It’s…Independent Writing

Time!
• Choose what you would like to write
about, and begin writing at least
one paragraph.
•
• Title and date and add to
your table of contents, please.

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today! Make sure you have it.
 Team
Juggling
 Great Leads
Text and Author Great Lead Author’s Strategy
“The Jacket,” Soto “My clothes have failed A summary statement
“Thank You, M’am,” me…”
“She was a large to suggest description
Character a theme and
Hughes
“All Over But the woman
“It was awith
place where make
a large Settingyou think
to establish time
Shoutin’” Bragg purse hid the tops Using
that had
gray mists an object to
and place
everything in it but a symbolize
of low, deep-green an important
Setting to create a mood
hammer andwhere
mountains, nails. It character trait oflines
Using repeated a for
had a long
redbone andstrap, and major
bluetick figure in the
emphasis
she carried
hounds through story
it slung
flashed
across her shoulder.”
the pines…”
 Strategies for Great Leads
• A setting to create a mood
• A description of a major character
• A snapshot of an important moment
or object
• A summary statement that makes
you think
• Use of repeated lines
• Dialogue
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 Guide for Response

After a writer reads a piece

aloud, you might talk about:
 What the writer did well
 A specific line in the writing
that got your attention
 How the writer used details
 Something you learned from
the writer
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 The writer may also ask