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Writers Collect and Organize Ideas in Different Ways

Units of Study Restarting a Writing Life

Session 3

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Connection

  • Do you have a collection of something?
  • How do you decide on what to add to your collection?

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Learning Target

  • I can collect and organize ideas, laying them out in different ways so I can see what I have and what I like best.

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  • Start with a topic you love and brainstorm genres and forms you could try.

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  • Start with a genre of form you love and brainstorm topics you could try.

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Topic — standing up for others

⇨ poems about bravery, how it feels to stand up to other people

⇨ story about a kid who has to stand up for others in their school

⇨ informational texts about kids who have stood up to others

⇨ graphic novel

Teaching and

Active Engagement

Chart —

Ways to Polish Your Notebook Collection

  • Write blurbs for your ideas.

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Link

  • By the end of today, you’ll want to have made a decision about which project you want to spend some time on.
  • Continue to work in your notebook, trying out some new ideas, or return to some of your old ideas and polish them up.