18 Idea Development Prompts and Lessons: |
 Lesson title: Using 90th Street's Advice
Lesson's Mentor Text: Nothing Ever Happens on 90th Street by Roni Schotter
Focus Trait: Idea Development (using strong and memorable details)
Support Trait: Word Choice (weaving poetic words into descriptions)
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 Lesson title: Silly Animal Problems
Lesson's Mentor Text: Dog Breath by Dav Pilkey
Focus Trait: Idea Development (creating a unique story based on a model)
Support Trait: Organization (sequencing the events of a story with a graphic organizer)
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 Lesson title: Unlikely Diary Keepers
Lesson's Mentor Text: Diary of a Worm by Doreen Cronin
Focus Trait: Idea Development (putting researched ideas into one's own words)
Support Trait: Voice (using deliberate humor in writing)
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 Lesson title: The Important Thing about Good Writing: Details!
Lesson's Mentor Text: The Important Book by Margaret Wise Brown
Focus Trait: Idea Development (writing with memorable and strong details)
Support Trait: Organization (paragraphing)
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 Lesson title: Unique Imaginary Friends
Lesson's Mentor Text: Ted by Tony DiTerlizzi
Focus Trait: Idea Development (writing with originality and strong details)
Support Trait: Word Choice (using inventive words to enhance descriptions)
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 Lesson title: Four Metaphor Poems
Lesson's Mentor Text: Wilfrid Gordon McDonald Partridge by Mem Fox
Focus Trait: Idea Development (exploring details using figurative language)
Support Trait: Word Choice (choosing strong verbs, adjectives, and nouns)
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 Lesson title: Emotions & Colorful Days
Lesson's Mentor Text: My Many Colored Days by Dr. Seuss
Focus Trait: Idea Development (using "snapshot" details; painting word pictures)
Support Trait: Word Choice (choosing strong verbs, adjectives, and precise nouns)
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 Lesson title: Top Secret Rule Reasons
Lesson's Mentor Text: The Secret Knowledge of Grown-ups by David Wisniewski
Focus Trait: Idea Development (writing with originality based on a model)
Support Trait: Voice (adding emotion)
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 Lesson title: Scheming Against an Adversary
Lesson's Mentor Text: Enemy Pie by Derek Munson
Focus Trait: Idea Development (using originality and strong details)
Support Trait: Organization (creating a strong lead and paragraphing with purpose)
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 Lesson title: Rolling with the Animals
Lesson's Mentor Text: Duck on a Bike by David Shannon
Focus Trait: Idea Development (using strong, memorable details)
Support Trait: Organization (paragraphing with purpose)
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 Lesson title: Fairy Tales in New Settings
Lesson's Mentor Text: Bubba the Cowboy Prince by Helen Ketteman
Focus Trait: Idea Development (writing with originality and strong details)
Support Trait: Organization (sequencing events of a story)
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 Lesson title: Scary Somethings
Lesson's Mentor Text: Harry and the Terrible Whatzit by Dick Gackenbach
Focus Trait: Idea Development (using strong and memorable details)
Support Trait: Organization (pre-planning a story's parts)
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 Lesson title: What Got Stolen?
