WO+January+20,+2009

Tuesday, January 20th

//Learning Targets:// //I can write clear directions that someone else can follow.// //I can revise my directions so someone else can follow them correctly.//


 * Not all students will be there because of Young Naturalists.

Students either continue with their How-to of brushing your teeth, or start one. When they finish, they read it to a partner, who has to act out exactly what they say. They then revise their How-to based on the problems their partner encounters.

Thursday, January 22nd

//Learning Targets:// //I can write clear directions that someone else can follow.// //I can revise my directions so someone else can follow them correctly.//

Continue revising How-tos. When students finish their teeth-brushing instructions, they can choose something else to write a How-to about. (This is moving toward independence. We began with shared writing of how to make a milkshake; then acted out teeth-brushing and had students start to write their own teeth-brushing instructions; now they do an independent How-to).

Provide a list of potential How-to topics that are simple enough that students can do them.

Mini-lesson for the day: Demonstrate again how to share your How to with a partner, who will act it out. When something goes wrong, write a note on a post-it to stick to the rough draft, so that you can revise the text later. As students finish a draft, they do this with a partner. (See Sesssion III in __Nonfiction Writing: Procedures and Reports__ by Calkins.)

Friday, January 23th:

//Learning Targets: I can write a title for my How-to text that lets my audience know this is a How-to. I can write a list of things you need for the How-to.//

Use Session IV from __Nonfiction Writing__ to teach how to write a title and a materials list. (Omit the part on illustrations)