Teacher Pages Sample Graphic Organizer (Students may add additional evidence.) FOCUSING QUESTION: How are Mrs. Frisby’s choices risky for herself and others? Evidence Page Elaboration / explanation Used in your choices Mrs. Frisby has to make, why how choice puts herself and piece? they are risky others in danger Example 70-71 Mrs. Frisby might get caught by to go through the farmyard or the forest some animals ------------------------------------------------------ Why risky forest is longer, travel at night if something happens to Mrs. forest-owl out at night, foxes and weasels Frisby, Timothy would not get his farmyard-cat with fangs and claws medicine 78 Example crow might get hurt, the crow ------------------------------------------------------ Mrs. Frisby gets hurt, couldn’t deliver medicine. Why risky noise brings the cat Example 80 crow can’t fly, both might get killed flys with the crow ------------------------------------------------------ medicine would get lost Why risky might fall off, both get caught POSSIBLE FOCUS STATEMENT: Mrs. Frisby’s choices were risky because they put herself and others in danger Additional notes to the teacher about this piece: If the concept of risk has not been discussed during the reading process, it should be discussed before teaching this writing task. There is more evidence and elaboration for the first choice than has been put on the student graphic organizer. Students will probably be able to find more evidence for this choice. It is not necessary for students to find all of the evidence when filling out the graphic organizer or to include all the evidence from the sample graphic organizer when they are writing. An extension / reflection question for the conclusion of this piece might be, do you think “What about the choices Mrs. Frisby makes?”
Teacher Pages Sample Graphic Organizer (Students may add additional evidence.) FOCUSING QUESTION: How are Mrs. Frisby’s choices risky for herself and others? Evidence choices Mrs. Frisby has to make, why they are risky Page Elaboration / explanation how choice puts herself and others in danger Used in your piece? Example to go through the farmyard or the forest ------------------------------------------------------ Why risky forest is longer, travel at night forest-owl out at night, foxes and weasels farmyard-cat with fangs and claws 70-71 Mrs. Frisby might get caught by some animals if something happens to Mrs. Frisby, Timothy would not get his medicine Example the crow ------------------------------------------------------ Why risky noise brings the cat 78 crow might get hurt, Mrs. Frisby gets hurt, couldn’t deliver medicine. Example flys with the crow ------------------------------------------------------ Why risky might fall off, both get caught 80 crow can’t fly, both might get killed medicine would get lost POSSIBLE FOCUS STATEMENT: Mrs. Frisby’s choices were risky because they put herself and others in danger Additional notes to the teacher about this piece: If the concept of risk has not been discussed during the reading process, it should be discussed before teaching this writing task. There is more evidence and elaboration for the first choice than has been put on the student graphic organizer. Students will probably be able to find more evidence for this choice. It is not necessary for students to find all of the evidence when filling out the graphic organizer or to include all the evidence from the sample graphic organizer when they are writing. An extension / reflection question for the conclusion of this piece might be, “What do you think about the choices Mrs. Frisby makes?”