https://padlet.com/delaneygeorgantas1227/pgttoc8prb2rpryg en-us 2021-05-26 23:14:30 UTC 2023-05-25 01:49:00 UTC hello@padlet.com delaneygeorgantas1227 https://padlet.com/delaneygeorgantas1227/pgttoc8prb2rpryg/wish/1563195772 Ideas are the main messages that a story is developing over the course of the book. The ideas are developed through the combination of the supporting details that enhance the reading material. Writers choose details to make up the ideas by integrating strong and important, interesting, and informative words and sentences that make a book unique.]]> 2021-05-26 23:24:48 UTC https://padlet.com/delaneygeorgantas1227/pgttoc8prb2rpryg/wish/1563195772 delaneygeorgantas1227 https://padlet.com/delaneygeorgantas1227/pgttoc8prb2rpryg/wish/1563195971 Organization is the internal structure of the writing piece. Organization can be grouped into the patterns and sequencing of the words, the points of central ideas, and creates a sense of anticipation that is satisfied on each page. Organization can be shown in many ways in stories such as point by point analysis, chronological history of an event, identifiable patterns, comparison and contrast, and many more. ]]> 2021-05-26 23:24:56 UTC https://padlet.com/delaneygeorgantas1227/pgttoc8prb2rpryg/wish/1563195971 delaneygeorgantas1227 https://padlet.com/delaneygeorgantas1227/pgttoc8prb2rpryg/wish/1563196182 Word choice is the vocabulary that a writer chooses to convey meaning. Strong word choice results in imagery and sensory explorations as well as clarifies or expands the meanings of the ideas presented. Figurative language is often included and presented in word choice through metaphors, similes, and analogies that enhance and enrich the story. ]]> 2021-05-26 23:25:04 UTC https://padlet.com/delaneygeorgantas1227/pgttoc8prb2rpryg/wish/1563196182 delaneygeorgantas1227 https://padlet.com/delaneygeorgantas1227/pgttoc8prb2rpryg/wish/1563196312 Voice is the personal tone and flavor of the author and their message. Voice shows the author coming through their words and gives the sense that a real person is speaking and conveying the message. The author includes a personal tone to the piece and is individualized by their specific voice.]]> 2021-05-26 23:25:09 UTC https://padlet.com/delaneygeorgantas1227/pgttoc8prb2rpryg/wish/1563196312 delaneygeorgantas1227 https://padlet.com/delaneygeorgantas1227/pgttoc8prb2rpryg/wish/1563196450 Sentence Fluency is the rhythm and flow of language that comes from the word patterns utilized. Sentences often vary in length and can begin differently with different styles and structures but retain the flow of the rhythm so the reader can move along with ease. Sentence Fluency has an absence of word patters or flow that slow down the progress in the story but instead speed it up.]]> 2021-05-26 23:25:14 UTC https://padlet.com/delaneygeorgantas1227/pgttoc8prb2rpryg/wish/1563196450 delaneygeorgantas1227 https://padlet.com/delaneygeorgantas1227/pgttoc8prb2rpryg/wish/1563196749 Conventions are the mechanical correctness that a piece has that includes spelling, punctuation, capitalization, grammar, and paragraphing. When conventions are used correctly, they allow the reader to be able to follow along with the text and retain the meaning. Conventions also add style to the writing and gives it a personal feel. ]]> 2021-05-26 23:25:25 UTC https://padlet.com/delaneygeorgantas1227/pgttoc8prb2rpryg/wish/1563196749 delaneygeorgantas1227 https://padlet.com/delaneygeorgantas1227/pgttoc8prb2rpryg/wish/1563208544 This book is about a young boy who meets a small mouse and gives the mouse a cookie. The mouse then begins to ask for more things before he is eventually satisfied. This book is a great choice to showcase the organization theme as it has a narrow topic and holds the information together in a way that the reader can comprehend easily. The book has an introduction that serves as an attention grabber and ultimately flows until the end resolution. ]]> 2021-05-26 23:32:27 UTC https://padlet.com/delaneygeorgantas1227/pgttoc8prb2rpryg/wish/1563208544 delaneygeorgantas1227 https://padlet.com/delaneygeorgantas1227/pgttoc8prb2rpryg/wish/1563216375 The Worrysaurus is a book about a dinosaur that is very anxious and works himself up over the what ifs in life for his picnic day. The Worrysaurus eventually calms himself down by pulling out his favorite things and reciting his favorite words and all of his worries go away. This is a great book for the Idea theme as it has a clear focus on the topic and has supporting information and details in the story that develop the writing. The story also has a clear message that gives the reader the opportunity to see what the writer is conveying and can visualize the images.]]