Lesson's Mentor Text: Grandpa's Teeth by Rod Clement
Focus Trait: Idea Development (using strong and memorable details)
Support Trait: Organization (pre-planning a story's parts)
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 Lesson title: Same-Theme/Different-Story Stories
Lesson's Mentor Text: Six-Dinner Sid by Inga Moore
Focus Trait: Idea Development (focusing on story theme)
Support Trait: Organization (planning a strong introduction)
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 Lesson title: Between Repeated Lines
Lesson's Mentor Text: Fathers, Mothers, Sisters, Brothers by Mary Ann Hoberman
Focus Trait: Idea Development (focusing on story theme)
Support Trait: Organization (planning a strong introduction)
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 Lesson title: Same-Theme/Different-Story Stories
Lesson's Mentor Text: Fox by Margaret Wild
Focus Trait: Idea Development (focusing on story theme)
Support Trait: Organization (planning a strong introduction)
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 Lesson title: Other Bad Cases to Write About
Lesson's Mentor Text: A Bad Case of Stripes by David Shannon
Focus Trait: Idea Development (using strong and memorable details)
Support Trait: Voice (adding emotion to text)
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 Lesson title: Showing How to Deal with Anger
Lesson's Mentor Text: When Sophie Gets Angry--Really, Really Angry... by Molly Bang
Focus Trait: Idea Development (reflecting on a personal experience to develop an idea)
Support Trait: Voice (adding emotion to text)
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14 Organization Prompts and Lessons: |
 Lesson title: Powerful First Paragraphs
Lesson's Mentor Text: Brave Margaret by Robert De San Souci
Focus Trait: Organization (creating a strong opening paragraph)
Support Trait: Idea Development (writing with memorable details)
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 Lesson title: A Scientific Mishap
Lesson's Mentor Text: Dogzilla by Dav Pilkey
Focus Trait: Organization (planning for purposeful paragraphs)
Support Trait: Idea Development (using action-packed details)
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 Lesson title: Floating Down a River
Lesson's Mentor Text: Daisy Comes Home by Jan Brett
Focus Trait: Organization (planning for sequencing and pacing)
Support Trait: Idea Development (using memorable details)
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 Lesson title: Three-Meal Weather
Lesson's Mentor Text: Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs by Judi & Ron Barrett
Focus Trait: Organization (planning purposeful paragraphs and story parts)
Support Trait: Word Choice (choosing powerful adjectives)
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 Lesson title: The Sibling Report
Lesson's Mentor Text: Tub-boo-boo by Margie Palatini
Focus Trait: Organization (planning for sequencing)
Support Trait: Voice (imitating authentic, real-world voice)
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 Lesson title: Pros, Cons, and Hooks
Lesson's Mentor Text: How I Became a Pirate by Melinda Long
Focus Trait: Organization (planning purposeful paragraphs and strong leads)
Support Trait: Sentence Fluency (using compound sentences)
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 Lesson title: Weird Animal Adventures
Lesson's Mentor Text: Tuesday by David Wiesner
Focus Trait: Organization (planning beginnings, middles. and ends)
Support Trait: Idea Development (using memorable details)
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 Lesson title: Overcoming a Personified Fear
Lesson's Mentor Text: There's a Nightmare in My Closet by Mercer Mayer
Focus Trait: Organization (using a variety of transition words to sequence a story's parts)
Support Trait: Idea Development (creating an original story)
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 Lesson title: Who's to Blame Stories
Lesson's Mentor Text: Because a Little Bug Went Ka-Choo by Rosetta Stone (Dr. Seuss) Focus Trait: Organization (planning for sequencing)
Support Trait: Word Choice (using onomatopoeia)
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Focus Trait: Organization (planning for sequencing)
Support Trait: Sentence Fluency (using a variety of sentence types)
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 Lesson title: A Vocabulary Fashion Show
Lesson's Mentor Text: Miss Alaineus by Debra Frasier
Focus Trait: Organization (using a variety of transition words)
Support Trait: Word Choice (playing with words' meanings)
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 Lesson title: Fracturing Tales Through Titles
Lesson's Mentor Text: The Wolf Who Cried Boy by Bob Hartman
Focus Trait: Organization (letting a title drive original writing)
Support Trait: Voice (adding emotion and emphasis to a scene)
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 Lesson title: Start & Stop Paragraphs
Lesson's Mentor Text: If You Give a Moose a Muffin by Laura Numeroff
Focus Trait: Organization (linking introdiuctions to conclusions)
Support Trait: Word Choice (using powerful imagery)
THIS LESSON IS CURRENTLY UNDERGOING REVISION. PLEASE VISIT THE START & STOP POETRY LESSON (at right) IN THE MEANTIME.
