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Day 7 Authors Craft
Day 7 Authors Craft
Author’s Craft”. Teacher reads from a mentor text while students look for author’s craft
Time: 60 minutes
• Sticky notes
• Pencils
• ELMO
• SMART Board
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craft/characterization to their original drafts. Student revisions will be evaluated using a
• Students will engage in a “Quiet 10”, during which time, students are to silently write for
• Students are given the prompt, “Introducing: My Bestie” and are encouraged to introduce
their reader to their very best friend – using as many details as they can. They can include
the way they look, the types of activities they like to do, and any funny stories they’d like!
• Students will join teacher at carpet area, and are asked to bring a pencil with them
• Teacher will tell students, “today we are going to learn about author’s craft and how to
use author’s craft to help make our personal narratives even better!”
the different ways author’s add special features into their writing to engage their
readers.
• Students are asked to jot down 2-3 ideas that they would like to add into their own
stories!
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• After the video, students turn to shoulder partners to discuss the ideas of how they are
• Students are instructed to open their notebooks to their original draft continue drafting
their work, now referring to the sticky note to add in “author’s craft” to make their stories
even better
Step 4: Assessment
notebooks.
• Partners will provide feedback to one another on their work thus far.
Printable RESOURCES
• Author’s Point of View Quiz (Page 4)
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