Writing Workshop: Writing Sample #2

Writing a report!

Please do your audio wizard

Give me a green check when you have a piece of paper or notebook, your “Writing in Action:

Level C” book, and a pencil!

Vision Class Promise Objective What lessons will we cover today? Mini-lessons Our Plan Your next steps Questions?

Agenda

Our vision is that Michigan Great Lakes

Virtual Academy (MGLVA) will be a true “school of excellence”:  a high-performing school that produces exemplary levels of student achievement, equips every student with the foundation they need to graduate, and prepares students for any post-secondary opportunity they wish to pursue.

Vision of MGLVA

Today I will be able to….

Learn about drafting a body, introduction, and conclusion of a paper

Learn about how good writers keep fragments and run on sentences OUT of their writing!

Objective: Our Goal Today!

We will go through lessons 5-7 in unit 3

in composition!

You’ll be able to work with your learning coach later and mark these lessons complete! I will have next steps for

you at the end of our lesson!

Lesson 5: Drafting the Body of a Report

(Page 43)

Lesson 5: Drafting the Body of a Report

(Page 43)

The beginning a report is called it’s introduction.

This is a very important part of the report! It also must announce the topic of your report. You want to draw your readers in! Ways to draw readers in with your introduction: 1. Ask a Question: “Have you ever wondered

about…..?”2. Tell an amazing fact! 3. Use sounds and effects: “WHAM! The basketball

slammed into the hoop!” 4. Use a quote you found while researching

Lesson 6: Drafting the introduction of a

report

Take 3 minutes and try to think of a GREAT

way to start your introduction to your own report….

3 kids will get to share on the microphone! 1. 2. 3.

**Quick note, your introduction also briefly tells the readers of your subtopics!***

Let’s try that with our own topics…

Finally, we get to wrap up our writing with an

amazing conclusion! This comes at the end your report:

Let’s check out one…..

Lesson 7: Drafting the Conclusion of a

report

Lesson 7: Drafting the conclusion of a

report

As you begin drafting your report, there are two

things we want you to keep in mind as you write: 1. Good writers do not write in FRAGMENTS:

example: In the field. 2. Good writers do not write RUN ON SENTENCES: Example:

To practice these, we are going to have you work in study island and complete a topic. Let’s try a few from the island…

A few more things to consider…from Study Island!

Fragment…

Fragment…

Run on sentence…

Run on sentence…

Our plan for this writing sample:

Go through lessons 5-7 in Unit 3 of composition on

your plan. Mark them all complete. Have your draft written by our Dec. 10th class. Come to class December 10th and learn how edit and

revise our report! Also complete your study topic: Fragments and Run

on’s

Nothing has to be turned into us until January 9th remember, but we are going through the writing process with you on this assignment!

Next steps for you…