcano Facts: "What Is a Volcano?" From Violent Volcanoes by Louise and Richard Spilsbury; Volcanoes by Seymour Simon; "The Volcano Wakes" From Volcano: The Eruption and Healing of Mount St. Helens by Patricia Lauber Lesson 22. Compare and Contrast Overall Structure of Two or More Texts Write-About-Reading Template: Compare and Contrast Text Structure Excerpts to Write About: The Hindenburg Disaster: What Was the Hindenburg? by Janet B. Pascal; You Wouldn't Want to Be on the Hindenburg! A Transatlantic Trip You'd Rather Skip by Ian Graham Lesson 23. Evaluate the Reasoning, Relevance, and Sufficiency of Evidence Write-About-Reading Template: Author's Point Excerpt to Write About: "How Octopuses Change Color" From The Octopus Scientists: Exploring the Mind of a Mollusk by Sy Montgomery Lesson 24. Delineate the Argument and Specific Claims Write-About-Reading Template: Map the Argument Excerpts to Write About: Fatal Fever: Tracking Down Typhoid Mary by Gail Jarrow REFERENCES