The Important Book Ppt

Book used to help students with organization and idea development when writing.

1. Using Scaffolds to Organize Texts “How to make a text work together in interesting, efficient ways is a challenge all writer’s face…We try to oversimplify this aspect of writing, teaching students to write everything as a story with a chronological beginning , middle, and end or as an essay with 3-5 paragraphs…But I believe for students to write well a repertoire of structural understandings that go beyond these two basic forms.” -Katie Wood Ray, Wondrous Words

2. Take notice to how Margaret Wise Brown organizes and structures her paragraphs.

3. Mrs. D’s IMPORTANT THINGS GRAPHIC ORGANIZER What is your favorite subject in school? How many people are in your family? What are your hobbies or interests?

4. Name: Mrs. D THE IMPORTANT BOOK FORMAT The important thing about ________________________________________ is Really great detail #1 __________________________________________________________ Really great detail #2 _________________________________________________________ Really great detail #3 _________________________________________________________ But the important thing about _________________________________________ is _________________________________________

5. Sentence Starters “Another interesting fact is ………….” “I also learned that ……………..” “Something that may surprise you is …………….”