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Focus Trait: Organization (linking introdiuctions to conclusions)
Support Trait: Word Choice (using powerful imagery)
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12 Voice Prompts and Lessons: |
 Lesson title: Start with What Isn't There
Lesson's Mentor Text: Caves by Stephen Kramer
Focus Trait: Voice (establishing mood)
Support Trait: Word Choice (using strong and memorable details)
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 Lesson title: I Wanna [Something]
Lesson's Mentor Text: I Wanna Iguana by Karen Kaufmann Orloff
Focus Trait: Voice (exploring and using effective persuasive techniques)
Support Trait: Word Choice (choosing words for persuasion)
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 Lesson title: Interjected Emotions!
Lesson's Mentor Text: No David! by David Shannon
Focus Trait: Voice (conveying emotions through interjections)
Support Trait: Conventions (punctuating for dialogue and direct address)
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 Lesson title: Unusual Friendly Letters
Lesson's Mentor Text: Dear Mrs. LaRue: Letters from Obedience School by Mark Teague
Focus Trait: Voice (effective persuasive techniques)
Support Trait: Word Choice (words that enhance persuasion)
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 Lesson title: Giving Voice to Opposites
Lesson's Mentor Text: I Am the Dog I Am the Cat by Donald Hall
Focus Trait: Voice (conveying emotion)
Support Trait: Idea Development (showing, not telling)
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 Lesson title: "Just the Facts, Ma'am."
Lesson's Mentor Text: The Web Files by Margie Palatini
Focus Trait: Voice (imitating authentic voice)
Support Trait: Conventions (direct address and dialogue punctuation)
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 Lesson title: Put 'em on Oprah!
Lesson's Mentor Text: Cindy Ellen: a Wild Western Cinderella by Susan Lowell
Focus Trait: Voice (using realistic dialogue and monologues)
Support Trait: Word Choice (choosing words that convey personality)
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 Lesson title: A Pet's Adventure Story
Lesson's Mentor Text: Good Boy, Fergus! by David Shannon
Focus Trait: Voice (conveying emotion)
Support Trait: Conventions (punctuating direct addresses)
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 Lesson title: Serendipitous Fairy Tale Tabloids
Lesson's Mentor Text: The Fairy Tale News by Colin and Jacqui Hawkins
Focus Trait: Voice (imitating real world voice)
Support Trait: Idea Development (developing an original idea)
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 Lesson title: Voicing an Original Fairy Tale Narrator
Lesson's Mentor Text: The True Story of the Three Little Pigs by Jon Scieszka
Focus Trait: Voice (shifting point of view)
Support Trait: Word Choice (choosing verbs, nouns, an adjectives that are indicative of character)
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 Lesson title: Emotional Monologues
Lesson's Mentor Text: My Brother Dan's Delicious by Stephen L. Layne
Focus Trait: Voice (conveying emotion)
Support Trait: Word Choice (choosing words that convey personality)
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 Lesson title: Creative Convincing
Lesson's Mentor Text: Click, Clack, Moo: Cows That Type by Doreen Cronin
Focus Trait: Voice (using persuasive techniques)
Support Trait: Organization (practicing friendly letter format)
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9 Word Choice Prompts and Lessons: |
 Lesson title: Perspective Paragraphs
Lesson's Mentor Text: Tough Boris by Mem Fox
Focus Trait: Word Choice (choosing strong adjectives)
Support Trait: Voice (writing from a character's point-of-view)
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 Lesson title: Haiku Riddles
Lesson's Mentor Text: If Not for the Cat by Jack Prelutsky
Focus Trait: Word Choice (using powerful adjectives and verbs)
Support Trait: Idea Development (creating high-quality similes about nature)
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 Lesson title: What If Poems
Lesson's Mentor Text: What If by Regina J. Williams
Focus Trait: Word Choice (using precise nouns, and strong verbs and adjectives)
Support Trait: Sentence Fluency (writing with a variety of sentence lengths)
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 Lesson title: An Onomatopoetic Field Trip!
