Teaching Evidence-Based Writing: Fiction

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 Questions Excerpt to Write About: "Eleven" by Sandra Cisneros Lesson 2. Ask and Answer Questions Using Details Write-About-Reading Template: Ask and Answer Questions Excerpts to Write About: Number the Stars by Lois Lowry Lesson 3. Use Details and Examples* Write-About-Reading Template: Back Up Your Thinking Excerpt to Write About: "Saturday at the Canal" by Gary Soto Lesson 4. Quote From the Text* Write-About-Reading Template: Question, Quote, Write! Excerpt to Write About: The Giver by Lois Lowry Lesson 5. Summarize in Literature Write-About-Reading Template: Summary Planner Excerpt to Write About: "The Mythical Story of Arachne" by Emma M. Firth Lesson 6. Cite Evidence That Provides an Analysis* Write-About-Reading Template: Cite Evidence Choice Board Excerpts to Write About: "The Circuit" From The Circuit: Stories From the Life of a Migrant Child by Francisco Jimenez Section 2. Relationships Lesson 7. Describe Characters, Setting, and Sequence Write-About-Reading Template: Look @ Literary Elements Excerpt to Write About: "The Shepherd's Mistake" posted by Brishti Bandyopadhyay in Folktales for Kids Lesson 8. Follow Characters, Setting, and Sequence Over Time* Write-About-Reading Template: Literary Elements Wheel Excerpts to Write About: Fish in a Tree by Lynda Mullaly Hunt Lesson 9. Notice Plot via Character Conflict/Change Write-About-Reading Template: Think About Character Excerpts to Write About: "The Julian Chapter" From Auggie and Me: Three Wonder Stories by R. J. Palacio Lesson 10. Notice How Character Drives Plot* Write-About-Reading Templates: Story Map; Write About Character and Plot Lesson 11. Develop Theories About Characters Write-About-Reading Templates: Create a Theory About Character; Compare/Contrast Characters Lesson 12. Analyze Character* Write-About-Reading Template: Character Essay: Task/Assessment Options Excerpts to Write About: Here Where the Sunbeams Are Green by Helen Phillips Section 3. Themes Lesson 13. Determine Theme in Story Write-About-Reading Template: What's the Theme? Excerpt to Write About: "The Mighty" posted by Brishti Bandyopadhyay in Folktales for Kids Lesson 14. Analyze Development of Theme in Story* Write-About-Reading Template: Pick a Question Excerpts to Write About: The Tiger Rising by Kate DiCamillo Lesson 15. Determine Theme in Poetry Write-About-Reading Template: Find the Evidence Excerpt to Write About: "Mr. Nobody" by Anonymous Lesson 16. Compare and Contrast Theme in Poetry* Write-About-Reading Template: Elements of Poetry Excerpts to Write About: "Dreams" and "Mother to Son" by Langston Hughes Section 4. Point of View Lesson 17. Whose Point of View Is It? Write-About-Reading Templates: Point of View; Point of View: Advanced Excerpts to Write About: I Am the Dog I Am the Cat by Donald Hall Lesson 18. How Point of View Colors the Way a Story Is Told* Write-About-Reading Template: Who Is Telling the Story? Excerpts to Write About: "My First Step to the White House" by Chris Van Allsburg Lesson 19. Compare and Contrast Narration in Different Texts Write-About-Reading Template: Compare POV Excerpts to Write About: "Medusa, Pegasus, and the Chimera" retold by Steven Zorn; Medusa Tells All: Beauty Missing, Hair Hissing by Rebecca Fjelland Davis Lesson 20. Analyze Contrasting Points of View* Write-About-Reading Template: Two Views Excerpts to Write About: Wonder by R. J. Palacio Section 5. Visuals Lesson 21. How Illustrations Add to Meaning/Mood Write-About-Reading Template: Imagine the Story With Pictures Excerpt to Write About: One Day, The End by Rebecca Kai Dotlich Lesson 22. How Illustrations Contribute to Meaning Write-About-Reading Template: How Visual Elements Add to Meaning Excerpts to Write About: The Promise by Nicola Davies Lesson 23. Compare Text to Staged Performance* Write-About-Reading Template: Compare/Contrast Text to Movie or Play Lesson 24. Analyze Text to Drama* Write-About-Reading Template: Analyze Text to Drama: Compare/Contrast Text to Movie or Play Section 6. Words and Structure Lesson 25. Determine the Meaning of Words and Phrases Write-About-Reading Template: Look at Language: Words and Phrases Excerpts to Write About: The Real Boy by Anne Ursu Lesson 26. Understand Figurative Language* Write-About-Reading Template: Figurative Language Collection Excerpts to Write About: Figurative Language: In November by Cynthia Rylant; Like Butter on Pancakes by Jonathan London; Canoe Days by Gary Paulsen Lesson 27. Analyze Overall Structure Write-About-Reading Template: Text Structure Analyzer Excerpts to Write About: No Two Snowflakes by Sheree Fitch Lesson 28. Compare, Contrast, and Analyze Structure Between Texts* Write-About-Reading Template: Compare/Contrast Chart for Organization Excerpts to Write About: Winter Bees and Other Poems of the Cold by Joyce Sidman and Rick Allen REFERENCES