1. Writing about reading: From big ideas to specifics
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2. Teaching point
Today I want to teach you that as readers craft powerful writing about reading, they constantly move from bi to small. You might start with a big idea—your own or one of the author’s—and then you support that idea with the specifics from the text. Readers and writers constantly shift between these two places.

4. Stage 1

5. Stage 1
Right now, read through your recent entries, and star at least three places where you included very specific details.

8. Reread your entr. What are some big ideas you or the author had that you could add to your entry?

10. Study your notebook. Are you the type of writer who writes BIG
Study your notebook. Are you the type of writer who writes BIG? OR are you the kind of writer who writes with specific details?

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