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• Informational text • Topic: feathers • Structure: Scrapbook • Multi-leveled text – Lead followed by a list. Each page after lead is a scrapbook page of what feathers do, pictures, inserts that comment on what reader is seeing in pictures, once the scrapbook ends there is a closing page. • Poetic language especially use of similes • Illustration that support similes • Compare/contrast • End note • Author’s note • Classification page

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• Mixed genre – narrative nonfiction - biography • Tells a story using factual information • Uses real quotations • Bibliography, works cited, websites • Small paragraph of informational text about the time period imbedded into illustrations • Rich vocabulary • Connects to history, math and engineering

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• Realistic Fiction • Topic: Overcoming stage fright • Structure: Cumulative text, with flaps and pockets that have illustrations that add to the story • Building tension • Slowing down the moment • Use of repetition and bold print

 by Kay Winters and Larry Day

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• Historical fiction – poetry • Topic: Boston during the Boston Tea Party Revolutionary War • Telling history through a day in the life of • Structure (following an errand boy as he spreads word) • First person narratives • Need for research • Use of multiple perspectives • Poetry • Historical notes, glossary, bibliography • Use of period vocabulary

(Author, Illustrator)

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• Wordless picture book - Fiction • Topic: Working for a new bike • Study how the story unfolds • Beginning/middle/end • Dialogue, action, and thinking

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• Hybrid • Topic: cats • Structure: A cat educates kittens about being a cat and living with humans. All about cats from a cats point of view. • Direct address • Play on words, made up words, idioms • Humor • Text features – compare/contrast, steps in a process, labels, timeline, speech bubbles, how-to, problem/solution, questions/answers • Use of ellipses

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• Fiction • Topic – Friendship and fears • Labeling pictures (very busy pages) • Font (bubble letters) • Dialogue • Types of sentences • Compare/Contrast characters

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• Hybrid Text: Informational text with a comic feel • Topic: bird watching • Writerly Life: Choose a topic you are passionate about, keeping a sketchbook • Craft: Categorize information around topic. develop topics using a variety of details, specific vocabulary, define words in context o Hand drawn charts and maps o Speech bubbles where animals talk • Nonfiction features • Conversational tone • Chapter titles • Use of humor

Uses: Acceptance

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PS5XRO1AUT4

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• Mixed genre – realistic fiction/ graphic text • Topic: Acting like a ninja – mission to get milk and cookies • Finding topics • Combining writing (speech bubbles) and drawing to tell about an event • Use of action words • Telling story bit by bit • Problem/resolution • Events that happen in sequence

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• Realistic Fiction • Topic: Younger siblings • Illustrations to match story • Labeling speech in pictures • Picture layout • Bold print • Thought bubbles • Parenthesis

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• Realistic Fiction • Topic: Baseball, music, Friendship, tolerance, courage, prejudice • Simile, metaphor, symbolism • Vocabulary and word choice • Pair with The Other Side by Jacqueline Woodson for Lit Essays

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• Informational Text • Topic: Elephants • Begins with a nonfiction poem about elephants • Various text structures. o Double- page spread compares African and Asian elephants - photos to help show the differences between the two. o Other double-page spreads describe parts of the elephant’s body such as trunks, tusks, ears, feet, etc. o Uses real life examples/comparisons to help readers understand facts • Author addresses the reader throughout the book

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• Hybrid Informational Text • Topic : chocolate - life cycle of a cocoa plant • Structure: All about with 4 levels - A main text that links the pages together (House that Jack Built), an in-depth look at the interdependency of nature in the process, “bookworms” that live on bottom of page that comment on the information given in speech bubbles for comic relief, and in the end there is back matter and an author’s note. Tells story backwards • Use of an expert for accuracy- research • Examples of, life cycles • Word play • Adding humor • What you can do to help section • Details and description • Cause/effect • Titles • Note Melissa has a page on her website that outlines her writing process.

