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• Try it on! Craft some six-word memoirs of your own. Jot them down in your notebook.

• Compose a six-word memoir about writing and post it on the Just Write CFISD Wikispace.

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• Take a moment to peruse through your notebook. What gems do you find that might be dusted off and polished for an audience?

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• Award-winning sports columnist, Rick Reilly, has written for Sports Illustrated and ESPN. His craft is at times humorous, touching, and thoughtful. Listen in as he provides insight onto the joys of coaching his daughter’s 7th grade basketball team.

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• Anchor charts are crafted collaboratively with students during the mini-lesson. Anchor charts capture key ideas about a genre, the writing process, a craft move, and procedures. They are important teaching resources in a workshop classroom.

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• See what happens when thoughtful, focused mini-lessons are planned to lead students through a genre study.

http://www.learner.org/resources/series205.html

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• When you read like a writer, books should weigh twice as much because of what you can see inside the book.

Isoke Nia

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11These scenes from Miss Potter (2006) feature the vivid imagination of Beatrix Potter during her childhood. The clips highlight the importance of writing about the things you love.

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• Plunge into the study of an author by examining a collection of his or her books. Note the craft moves that the author makes and the curriculum possibilities that can be extracted from the study. Sum up your findings with “The Important Thing about (Author) Is…”

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• Try on one of the craft moves that you noticed your author using in his or her books. Find a piece in your writing notebook that you can apply the strategy to see how it works.

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• Read Chapter 9 in How Writers Work (RF, p. 67-78).

• Select a seed idea and compose a draft.

• Compose a 6-word memoir on writing and post it on the Just Write CFISD Wikispace by Friday morning.

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• We are pleased to announce the winner of the 1st ever “Golden Trash Bag Award.”

Julie Anderson & Charmion Mohning, 2009 - Cy-Fair I.S.D.