Think and Write! Day 1 Name: Date: Title of story: “Dear Mr. Henshaw” In his mind. His parents are “Dear Mr. Henshaw”, the main character, Leigh Botts, has a lot on divorced and he rarely sees his father. Leigh enjoys writing and, throughout the story, the reader gets to experience the different types of writing he uses. How does writing help Leigh? Use details from the text to support your answer. What will you be writing about? Underline the focusing question in the assignment above. 2. What information will you need to be able to answer the Focusing Question and to explain your answer? Turn to a partner. Look carefully at the graphic organizer as you discuss the answers to the questions below. the circle next to each question after you have talked about it. Color in What kind of information will you put in the first two columns? Where will you get this information? What kind of information will go in the third column? Where will this information come from? Why are you gathering all this information? What are you trying to figure out? How does writing help Leigh? Evidence Elaboration / Explanation Page Used in your Types of writing Leigh uses How does this type of writing help piece? him? 422 Ways to express how he is feeling about Diary things going on in his life -------------------------------------------------------- Quote: “I keep thinking about Dad and how lonely he sounded and wondering what happened to the pizza boy. I don’t like to think about Dad being lonesome, but I don’t like to think about the pizza boy cheering him up either.” -------------------------------------------------------- Quote:
Think and Write! Day 1 Name: Date: Title of story: “Dear Mr. Henshaw” In “Dear Mr. Henshaw”, the main character, Leigh Botts, has a lot on his mind. His parents are divorced and he rarely sees his father. Leigh enjoys writing and, throughout the story, the reader gets to experience the different types of writing he uses. How does writing help Leigh? Use details from the text to support your answer. What will you be writing about? Underline the focusing question in the assignment above. 2. What information will you need to be able to answer the Focusing Question and to explain your answer? Turn to a partner. Look carefully at the graphic organizer as you discuss the answers to the questions below. Color in the circle next to each question after you have talked about it. What kind of information will you put in the first two columns? Where will you get this information? What kind of information will go in the third column? Where will this information come from? Why are you gathering all this information? What are you trying to figure out? How does writing help Leigh? Evidence Types of writing Leigh uses Page Elaboration / Explanation How does this type of writing help him? Used in your piece? Diary -------------------------------------------------------- Quote: “I keep thinking about Dad and how lonely he sounded and wondering what happened to the pizza boy. I don’t like to think about Dad being lonesome, but I don’t like to think about the pizza boy cheering him up either.” 422 Ways to express how he is feeling about things going on in his life -------------------------------------------------------- Quote: