Elaborate! Elaborate!

Dance to the music!
Tuesday 9/23

Entry:
1) Choose your five (5) spelling words for this week from your Personal Spelling List in your Spelling Folder. Write them in the first column on your "Weekly Word Study Sheet." Keep it out for me to check while you complete the next activity.

2) Write about one of the "Xs" in your "Writing Treasure Map" Be Specfic -- Elaborate detail to detail and another detail. Keep focused on that one X -- nothing else. Just keep adding elaboration, examples, explanations, evidence, experiences (5Es) and who, what, when, where, why, how (5W +H).

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Spelling homework due tomorrow (no school Thursday or Friday).

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Model: Asking questions of draft (draft on board). Discuss how helped to add detail/elaboration.

Apply:
Read your story to a neighbor. Neighbor follows along.
After the first reading, slowly read it again and your neighbor will ask you questions.
Write the questions in the margins if they help you to add details to your story.

5Es
elaboration: What else? What's another idea?
example: What is an example?
explanation: Could you explain what this is? what happened?
evidence: Where's the proof?
experience: Can you add a story or experience?

5W +H
who, what, when, where, why, how


Who will share and allow us to practice using the "Question Asking Strategy?"

Finish. Share tomorrow.

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