Lesson's Mentor Text: Rattletrap Car by Phyllis Root
Focus Trait: Word Choice (exploring and using thoughtful onomatopoeia)
Support Trait: Idea Development (using memorable details)
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 Lesson title: Listen to the Word Choice of an Author
Lesson's Mentor Text: Listen to the Rain by Bill Martin Jr. and John Archambault
Focus Trait: Word Choice (choosing words that affect mood)
Support Trait: Organization (structuring a poems into parts)
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 Lesson title: Poems to Bug Your Reader
Lesson's Mentor Text: Insectlopedia by Douglas Florian
Focus Trait: Word Choice (playing with words)
Support Trait: Idea Development (exploring a unique idea based on a model)
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 Lesson title: Noun-Inspired Animal Reports
Lesson's Mentor Text: We Are Bears by Molly Grooms
Focus Trait: Word Choice (using precise nouns and strong verbs)
Support Trait: Organization (pre-planning a piece of writing's parts or paragraphs)
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 Lesson title: Alliterative Insects
Lesson's Mentor Text: Clara Caterpillar by Pamela Duncan Brown
Focus Trait: Word Choice (playing with words)
Support Trait: Idea Development (using memorable details)
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 NEW! Lesson title: Hoot and Howl...
Lesson's Mentor Text: Halloween Hoots and Howls by Joan Horton
Focus Trait: Word Choice (using precise nouns, interesting adjectives, strong verbs)
Support Trait: Conventions (spelling)
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8 Sentence Fluency Prompts and Lessons: |
 Lesson title: Counting Sentences' Words
Lesson's Mentor Text: Owl Moon by Jane Yolen
Focus Trait: Sentence Fluency (varying sentence lengths)
Support Trait: Organization (paragraphing purposefully)
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 Lesson title: Special Days to Love
Lesson's Mentor Text: All the Places to Love by Patricia MacLachlan
Focus Trait: Sentence Fluency (varying sentence beginnings and adding prepositional phrases)
Support Trait: Idea Development (using memorable and powerful details)
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 Lesson title: Combining with Participial Phrases
Lesson's Mentor Text: Dancing in the Wings by Debbie Allen
Focus Trait: Sentence Fluency (varying sentence beginnings by adding participial phrases)
Support Trait: Conventions (punctuating for internal commas)
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 Lesson title: Ain't Gonna Rain No More
Lesson's Mentor Text: I Ain't Gonna Paint No More! by Karen Beaumont
Focus Trait: Sentence Fluency (experimenting with sentence rhythm)
Support Trait: Word Choice (using word play with internal rhymes)
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 Lesson title: Impersonating Great Poets
Lesson's Mentor Text: Science Verse by Jon Scieszka
Focus Trait: Sentence Fluency (experimenting with sentence rhythm)
Support Trait: Idea Development (writing with originality, using another's model)
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 Lesson title: Animals Not to [Verb] with...
Lesson's Mentor Text: Don't Take Your Snake for a Stroll by Karin Ireland
Focus Trait: Sentence Fluency (experimenting with sentence rhythm)
Support Trait: Word Choice (choosing strong adjectives and verbs)
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 Lesson title: School Song Parodies
Lesson's Mentor Text: Take Me Out of the Bathtub and other Silly Dilly Songs by Alan Katz
Focus Trait: Sentence Fluency (experimenting with sentence rhythm)
Support Trait: Idea Development (writing with originality, using another's model)
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 Lesson title: Ballads about Family
Lesson's Mentor Text: Family Reunion by Mary Ann Hoberman
Focus Trait: Sentence Fluency (experimenting with sentence rhythm)
Support Trait: Word Choice (choosing strong adjectives and verbs)
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1 Conventions Prompt and Lesson: |
 Lesson title: A Conventional Family
Lesson's Mentor Text: Punctuation Takes a Vacation by Robin Pulver
Focus Trait: Conventions (thinking about punctuation or parts of speech creatively)
Support Trait: Idea Development (writing with originality, using another's model)
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