Interactive Portfolio K. Love 2017 SBA Brief Writes Interactive Portfolio K. Love 2017

Your mission: What would be your tips and strategies to do your best on these brief writes? Let’s go through here carefully and find the treasures of the most important ideas, and come up with a collaborative plan! Choose which focus and practice over a few days: build in review time! Link to document: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1LJNAnjYeiMonHyE9sALJiQNWgoUYWKOoT6OMFab0rcI/edit?usp=sharing

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Go back to this Gallery Slide Click here first! Intro Argumentative Conclusion Middle Intro Conclusion Narrative Middle Intro Conclusion Explanatory Middle Go back to this Gallery Slide https://portal.smarterbalanced.org/library/en/scoring-guide-for-ela-full-writes.pdf

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Go back to the Gallery Slide The Big Three: Narrative: Key Words Theme, tone, plot, character, setting, conflict, point of view – these words demand a story. Think storytelling writing. Argumentative: Key Words Position, claim, evidence, thesis, importance of ideas, doesn’t use “I” statements. Think opinion writing. Explanatory: Key Words: (this is Informative, Functional, Technical, too) Explain, Describe, explanation of a process, etc. Has a thesis/claim/position that demonstrates a ”controlling” idea – the central idea. Think science writing. Go back to the Gallery Slide

Go back to the Gallery Slide Argumentative Argumentative Writing makes a case for a claim and uses evidence and reasoning to validate the argument. Go back to the Gallery Slide

Argumentative Introductions What are the differences between a 2 point response and a 1 point response? Answer on this slide and use as a writing guide. Go back to the Gallery Slide

Tips on argumentative introductions: Always restate the question in a statement form. Make your claim/thesis clear: your topic plus what you want to say about it. Try not to use “I” in argumentative writing: keep objective Make sure your sub claims fit and support your overall claim Write your thoughts here. You will need to insert a text box. Go back to the Gallery Slide

Argumentative Elaboration Go back to the Gallery Slide

Tips on argumentative elaboration: Write your thoughts here. You will need to insert a text box. Go back to the Gallery Slide

Argumentative Conclusions Go back to the Gallery Slide

Tips on argumentative conclusions: Write your thoughts here. You will need to insert a text box. Go back to the Gallery Slide

Go back to the Gallery Slide Narrative Writing Narrative Writing tells a story: it can be a fictional or non-fictional story. Go back to the Gallery Slide

Narrative Introduction Rubrics Go back to the Gallery Slide

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Narrative Elaboration (“Middle”) Go back to the Gallery Slide

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Narrative Conclusion Rubric Go back to the Gallery Slide

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Go back to the Gallery Slide Explanatory Writing Explains the process, order, distinctions, categories, etc. Go back to the Gallery Slide

Explanatory Writing Introductions Target 3 – Informational/Explanatory (Organization—Introduction) 2 points  The response:  • introduces an adequate statement of the main idea/controlling idea/thesis* that reflects the body of writing as a whole  • provides adequate information to put the main idea/controlling idea/thesis* into context  • does more than list points/reasons to support main idea/controlling idea/thesis*—not formulaic  • connects smoothly to the body paragraph  1 point  • provides a partial or limited main idea/controlling idea/thesis*  • provides a main idea/controlling idea/thesis* that partially reflects the body of writing as a whole  • may provide limited and/or extraneous information to put the main idea/controlling idea/thesis* into context  • may list supporting points/reasons—formulaic  • provides a limited and/or awkward connection to the body paragraph  0 points  • provides no main idea/controlling idea/thesis* or provides a main idea/controlling idea/thesis* that is not appropriate for the body of writing as a whole  • provides irrelevant or no information to put the main idea/controlling idea/thesis* into context  • provides no connection to the body paragraph  * “main idea/controlling idea” = only in grades 3-5 “thesis/controlling idea” = only in grades 6-8 “thesis” = only in grade 11 Go back to the Gallery Slide

Tips on explanatory introductions: Write your thoughts on here. You will need to insert a text box. Go back to the Gallery Slide

Explanatory Elaboration Go back to the Gallery Slide

Tips on explanatory organization/elaboration: Write your thoughts on here. You will need to insert a text box. Go back to the Gallery Slide

Explanatory Conclusions Go back to the Gallery Slide

Tips on explanatory conclusions: Write your thoughts here. You will need to insert a text box. Go back to the Gallery Slide