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Writing Curricular Calendar, Second Grade, 2011-2012 20make a collection that isn't just good....but that is great.Like Sasha, am I right that you looked over your silly bands and decided that you would make acollection of pink silly bands, so you traded away your green ones, and now almost all of yoursare pink? Is that right? And am I right that there’s at least one silly band collection which is allanimal stuff....is that right?Well, what I want to tell you today is that what you are doing with your silly bands is the samething that professional writers do when we write all about books, letters and stories. I know youguys are only eight, and you aren't exactly professional authors yet...but the work you are doingwith your silly bands is so grown up and so writerly, that I wonder if you'd be willing to trydoing the same sort of stuff with your books and letters. You game?Teaching PointToday what I want to teach you specifically is that writers don't just put together any old pieceand then say, "I'm done." No sir-y! You know how you look at your silly band collections andthink, “How can I make this go from good to great?" Well, writers ask the same thing when welook at our stories, All-about books, and letters. We ask, “How can I make this go from good togreat?” And the secret to making our writing go from good to great is something you guysalready know because it is what you do with your silly bands. The secret is that writers plan. Weeither sketch it, tell it, or even jot a couple of notes about what we will write. This helps us to getour ideas and words organized and clear before we start writing or revising.(Teachers, we invite you to create your own teaching, active involvement and link, based on yourown writing plans and writing project.)Sample Minilesson EBy Antonella Della Gala, Lynette Vieira & Hindie WeissmanConnectionWriters, you know Mrs. Phelps and I are exercise partners, right? Well, we work together so thatwe can become stronger. (I demonstrate a muscle man gesture). You know the other day wewent down to Crystal Cove and Mrs. Phelps said to me, "Look, we walked up to Trader Joe's lastweek and I noticed that you didn't get tired. I think we can go a little farther today." I said,"Okay."Guess what happened when Mrs. Phelps said to me, "You can do it!” I did go farther and I gotstronger. Next week she's probably going to try to get me to go even farther.Teaching PointWell, guess what, writers? Writers have partners to help us do just the same thing. Today I wantto teach you that partners help each other become stronger writers. We help each other not justby noticing how much our partner has become a stronger writer but what kinds of goals we canset together. Just like Mrs. Phelps helped me, you can help your partner become a stronger writerand set ambitious goals together.Unit One – Launching with NonfictionReading and Writing Project, 2011 ©DRAFT
Writing Curricular Calendar, Second Grade, 2011-2012 21TeachingPresley, would you mind being my partner today? Writers, would you all watch while Presleyand I work together so that we can become stronger writers. Presley, let’s look at your worktogether. Now watch as I notice some things that Presley has done. Presley, I noticed that sincethe beginning of the year your booklets have grown from two pages to four pages. Am I right?Wow, that’s double.Now I am going to help Presley by thinking about a new goal for his writing, to help him geteven stronger! Just think, three weeks from now, I can imagine your books will grow evenlonger… maybe they will be even eight pages. Wow! I think you can do it, don’t you? Thatseems like a big goal, but a good one! You want to try to work towards that goal?Did you see, writers, how I thought about what Presley had accomplished and we set a goal forwhat he could work on?Active InvolvementWriters, now I want you to pull out your folders. Partner One will you look at your partner’swork and see how much his or her writing has grown. Tell your partner what you have noticed.Then set a goal together!After a few minutes have Partner Two do the same. As the children are looking at each other'swork and talking, this is a time for you to listen in on their conversations. In a minute or so youwill want to share out what a couple of partners noticed and the goals that they set.LinkWriters, you have a lot to say to one another! Great job. I bet you want to keep going with thiswork. Remember that any time you work with a partner you are trying to help that personbecome stronger! You are helping your partner write the best she can so that the reader of herwork will be able to know as much as possible. One thing you can do is look over each other’swork and tell your partner about what you notice about how she has grown as a writer. Then youtwo can make plans and goals together to help you get even stronger. Okay, now off you go towriting!Sample Minilesson F-By Nancy Schroeder, Gregory, Marc Morrison, and Andrea BodleyConnectionWriters, last night when I was making stir fry for my friends, I finished and said "Phew, I amdone!" Then I tried a little taste and said, "This tastes good...but I bet it can be even better.What can I do to make it taste even better, so that my friends are really impressed?" I looked inmy refrigerator to see what else I had and I found some peppers. I chopped up the peppers andtossed them into the pan. I stirred it up and took a taste. "Mmmm, this is good!" I thought. Butcould it be even better? Maybe I could add just a little bit of salt." I shook some salt into the pan,stirred it again, and took another taste. "YUM!" I said. "This is amazing! My friends will be soimpressed. I'm so glad I decided to add those peppers and that salt!"Unit One – Launching with NonfictionReading and Writing Project, 2011 ©DRAFT
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