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

2. 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!
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Intro
Argumentative
Conclusion
Middle
Intro
Conclusion
Narrative
Middle
Intro
Conclusion
Explanatory
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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.
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Argumentative
Argumentative Writing makes a case for a claim and uses evidence and reasoning to validate the argument.
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8. Argumentative Introductions
What are the differences between a 2 point response and a 1 point response?
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9. 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
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10. Argumentative Elaboration
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11. Tips on argumentative elaboration:
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12. Argumentative Conclusions
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13. Tips on argumentative conclusions:
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Narrative Writing
Narrative Writing tells a story: it can be a fictional or non-fictional story.
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15. Narrative Introduction Rubrics
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16. Tips on Narrative Introductions:
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17. Narrative Elaboration (“Middle”)
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18. Tips on narrative elaboration:
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19. Narrative Conclusion Rubric
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20. Tips on narrative conclusions:
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Explanatory Writing
Explains the process, order, distinctions, categories, etc.
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22. 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
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23. Tips on explanatory introductions:
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24. Explanatory Elaboration
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25. Tips on explanatory organization/elaboration:
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26. Explanatory Conclusions
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27. Tips on explanatory conclusions:
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