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Presented by Randi Whitney
The Writing Academy
1 Introduction
Personal Narrative
Expository
Special Things to Remember and Rubrics
The Run-Down
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3
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Picture
Statement
Charge (Prompt)
Read
Scaffolded Read, Think, Write
Personal Narrative Expository
Think
Write
Magnifying Telescoping Linear
Writing
Starred
Writing
All Lead to Great Lifetime Writing !!!
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Different activities fill all of our lives. Some activities
are independent, while others are more fun when we
participate with people we love.
Write about a time when you participated in your
favorite activity.
Magnifying – Personal Narrative ONLY
Example Text
1. Football
2. Hide and seek
3. Kickball
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Magnifying – Personal Narrative ONLY
Example Text
1. Football
2. Hide and seek
3. Kickball
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Magnifying – Personal Narrative ONLY
Example Text
1. Football
2. Hide and seek
3. Kickball
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Magnifying – Personal Narrative ONLY
Example Text
1. Football
2. Hide and seek
3. Kickball
1. The storm
2. My homerun kick
3. Sliding head first
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Magnifying – Personal Narrative ONLY
Example Text
1. I never thought that a simple game of
kickball at recess would be so scary
as the day that storm rolled in.
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Magnifying – Personal Narrative ONLY
Example Text
1. I never thought that a simple game of
kickball at recess would be so scary
as the day that storm rolled in.
2. My first homerun kick during recess
made me the most popular kid in my
class.
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Magnifying – Personal Narrative ONLY
Example Text
1. I never thought that a simple game of
kickball at recess would be so scary
as the day that storm rolled in.
2. My first homerun kick during recess
made me the most popular kid in my
class.
3. Recess turned into a trip to the nurse
when I decided to slide head first
during a game of kickball.
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Magnifying – Personal Narrative ONLY
Example Text
1. I never thought that a simple game of
kickball at recess would be so scary
as the day that storm rolled in.
2. My first homerun kick during recess
made me the most popular kid in my
class.
3. Recess turned into a trip to the nurse
when I decided to slide head first
during a game of kickball.
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Magnifying – Personal Narrative ONLY
Example Text
1. Football
2. Hide and seek
3. Kickball
1. The storm
2. My homerun kick
3. Sliding head first
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The Magnifying Poem
When you first see a prompt,
You’ll know what to do.
Magnify once, and then
Another makes two.
The ideas you’ve circled
Are so very grand.
Think of your central idea,
And you’ve started your plan!
Looking Ahead
In Seventh Grade, the prompts
will have a more symbolic
picture and will want the writer
to think deeper.
“Sometimes we hit a bull’s eye.” This saying means
that we do something exactly right.
Write about a time you tried something that was
successful. Be sure and include what you learned
from your success.
Telescoping
Telescoping is the art of writing only about one
topic. This is what will make the terms, “going
off on a tangent” or “off topic,” more concrete
and meaningful to a student.
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Linear-vs-
Starring
The Human Paragraph
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Different activities fill all of our lives. Some activities
are independent, while others are more fun when we
participate with people we love.
Write about a time when you participated in your
favorite activity.
Linear Writing
Activities Baseball Jogging Science Lab Sewing
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Two Attributes for Linear
1. Order does NOT matter.
2. All sentences are connected back
to the central idea.
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Magnifying – Personal Narrative ONLY
Example Text
1. Sewing
2. Jogging
3. Baseball
1. The big win
2. My homerun
3. Friends
Starred Writing
1. I learned more from baseball than any
other sport I have ever played.
.
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Starred Writing
1. I learned more from baseball than any
other sport I have ever played.
2. One game we were losing by two
runs, and our weakest player was up
to bat.
.
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Starred Writing
1. I learned more from baseball than any
other sport I have ever played.
2. One game we were losing by two
runs, and our weakest player was up
to bat.
3. I just knew he was going to strike
out.
.
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Starred Writing
1. I learned more from baseball than any
other sport I have ever played.
2. One game we were losing by two
runs, and our weakest player was up
to bat.
3. I just knew he was going to strike
out.
4. Our coach told us to never
give up on anyone.
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Starred Writing
1. I learned more from baseball than any
other sport I have ever played.
2. One game we were losing by two
runs, and our weakest player was up
to bat.
3. I just knew he was going to strike
out.
4. Our coach told us to never
give up on anyone.
5. He was right, because my friend
wound up batting in the winning run!
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Starred Writing
1. I learned more from baseball than any
other sport I have ever played.
2. One game we were losing by two
runs, and our weakest player was up
to bat.
3. I just knew he was going to strike
out.
4. Our coach told us to never
give up on anyone.
5. He was right, because my friend
wound up batting in the winning run!
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Two Attributes for Starring
1. Order DOES matter!
2. All sentences are connected
back to the previous sentence.
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Comparing Linear & Starring
Linear Starring
Order does NOT matter. Order DOES matter!
All sentences are
connected back to
the central idea.
All sentences are
connected back to the
previous sentence.
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A Tactile Star
2 main rules for creating a star…
1. Do not pass directly left or right.
2. Do not pass to someone who
already has the yarn. (Once everyone
has yarn, keep passing in the same pattern.)
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The Narrative FoldableLet’s make a Blue Print!
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Voice Killers
The Writing Academy’s
List of Extinct Words
• thing
• cool
• like
• good
• bad
• sure
• very
• mean
• nice
• there
Caution
about
Vocabulary
Choice
The Writing Academy’s
List of Extinct Phrases
• Hi, my name is…
• I am going to tell you…
• Once upon a time…
• I hope you liked my paper….
• The End
A Caution About Settings
Voice Builders
Use Creative Transitions
My First Rodeo (BINGO)
15-17
A Friend in Need
18-19
Sample Voice Paragraphs
Statements that Elicit Voice
20-24
Introductions
Quotes, Emotions, Scoops
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Conclusions
Altruism
26
Reflection
Moral
Look Forward
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Expository Writing
Expository Introductions
Thesis Statements
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Write an essay about your favorite team sport.
Baseball
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Listed Expository Ideas
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OCTO Surgery
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How & Why CAFÉ
Develo
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make a
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Why
How Anecdote
Fact
ExampleCaution
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Build the I-Write Plan
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The I-Write Plan
Introduction
Conclusion
Main Body
33-37
Double-Dipped Prompts
Making and Keeping a Friend
Second part of
the promptFirst part of the
prompt
What’s the plan on the day of the STAAR Test?
Read
Reminders:
Blank space to brainstorm
Think
Reminders
Write
Conclusion
Introduction
Main Body
Prewriting
• List ideas to use
• Skip space to leave room
for splashing
Conclusion Area
Introduction Area
Main Body Area
Rubrics
38-41
Review:
From Prompt to Product
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Last Minute Words of Wisdom:
Gained from Responses from the STAAR Pilot Tests
No RepeatsSupport Your Position
Expository Turned Narrative
Your students will be STAND-OUTS!!!
Personal Narrative Expository
Congratulations!
Also take time to pray for your children and that they remember all of the great things you have
taught them!
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