Writing Lesson

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Writing Lesson

• Five Paragraph Essay

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Materials Needed

• Three Pages Stapled
• Pencil
• Red, Yellow Green

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Brain Storming

• All that comes to mind
• Narrow down to three items that are content rich

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First Paragraph

• Opening Sentence Model
• The First (One Sentence)
• The Second (One Sentence)
• The Third (One Sentence)

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• Last week we camped at a place called Alpine
  Meadows.

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• Last week we camped at a place called Alpine
  Meadows. Our sixth grade class went there for
  Outdoor Education.

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• Last week we camped at a place called Alpine
  Meadows. Our sixth grade class went there for
  Outdoor Education. We had a very good time The
  three things I enjoyed the most were the songs,
  the food and the cold.

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• Last week we camped at a place called Alpine
  Meadows. Our sixth grade class went there for
  Outdoor Education. We had a very good time The
  three things I enjoyed the most were the songs,
  the food and the cold. The first thing I liked
  was the songs because they were funny.

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• Last week we camped at a place called Alpine
  Meadows. Our sixth grade class went there for
  Outdoor Education. We had a very good time The
  three things I enjoyed the most were the songs,
  the food and the cold. The first thing I liked
  was the songs because they were funny. The
  second thing I liked was the food because it was
  good.

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• Last week we camped at a place called Alpine
  Meadows. Our sixth grade class went there for
  Outdoor Education. We had a very good time The
  three things I enjoyed the most were the songs,
  the food and the cold. The first thing I liked
  was the songs because they were funny. The
  second thing I liked was the food because it was
  good. The third thing I liked was the weather
  because it felt good.

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First Paragraph

• The First (One Sentence)
• The Second (One Sentence)
• The Third (One Sentence)
• a little extra push stuff

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Second Paragraph

• The First (One Sentence)
• Detailed Sentences
• One Sub Topic Sentence
• Minimum Four Sentences
• Maximum Six Sentences

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Third Paragraph

• The Second (One Sentence)
• Detailed Sentences
• One Sub Topic Sentence
• Minimum Four Sentences
• Maximum Six Sentences

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Break

• Collection
• Check For Understanding
• Read Good Examples Aloud
• ideas
• directions
• engagement

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Fourth Paragraph

• The Third (One Sentence)
• Detailed Sentences
• One Sub Topic Sentence
• Minimum Four Sentences
• Maximum Six Sentences

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Fifth Paragraph

• Conclusion Paragraph
• Three or Four Sentences Only
• Example to follow

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Fifth Paragraph

• Conclusion Paragraph
• KEY POINT SENTNENCE
• Outdoor Education was an exciting week of
  learning. I loved going on hikes and learning
  about the mountain plants.

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Fifth Paragraph

• Conclusion Paragraph
• FEELING SENTNENCE
• I hope I get a change to do outdoor learning
  again.

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Writing Lesson

• Compare Contrast
• Five Paragraph Essay

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Compare Contrast
Maroo of the Winter Caves Island of the
Blue Dolphins

• Prehistoric - European
• lived inland
• nomadic tribe (Madeleine)
• food was difficult to find
• 2 homes
• harsh weather
• few possessions
• heavy clothing made from furs
• ate mostly reindeer

• Karana was native American
• Tribe lived on an island
• food was plentiful
• 1 year round home
• mild weather
• brother was killed
• Karanas mother was dead
• light clothing
• ate mostly seafood

• people live in tribes
• men hunted for food
• 2 sisters and 1 brothers
• girl in early teens
• believed in spirits
• women took care of homes
• used shells and beads for jewelry

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First Paragraph

• Opening Sentence Model First (One or Two
  Sentences)
• Introduce the two stories

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First Paragraph

• Opening Sentence Model Second (One or Two
  Sentences)
• Write two ways how the stories are similar

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First Paragraph

• Opening Sentence Model Third (One or Two
  Sentences)
• Write three ways how they are different

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• In class we have begun to read a book called
  Maroo of the Winter Caves written by Ann
  Turnbull. It is about a girl in her early teens
  named Maroo. Maroo has a lot in common with a
  native girt named Karana in a story called
  Island of the Blue Dolphins. Both of the girls
  live in tribes and in both stories they make
  jewelry out of shells and beads. There tribes
  are different in several ways.

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• Both of the girls live in tribes and in both
  stories they make jewelry out of shells and
  beads. There tribes are different in several
  ways..

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• Both of the girls live in tribes and in both
  stories they make jewelry out of shells and
  beads. There tribes are different in several
  ways. One is that they eat different foods.

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• Both of the girls live in tribes and in both
  stories they make jewelry out of shells and
  beads. There tribes are different in several
  ways. One is that they eat different foods.
  Another way is Maroos tribe is nomadic.

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• Both of the girls live in tribes and in both
  stories they make jewelry out of shells and
  beads. There tribes are different in several
  ways. One is that they eat different foods.
  Another way is Maroos tribe is nomadic. The
  last way is Maroos tribe is located inland in
  Europe and Karanas tribe is located off the
  coast of California.

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Second Paragraph

• The First (One Sentence)
• Detailed Sentences
• One Sub Topic Sentence
• Minimum Four Sentences
• Maximum Six Sentences

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• The first difference is their families. Karana
  lived with a brother, a sister and her father.
  Her mother was dead. Maroo lived with a brother,
  a sister, a grandmother, and bother parents.
  Already in the story there is evidence of a
  strong bond between Maroo and her mother.

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• The first difference is their families. Karana
  lived with a brother, a sister and her father.
  her mother was dead. Maroo lived with a brother,
  a sister, a grandmother, and bother parents.
  Already in the story there is evidence of a
  strong bond between Maroo and her mother.

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• The first difference is their families. Karana
  lived with a brother, a sister and her father.
  Her mother was dead. Maroo lived with a brother,
  a sister, a grandmother, and bother parents.
  Already in the story there is evidence of a
  strong bond between Maroo and her mother.

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• The first difference is their families. Karana
  lived with a brother, a sister and her father.
  Her mother was dead. Maroo lived with a brother,
  a sister, a grandmother, and bother parents.
  Already in the story there is evidence of a
  strong bond between Maroo and her mother.

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• The first difference is their families. Karana
  lived with a brother, a sister and her father.
  her mother was dead. Maroo lived with a brother,
  a sister, a grandmother, and bother parents.
  Already in the story there is evidence of a
  strong bond between Maroo and her mother.

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Second Paragraph

• The First (One Sentence)
• Detailed Sentences
• One Sub Topic Sentence
• Minimum Four Sentences
• Maximum Six Sentences

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• A second difference in the stories is the
  setting. Karana lived on a small Pacific Island
  off the coast of North America during the 1800s.
  Maroo lived in an inland area of Europe at the
  end of the last ice age, about 10,000 years ago.