Brief Write Practice Ideas by Melanie Hanson

Intros/conclusions

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Intros: Using the inverted triangle where students start with a Hook (1ish sentence), move into context or background (2-5 sentences), and then END in their thesis (1 sentence).

Conclusions: the opposite of introductions. They restate the thesis, hit the high points, and end with a "so what" or a "why we should care" or a call to action.

Inverted Triangle/Hourglass Graphic Organizer

2024-02-02 21:56:03 UTC

Teach intro/body/conclusion

Outlines

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GRAPHIC ORGANIZERS!

So much modeling.

Mentor Texts

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Have students look at strong essays and analyze to identify the elements that make i effective.

Entry Task as a Quick Write

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FYI: Our group is made up of 7th and 8th grade Ts

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Future Ideas for narratives

2024-02-02 22:00:26 UTC

Have students act as Cassius from Julius Caesar and write a letter of warning for Caesar to find.

Write a counterargument to the speech you chose to memorize.

Concluding Paragraph- Argumentative Writing

2024-02-02 22:00:41 UTC

Students write a concluding paragraph for a brief write activity with a partner for the first time, then individually the next time.

hooks

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give them structure to "choose a,b, or c" in order to write a hook instead of giving them too much creative freedom

Narrative

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Students would look at the beginning of a narrative and then add dialogue for the brief write.

Intros & Conclusions

2024-02-02 22:02:15 UTC

We all use a visual (triangles) to teach intro and conclusion structure. With a co-taught class, narrowing the options for "hooks," for example. Choose a statistic, an anecdote, or a meaningful quote for your hook.

outlining essays

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giving examples and guiding them to organize their essay, instead of telling them to "organize it however they want"

Authentic Audiences

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Introductions and conclusions are the part of writing that is SUPPOSED to be emotionally invested, but we generally give kids writing tasks without authentic audiences, so what's the incentive to be emotionally invested? Authentic audiences --> better intro's and conclusions.

dialogue

2024-02-02 22:05:22 UTC

adopt the big history "philosophy salon" idea and have them write a dialogue between thinkers of different units face problems

Collaborative Writing +

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Kids generate an argument or outline to an argument that matters to them as a group and then individual kids write their versions of the intro's or conclusions that would go with that argument / outline

Revision Practice

2024-02-02 22:11:15 UTC

Have students revise and edit brief writes.

Intro/Conclusion

2024-02-02 22:14:00 UTC

Intro: We use the inverted triangle where students start with a hook, go into background, and then thesis.

Conclusion: Restate the thesis, connect back to the hook, and add a so what or call to action depending on what the task is.

Outlines and Practice

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Future Ideas:

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Build a physical outline and review for their synthesis essay coming up!