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• Biography • Writerly Life: Paublo Neruda used poetry to express his point of view about injustices in the world • Teach about topic and genre choices: narratives or poetry; people you care about, strong feelings, places you love, special objects • Craft: repetition, sentence rhythm, figurative language, structure and word choice, using opposites, writing about strong feelings

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• Historical fiction • Topic: Revolutionary War – American view, patriotism, loss, courage, war calls on people to make great sacrifices • Author’s note – Personal connections to story, research • Lead- sets up story in an interesting way • Telling a story from a point of view • Mood and tone through figurative language • Establishing a sense of time and place • Foreshadowing (illustration of running feet on title page) • Character development, character description • Descriptive language to create sensory images • Use of flashbacks (page 15) • Use of period vocabulary • Use of figurative language, font size, voice, dialogue • Author’s note shares need for research

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• Realistic Fiction – Memoir • Topic: Getting caught up in a moment and acting impulsively, taking responsibility for actions • Flashback lead • Development of small moment scenes • Show not tell

Uses: Acceptance

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• Fiction • Topic: Delaying gratification • Topic choice – a slice of everyday life • Beginning/middle/end • Using dialogue to tell a story • Showing feelings

Uses: Acceptance

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• Narrative Informational text • Topic: Wolfsnails • Structure: a day in the life of… • Print and illustrations working together • Close ups • Step by step process • Vocabulary in context • Number of sentences increase on important parts • comparisons • Precise verbs • Glossary

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• A book within a book • Read aloud to show what readers do when they read a book together

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• Personal Narrative • Topic: sibling rivalry, birthday party, immigrant experience, greed • Rukhsana was the younger sibling in the story • Study of dialogue, commas in series and lists, judicial use of italics • Point of view, story sequence, turning point • Show not tell feelings

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• Memoir • Topic: Trying something new for the first time • Finding topics from life • Lead, setting a scene, ending in a reflection • Strong verbs, simile • Study sentences • Passage of time, transition words • Use of purposeful dialogue to move the story along • Development of character, conflict, setting, theme, lesson • Character thoughts and feelings

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• Realistic Fiction (Global perspective-South Africa) • Topic: everyday events – playing soccer, friendship, bullies • Establishing plot, setting and point of view early in story • Clear sequence of events • Show not tell events • Small moments • Present tense • Using details - dialogue, actions, precise words • Use of repetition • Figurative language • Narrative poetry • Author’s note

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• Realistic Fiction • Topic: Cross generational relationships, immigrant experience, family memories • Finding topics through special objects • Storytelling techniques • Story written through untagged dialogue (style) • Parallel structure of story and pictures (meld words and pictures to tell a story)

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• Hard to classify into a genre -Memoir written in vignettes, some information tucked in about ice • Topic: Ice skating, family memories • Topic choice – shared family experiences • Structure: Tells story through different kinds of ice – ice is used as a signpost and a marker of time • Beautiful poetic language, vivid descriptions, simile, metaphor • Sentences (economical use of words) • Quiet tone • Illustrations complement story

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• Narrative Fiction • Topic: friendship, accepting and embracing differences • Tons of craft techniques with dialogue, font, characterization, humor • Set up a debate on who is better Goat or Unicorn.

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• Fiction - Opinion • Topic: Size – Who is big? Small? • Back and forth conversation

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• Opinion text - emails • Topic: Parents go on vacation and leave child with grandparents • Elaboration: o Strong opinons and reasons o Purposeful word choice – emails to parents are short but clear – It is not the amount of words, is what really matters. o Character change o Voice and tone

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• Letter writing – opinion writing • Topic: Unfair working conditions • Every crayon in the box has an opinion and gives reasons, in both pictures and words, on why they are the best.

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• Opinion • Topic: “If it acts like a duck…” Duck convinces Fox he is a dog so he is not eaten. • Conversational tone created through playing with sentences.

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• Informational text • Topic: Microbes • Structure: Concept book • Lead • Concrete comparisons of size and scale using pictures and words • Cause/effect • Writing reasons and explanations for facts

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• Hybrid • Topic: First transcontinental train in 1800s – industrial revolution - new beginnings and technological advancements • Journey Structure – Told from the point of view of passengers riding the train – combination of description and chronological sequence • Slow down to highlight important points and events, speed up to move reader along • Poetic language • Use of line • Voice and fluency • Sensory images and descriptive language • Topic specific vocabulary • Figurative language • Text features • Use of endpapers, authors notes about research • Outside/inside

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by Jennifer Berne Vladimir Radunsky (Illustrator)

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Baker and Taylor

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