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Writing Curricular Calendar, Second Grade, 2011-2012 22Then I thought, "Hey, this is just like what writers do! When they finish a piece, just like Ifinished my stir fry, they can change things to make their writing better." We call this revision.Show a thumbs up if you've been revising your writing already this year. I know you know allabout revision. Well, writers, as you know, are constantly revising their work.Teaching PointToday, I am going to teach you that writers are like cooks. Whenever good cooks think they'redone, they taste their food and think about what else it needs. Writers, we do the same thing! Wedon’t say we’re done—we read our writing to decide what we can do to make it better. We addthings, we take things away, and we change things until our writing piece (like our cooking) isthe very best it can be.TeachingLet's try this with our All-about book about School. I know that you already know how to dothis, but watch me as I try it first. I'm going to "taste" the piece first by re-reading it. (Read thechapter aloud.) Well, that was pretty good! But I bet it could be even better. Hmm. What can Ido? I know, I could add labels to the picture. Okay, that's better. But what else could make itbetter? I could add some more information by adding another sentence to go with this one,maybe. Oh, and this part doesn't really make sense here—I'm going to cross it out to rewrite thatsentence. It looks like I am going to need a revision strip to add to the middle.(Turn and lean in closer to the students.)Did you see that, Second Graders? I didn’t just say “I’m done!” I reread and said, “How can Imake this better?” I added to the picture, I added to the words, and I took out a part that didn’tmake sense. I also used a revision strip when I didn’t have room to add more details to my story.Active InvolvementNow it's your turn. Look through your writing folder and pull out a piece you've already finished.Read through the first few chapters and think about what you could do to make this piece better.Could you add more to the words? Are there some words that don't belong? Does it all makesense? (Give the students a few minutes to read.) Now please turn to your partner and share afew things that you already see that you could do to revise your piece. Partner A, please start.(Circulate, listen, coach.) Okay, now it's partner B's turn. (Circulate, listen, coach.)(You may decide that you want to share a couple of examples of things that students are decidingto do to revise their first chapter. If your students need more time, after you have shared anexample or two, have them to try again on the second chapter.)LinkI want you to remember that writers are like cooks—we don't just say "I'm done," we read ourwriting and think, "What can I do to make my writing even better?" Today and every day, whenyou finish a piece of writing, re-read it to see what you can do to make it better—revise it! Let'swatch as Table Group One returns to their desks and begins revising their writing...Wow. DidUnit One – Launching with NonfictionReading and Writing Project, 2011 ©DRAFT
Writing Curricular Calendar, Second Grade, 2011-2012 23you see that? Did you see how they got started? Someone already started to add to her picture,another person got a revision strip to add more to the page. I bet someone else will be crossingout those parts that don’t make sense! Group One really went right to their desks and beganrevising. Okay, off you go writers.Unit One – Launching with NonfictionReading and Writing Project, 2011 ©DRAFT
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