laurie’s letter text-based writing prompt “charles” by shirley jackson

LAURIE’S LETTERTEXT-BASED WRITING PROMPT

“Charles” By Shirley Jackson

Graphic Organizer

Paragraph Topics

1- Physical Attacks

2- Verbal Offenses

3- Disruptive Behavior

Points within Paragraph 1

Physical Attacks

1- Hit the

teacher

2-Hit a girl on the

head and made her

bleed; punched a boy in the stomach

3- Kicked

the teacher’s friend

Points within Paragraph 2

Verbal Offense

s

1- Got Fresh

(2)

3- Cursed 3 times

2- Told a girl to say

a bad word-twice

Points within Paragraph 3

Disruptive

Behavior

1- Threw Chalk

3- Stomped his feet

2- Yelled during story hour

Full Picture

Laurie’s Poor School Behavior

Disruptive

Behavior

Stomped his feet

Yelled during story hour

Threw Chalk

Physical Attacks

Hit the teacher

Kicked the

teacher’s friend

Hit a girl on

the head and

punched a boy

Verbal Offenses

Got Fresh

Said bad word

himself

Told girl to say bad

word-twice

ONE SENTENCE AT A TIME.

How do we put it into paragraph form?

Body Paragraph 1- Class Disruptions

(Bun) Topic sentence: (T) Transition:

FirstOne

One difficulty your son is having is with class disruptions.

Paragraph 1-Point 1

Patty 1-(T)OneFirstInitial

Laurie’s foot stomping episode was the first infraction.

Paragraph 1-Point 1-Detail 1

Detail –no transition (what happened/what was the consequence)

The noise was so loud that he was forced to stand in the corner.

Body Paragraph 1-Point 2

Patty 2 (T)-NextThenAnotherSecond

Throwing chalk across the room was another offense he committed.

Body Paragraph 1-Point 2-Detail 2

Detail –no transition (what happened/what was the consequence)

As a result of doing this twice, he lost his chalkboard privileges for a time.

Body Paragraph 1-Point 3

Patty 3 (T)ThirdLastAnotherThen

The last disruptive action was Laurie yelling during class.

Body Paragraph 1-Point 3-Detail 3

Detail –no transition (what happened/what was the consequence)

This unfortunate situation caused your kindergartener to be dismissed from the group, and he wasn’t permitted to participate in the exercises.

Closing Sentence