Westward to Oregon - Rigby

WARMING
UP
Refer to
Day 1.
Day 11
WARMING
UP
Refer to
Day 1.
WHOLE-GROUP INSTRUCTION
Revising drafts to include description
1. Reread with children what you wrote on
Day 9.
2. Encourage children to think of suggestions
that might make the writing more
descriptive. Refer to the lists of figurative
language children made on Days 7 and 8
for ideas. Add children’s suggestions. Suggest
that children also look for correct
capitalization,spelling,and punctuation.
3. Read through the draft again,making sure
that the changes are incorporated correctly
and that they make sense. Explain that it is
the writer’s decision which changes to
include in the final draft.Then,with
children’s help,write a final draft of the
story’s continuation.
• Mini-lesson 43: Adding details
• Mini-lesson 45: Adding interesting words
• Strategy Card: Writers learn from other
writers.
WHOLE-GROUP INSTRUCTION
Celebration
Reread the Big Book Westward
to Oregon, the story
continuation,and any other
products generated during the
previous 10 sessions. Invite
children to share their
thoughts and questions about
the various activities they were
involved in. Allow time for
completion of activities. ✓
SMALL-GROUP/
INDEPENDENT
WORK
Refer to
Day 1.
SMALL-GROUP/
INDEPENDENT
WORK
Day 10
SHARING
TIME
Refer to
Day 1.
Review the various center activities
that children may be involved in
today. On this final day,you may
want to allow children to revisit a
favorite center,to complete work at
one of the centers,or to visit a center
not yet visited while you meet with
guided reading groups.
✓
✓Assessment
• How independent and selfmotivated
were children with
their individual work?
• To what extent were children
able to correlate group lessons
with their individual work?
• Did children support their
opinions with evidence found
in text, illustrations, and
personal experience?
• How did children apply their
knowledge and understanding
of figurative language to their
own writing?
• Were children able to
compare and contrast various
types of genre and articulate
the characteristics of historical
fiction?
• What further instruction do I
need to plan for the
comprehension and literacy
skills covered in this book?
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