> 2021-05-26 23:37:23 UTC https://padlet.com/delaneygeorgantas1227/pgttoc8prb2rpryg/wish/1563216375 delaneygeorgantas1227 https://padlet.com/delaneygeorgantas1227/pgttoc8prb2rpryg/wish/1563218204 Stellaluna is about a small baby bat that is lost from its mother and is ultimately raised by birds. Stellaluna takes on bird mannerisms until she meets other bats one day and discovers her bat side. She is also reconnected with her mother and learns the value of both her bat and bird families. This book is a great voice theme example as the writing makes the reader feel connected to the book and the author. The book also is honest and personal to the reader so that they feel connected and invokes a sense of feeling and emotion. ]]> 2021-05-26 23:38:28 UTC https://padlet.com/delaneygeorgantas1227/pgttoc8prb2rpryg/wish/1563218204 delaneygeorgantas1227 https://padlet.com/delaneygeorgantas1227/pgttoc8prb2rpryg/wish/1563225346 This is an instructional book that takes the point of view of students who are listing out the different ways they will help their teacher get ready for the school year. With tips for the teacher that come straight from the student, this book is a great how to manual. This is an excellent example of an organization book as it has transitions that connect to the writing and the ideas presented so that the book can flow. The details that the author gives also support the main points that the students are listing out and use helpful hints and tricks that play along with the points. ]]> 2021-05-26 23:42:22 UTC https://padlet.com/delaneygeorgantas1227/pgttoc8prb2rpryg/wish/1563225346 delaneygeorgantas1227 https://padlet.com/delaneygeorgantas1227/pgttoc8prb2rpryg/wish/1563226015 The Bad Seed is all about a seed that makes bad choices and describes all of the bad things he does. The reader later finds out that the seed has had a tough life after being separated from his family. The seed eventually decides to get better and try to be good. This book is a great mentor text that utilizes voice as it incorporates voice or speech bubbles that can be depicted for voice and different details. The tone of the author or narrator of the bad seed can be heard through the words on each page and creates imagery and syntax.]]> 2021-05-26 23:42:46 UTC https://padlet.com/delaneygeorgantas1227/pgttoc8prb2rpryg/wish/1563226015 delaneygeorgantas1227 https://padlet.com/delaneygeorgantas1227/pgttoc8prb2rpryg/wish/1563233040 This book is about loving who you are, respecting others and themselves, and being kind no matter what. The book focuses on everyones individual purposes and reminding the readers that they are more than enough and that they need to believe it. This book is a great example for word choice as it has a lyrical and musical tone to the flow of words. The book also has words and phrases that are used to maintain the readers attention. ]]> 2021-05-26 23:46:31 UTC https://padlet.com/delaneygeorgantas1227/pgttoc8prb2rpryg/wish/1563233040 delaneygeorgantas1227 https://padlet.com/delaneygeorgantas1227/pgttoc8prb2rpryg/wish/1563233376 This book is a motivational piece that aims to inspire children through words and praise affirmations of all backgrounds to love and accept themselves. This book features multicultural and anti racist imagery that can be interpreted as everyone can love and accept themselves and others in life. This book is an excellent choice of word choice as it writes with variety and tries new less familiar words. The book also uses some strong verbs, vivid expressive language, and doesn't repeat words too many times in the writing.]]> 2021-05-26 23:46:43 UTC https://padlet.com/delaneygeorgantas1227/pgttoc8prb2rpryg/wish/1563233376 delaneygeorgantas1227 https://padlet.com/delaneygeorgantas1227/pgttoc8prb2rpryg/wish/1563235442 This story follows a young boy who took from his experience of going to the zoo and created his whole world of going to the school as the zoo. The boy's bus driver, schoolmates. parents, and teachers are all zoo animals and he endures a wild day at school. This book is a great example of the sentence fluency theme as its words and sentences have a musical rhythm and flow that enhance the topic or main idea of the story as well as matches the mood of the writing. The sentences on each page have beginnings the are purposeful and varied and have transitions that flow together.]]> 2021-05-26 23:47:54 UTC https://padlet.com/delaneygeorgantas1227/pgttoc8prb2rpryg/wish/1563235442 delaneygeorgantas1227 https://padlet.com/delaneygeorgantas1227/pgttoc8prb2rpryg/wish/1576270106 This is a musical story that tells a story about a fly that goes around and terrorizes a family. The fly goes around and bothers the baby, eats the crust on the apple pie, and is shooed away by all of the family. This book is a great example of sentence fluency because it writes as if it were a poem and has different sentence lengths and with expression. The expression is clear in the story and you can feel the frustration and musical tone of the family as it is documented what the fly is doing.]]