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Today Mrs. Sapp and Ms. Clawson will be teaching together. Hello . Without talking to anyone , read this paragraph:.
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Today Mrs. Sapp and Ms. Clawson will be teaching together Hello Without talking to anyone, read this paragraph: Bailey, my cat, had never been gone overnight. I was worried. I went outside and called and called her name. She was gone. I felt bad. I didn’t sleep all night. I tried to find her. It made me sad that she was gone. In your Writer’s Notebook, draw a line under what you wrote yesterday and put today’s date. Make a list of FEELINGS you think of as you read the paragraph above.
VOICE establishing a tone
The TRAITS OF WRITING CONVENTIONS IDEAS ARE SENTENCE FLUENCY ORGANIZATION including VOICE Finding a Topic including WORD CHOICE Creating a Lead including Establishing a Tone
Think About: • Can I name the primary tone of my writing? (happy, frustrated, knowledgeable, scared, convincing) • Have I varied the tone from the beginning to the end? • Have I been expressive? • Did I show that I care about this topic?
From My Life in Dog Years By Gary Paulsen It seemed like there’d always been an Ike in my life and then one morning he wasn’t there and I never saw him again. I tried to find him. I would wait for him in the morning by the bridge, but he never showed again. I thought he might have gotten hit by a car or his owners moved away. I mourned him and missed him. But I did not learn what happened to him for thirty years.
WISE silly Frustrated passionate sincere carefree nostalgic sarcastic funny friendly poignant anxious
Let’s Revise! IDEAS finding a topic ORGANIZATION creating the lead VOICE establishing a tone