Lesson
Grades
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Students will use emojis to write about their feelings related to the first day of school.
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Standard W.MCC
W.MCC Meaning, Context, and Craft
Grade(s): 4
Subject(s): English Language Arts
Year: 2015
Lesson
Grades
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Students will use the mentor text "The Day You Begin" to write narrative pieces as well as get to know their fellow classmates.
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Jacqueline Woodson, author of the award-winning Brown Girl Dreaming, sits down for an interview with Knowitall to discuss her writing process. Books by Woodson include: Picture Books Middle Grade...
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Betsy Byars started her career writing for magazines. Later, she turned her attention to writing children's books. In 1971, she won a Newbery Medal for Summer of the Swans. Ms. Byars enjoys writing...
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S.C. author Dori Sanders reads from her bestseller, Clover , and describes the characters in the novel. She talks about characters being based loosely on real-life but the stories being fictionalized...
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Matt Christopher opens by reading from The Kid Who Only Hits Homers. He states that all of his books are written to entertain the readers. He expresses the importance of writing with emotion. He...
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Eleanora Tate is an award-winning author of children's books. She discusses writing The Secret of Gumbo Grill. Her idea for the book came from the fact that there were few books dealing with modern...
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Students speak with poet, storyteller and writer Tommy Scott Young. Mr. Young starts with The Gingerbread Man. One of his secrets is to read outloud. The characters do not come fully alive without...
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- Pre K
- Kindergarten
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South Carolina author of children's books, John Troy McQueen, begins with a reading from A World Full of Monsters. Mr. McQueen says that he sometimes writes story ideas down, but sometimes he allows...
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Idella Bodie takes a minute to speak to teachers about writing.
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Idella Bodie discusses the locations from "The Mystery of the Pirate's Treasure".