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Literature and Lessons: Putting it All Together Through Writers Workshop

3-Column Lesson Planning Menu-Hillsborough County Public Schools-2008

Craft Genres What real writers doSensory Details Advertisements Writing Process

Specific Details Advice Column Elaborate

Vivid Verbs Autobiography Use a notebook for ideas

Simile Acceptance Speech Focus on a topic

Metaphor Biography Prewrite/PlanPurposeful Dialogue Book Jackets Organize/Sequence

Alliteration Book Reviews Beginning, Middle, End

Purposeful Repetition Cards/Greetings Plot

Strong Nouns Cartoons Pace/Rhythm

Personification Commercials Humor

Onomatopoeia Debates Suspense

Use of facts Diary Entries Re-read

Hyperbole/Exaggeration Fables Use of technology

Golden Thread Fairy Tales Presentation

Attributes Fictional Narratives Character Descriptions

-size, shape, color, number, Free Verse Poetry Setting Descriptions

-temperature, location Games- how-to, reviews Object Descriptions

-direction, weight, texture Guide Books Emotion Descriptions

-symmetry, movement Instructions/Rules Action Descriptions

-composition, function, Interviews Event Descriptions

-habitat, orientation, age Invitations Leads

Sentence Variety Letters Endings

-dash, comma, phrase, Lyrics Circular Endings

-semi-colon, colon, ellipsis, Magazine Article Subject/Verb Agreement

-parenthesis, conjunctions, Memoirs Edit

(Length, Style, Structure) Menus CapitalizationVoice Messages/Notes Punctuation

-turn of phrase, Newsletter Spelling

-humorous word choice, News Broadcast Script Indentation

-clich, caps, bold text, Personal Narratives Audience

-ellipsis, word choice, Plays/Skits Purpose

-dialogue, thoughtshot, Post Cards Point of view

-parenthesis or dash to add Questionnaires/Surveys REVISE

Opinion or sidebar idea Quizzes Snapshot

-slang, hyperbole, Recipes Explode a Moment

-hyphenate to s-p-e-l-l Science Fiction Small Moment

Transitions Summary Magnified Moment-time, connections, events Tall Tales

-setting, cause & effect, Travel Brochures

-comparisons, differences, Want Ads

-alternatives, emphasis,

-location, direction

This menu of lesson planning ideas is not a scope and sequence.

It is not meant to be followed in order vertically or matched together horizontally.Ideas shown should be used strictly based on the needs of your young authors.

June 2008Hillsborough County Public Schools

7/30/2019 3 Column Lesson Planning Revised

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Literature and Lessons: Putting it All Together Through Writers Workshop

3-Column Lesson Planning Menu-Hillsborough County Public Schools-2008

This menu of lesson planning ideas is not a scope and sequence.

It is not meant to be followed in order vertically or matched together horizontally.Ideas shown should be used strictly based on the needs of your young authors.

June 2008Hillsborough County Public Schools