> 2021-06-01 13:41:09 UTC https://padlet.com/delaneygeorgantas1227/pgttoc8prb2rpryg/wish/1576270106 delaneygeorgantas1227 https://padlet.com/delaneygeorgantas1227/pgttoc8prb2rpryg/wish/1576271208 This book is about a young girl who absolutely loves lima beans but decides to not eat them so that she can fit in with her peers. Unfortunately, Camilla turns multiple colors, patterns, shapes, and even grows into different diseases. Ultimately Camilla eats her lima beans and decides that it is ok to be different and turns back to her normal self. This book is a great example of the ideas theme as it has a clear and important emphasis on what the writer is trying to convey to the audience and has supporting details as to how each portion of the story comes about and develops the theme.]]> 2021-06-01 13:41:25 UTC https://padlet.com/delaneygeorgantas1227/pgttoc8prb2rpryg/wish/1576271208 delaneygeorgantas1227 https://padlet.com/delaneygeorgantas1227/pgttoc8prb2rpryg/wish/1576380329 This book is about a wild young boy Max who is sent to his room and eventually imagines himself traveling far away to the land where the wild things are. Max and the wild things go on adventures and Max is crowned the king of the wild things after he tames them. Max eventually begins to miss home and decides to leave the wild things. This book is a great choice for ideas as it incorporates lots of different details and incorporations that the author includes to enhance the development of the story. The author begins with an exaggeration of an emotion and creates it into a magical land of different concepts and feelings. ]]> 2021-06-01 14:12:04 UTC https://padlet.com/delaneygeorgantas1227/pgttoc8prb2rpryg/wish/1576380329 delaneygeorgantas1227 https://padlet.com/delaneygeorgantas1227/pgttoc8prb2rpryg/wish/1576381374 This story follows a class whose main teacher Miss Nelson is absent from school and instead have a substitute teacher Miss Viola Swamp. The children are terrified of her and her teaching style and fear that Miss Nelson is missing forever. This book is a great choice for an example of strong ideas as it creates writing that explains, gives directions, tells a story, and describes the main message being covered about the missing teacher and being respectful in school.

]]> 2021-06-01 14:12:21 UTC https://padlet.com/delaneygeorgantas1227/pgttoc8prb2rpryg/wish/1576381374 delaneygeorgantas1227 https://padlet.com/delaneygeorgantas1227/pgttoc8prb2rpryg/wish/1576382665 This story follows the main character Alexander and his series of unfortunate events that lead him to having a very bad day. Alexander repeats throughout the book that he is having a terrible, horrible, no-good, very bad day and that he will move to Australia. This book is an excellent choice in organization as it stays focused on the topic and follows a logical and clear order of events to develop the claim that Alexander is having a horrible day. ]]> 2021-06-01 14:12:42 UTC https://padlet.com/delaneygeorgantas1227/pgttoc8prb2rpryg/wish/1576382665 delaneygeorgantas1227 https://padlet.com/delaneygeorgantas1227/pgttoc8prb2rpryg/wish/1576384608 This is a picture book that has children complete commands on each page that demonstrates imagination and creativity through dots and pictures. The book features multi colored dots and directions that has the child interact and follow directions. This book is a great example of organization as it teaches students to follow directions, teach transitions, and develop organizational patterns.]]> 2021-06-01 14:13:13 UTC https://padlet.com/delaneygeorgantas1227/pgttoc8prb2rpryg/wish/1576384608 delaneygeorgantas1227 https://padlet.com/delaneygeorgantas1227/pgttoc8prb2rpryg/wish/1576385426 Tuesday depicts a group of frogs who leave their pond and travel around on their flying Lilly pads for a night of adventure, The frogs travel to different places throughout the night and get into mischief. This story utilizes strong word choice to convey the imagery and imagination that the story conveys. The authors specific style is conveyed through the use of descriptive and imaginative language that details the journey of the adventurous frogs. The words are used to maintain the readers attention and give a feeling of anxiousness to read on. ]]> 2021-06-01 14:13:27 UTC https://padlet.com/delaneygeorgantas1227/pgttoc8prb2rpryg/wish/1576385426 delaneygeorgantas1227 https://padlet.com/delaneygeorgantas1227/pgttoc8prb2rpryg/wish/1576386364 Today I feel silly is about a little girl that details her feelings each day and explains why she feels that way. This book exposes children to their emotions and how they feel. The author uses descriptive words and lively verbs, adverbs, and adjectives to develop the writing. The words are specific to the reader so that they are able to understand and relate to the text.]]