We often start a new writing unit with generating lists- whether it is for a personal narrative so we are generating a list of moments we've had with people, an opinion where we are making a list of changes we want made, or an informational piece where we generate a list of topics we know a lot about. In this unit, students will become the teachers as they teach me and a small group of students about a topic. Students will not be researching this topic, so they will be writing from what they already know. I enjoyed looking over their shoulders and listening in to the excitement as they made their lists. It looks as though we have experts on many different topics! Students then pick any topic from their list and just started writing all they know about it. It is interesting to see what they already know about writing informational pieces when we do this. Some just write bullet points, others write in a paragraph with ideas not necessarily connected, and some divide their information up into paragraphs. We are going to try out a few ideas from our list before committing to just one for the rest of the unit.
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