Brainstorm with students words for on anchor chart. Sample chart (modify as – ‘said’ Continued needed): Active Return to Story 1, asking students to identify a stronger word than in the sentence, ‘said’ “I Engagement said, I’m stuck!’” ‘Mom, think about how the character is feeling in the story. What word could we use instead of “Let’s that would help the reader better understand how she was feeling?” ‘said’ Choose a word from anchor chart and insert into story. Show how to cross out (not erase) ‘said’ and write the new word above it. Reread the revised sentence aloud with feeling. Link we learned that sometimes we can use words other than to help us express the “Today ‘said’ feelings of the character. Go back and reread your writing, highlighting every place you wrote the word Is there a different word you could use other than to express the ‘said.’ ‘said’ character’s feelings? If so, use your purple revision pen to make the change.” Show your teacher story with the word/s said highlighted as a model Independent Writing and Conferring Lesson Plan Session 5, Continued – anyone use a different word that is not on our chart?” “Did Have a few students read the full sentence from their story to the class Share Add any new to the anchor chart
– Continued Brainstorm with students words for ‘said’ on anchor chart. Sample chart (modify as needed): Active Engagement Return to Story 1, asking students to identify a stronger word than ‘said’ in the sentence, “I said, ‘Mom, I’m stuck!’” “Let’s think about how the character is feeling in the story. What word could we use instead of ‘said’ that would help the reader better understand how she was feeling?” Choose a word from anchor chart and insert into story. Show how to cross out (not erase) ‘said’ and write the new word above it. Reread the revised sentence aloud with feeling. Link “Today we learned that sometimes we can use words other than ‘said’ to help us express the feelings of the character. Go back and reread your writing, highlighting every place you wrote the word ‘said.’ Is there a different word you could use other than ‘said’ to express the character’s feelings? If so, use your purple revision pen to make the change.” Show your teacher story with the word/s said highlighted as a model Independent Writing and Conferring Lesson Plan – Session 5, Continued Share “Did anyone use a different word that is not on our chart?” Have a few students read the full sentence from their story to the class Add any new to the anchor chart