> 2021-06-01 14:13:42 UTC https://padlet.com/delaneygeorgantas1227/pgttoc8prb2rpryg/wish/1576386364 delaneygeorgantas1227 https://padlet.com/delaneygeorgantas1227/pgttoc8prb2rpryg/wish/1576389054 Brown Bear, Brown Bear is a beloved classic children's book that introduces children to different animals and things that each animal sees. This book is a great mentor text and example of sentence fluency as it has a predictable text that all students can follow along with and begin reading. The text incorporates repetitive words and phrases on each page when introducing each new animal. Each page has the format and sentence structure that shows the sentence construction.]]> 2021-06-01 14:14:29 UTC https://padlet.com/delaneygeorgantas1227/pgttoc8prb2rpryg/wish/1576389054 delaneygeorgantas1227 https://padlet.com/delaneygeorgantas1227/pgttoc8prb2rpryg/wish/1576392810 Chicka Chicka Boom Boom is about all of the letters in the alphabet climbing up to the top of a coconut tree and going through funny and crazy situations on the way up. This mentor text is a great example of sentence fluency as it incorporates different sentence lengths, uses alliteration or the same sentence sounds, and incorporates both simple and complex sentences to show variety. ]]> 2021-06-01 14:15:35 UTC https://padlet.com/delaneygeorgantas1227/pgttoc8prb2rpryg/wish/1576392810 delaneygeorgantas1227 https://padlet.com/delaneygeorgantas1227/pgttoc8prb2rpryg/wish/1576400610 This book is about a bus driver asking the reader to make sure that the pigeon doesn't drive the bus. The pigeon tries everything in his power to persuade the reader to let him drive the bus. This book is an excellent example of the voice theme as it uses the persuasive writing to show evidence of commitment of the writer to the story as well as the readers connection to the writer or pigeon in this case. The writers personality is also evident in the story as it comes out through the speech of the pigeon towards the reader. ]]> 2021-06-01 14:17:34 UTC https://padlet.com/delaneygeorgantas1227/pgttoc8prb2rpryg/wish/1576400610 delaneygeorgantas1227 https://padlet.com/delaneygeorgantas1227/pgttoc8prb2rpryg/wish/1576401571 Chrysanthemum is all about a young girl who loves her unique name and is starting school for the first time. When she starts school though she is made fun of for her name and its length and that it is after a flower. Chrysanthemum begins to dislike her name until her music teacher talks to her and her peers about the name and being unique. By the end of the story, Chrysanthemum loves her name once again. This story is a great mentor text that depicts voice as it gives great detail and inflection to the words on the page and how the reader goes about reading. The detail shapes the readers attitude and attention to the tone.]]> 2021-06-01 14:17:50 UTC https://padlet.com/delaneygeorgantas1227/pgttoc8prb2rpryg/wish/1576401571 delaneygeorgantas1227 https://padlet.com/delaneygeorgantas1227/pgttoc8prb2rpryg/wish/1576409231 This book is a silly story about a pigeon who does not want to go to school and will try to convince the reader to not make him go. The pigeon bargains, asks questions, and throws tantrums to try to get the reader to let him stay home. This is a fantastic book that is an example of conventions as it utilizes grammar and usage, punctuation, and paragraphing to construct the story. ]]> 2021-06-01 14:20:02 UTC https://padlet.com/delaneygeorgantas1227/pgttoc8prb2rpryg/wish/1576409231 delaneygeorgantas1227 https://padlet.com/delaneygeorgantas1227/pgttoc8prb2rpryg/wish/1576410280 This book is a take on the classic Three Little Pigs book that comes with a twist when the three brothers meet three sisters and end up in a comparison mess. This book is a great example for conventions as it demonstrates the use of grammar and wordplay that helps to clarify the piece.]]> 2021-06-01 14:20:20 UTC https://padlet.com/delaneygeorgantas1227/pgttoc8prb2rpryg/wish/1576410280 delaneygeorgantas1227 https://padlet.com/delaneygeorgantas1227/pgttoc8prb2rpryg/wish/1576411340 This is a silly book for children about the use of hyphens, parentheses, quotation marks, periods, and more through funny scenes and pages. This book shows children which marks to choose for their sentence and where to put them so that you can avoid silly mix-ups. This is a good book on conventions as it demonstrates the writing construction and process through the many examples of punctuation places. ]]> 2021-06-01 14:20:38 UTC https://padlet.com/delaneygeorgantas1227/pgttoc8prb2rpryg/wish/1576411340 delaneygeorgantas1227 https://padlet.com/delaneygeorgantas1227/pgttoc8prb2rpryg/wish/1576412169 This is a silly book about the use of an apostrophe in words and sentences and how leaving out a contraction can completely change the meaning of the word or sentence. This book illustrates silly scenes that show how apostrophes make a difference. This is a good example of conventions as it demonstrates the writing process through the examples of punctuation.]]> 2021-06-01 14:20:52 UTC https://padlet.com/delaneygeorgantas1227/pgttoc8prb2rpryg/wish/1576412169