reads teacher created pattern book. “…Cookies are yummy to eat at a birthday party. Cake is yummy to eat at a birthday party. Ice cream is yummy to eat at a birthday party. Cupcakes are yummy to eat at a birthday party.” “When I get to the end I want to write a surprise ending just like our mentor author, Kathy Caple. So I reread my book and thought about what would happen if I ate all of these things at a birthday party. I know . . . I would get a bellyache and bellyaches are yucky! “ “My surprise ending could go like this, ‘Bellyaches at a birthday party are yucky!’” “When writers want to write a surprise ending for their pattern books, they reread their pages and think what would make sense and surprise the reader.” Lesson Plan – Session 8, Continued Active “Writers, let’s try this with another book. Let’s try it with the book we wrote about our classroom.” Engagement Teacher rereads class pattern book “We know that our book is about things we like to do in our classroom. Let’s think what we could write to give our readers a surprise at the end.” “Writers, turn to your partner and tell them a possible surprise ending that would make sense and surprise our readers.” After turn and talk, have several students share possible surprise endings Teacher writes surprise ending on last page “Writers, we thought about our story and came up with an ending that made sense and surprised the reader.” Link ““Writers, as you begin writing your pattern books you can think about your story and your pattern and think about how you can change your ending, too.” Mid-Workshop Share two students’ surprise endings with the class. Teaching Point “Writers, please stop your writing and listen. You just have to hear the surprise ending Terry added to his pattern book.” Independent Writing and Conferring “Writers, it is time to surprise your readers with your surprise ending. Give me a thumb up if your surprise ending was funny. How about scary? What about sad? If you wrote a pattern book with a Share surprise ending will you please add it to our pattern book basket so that we can read your pattern book and be surprised by your ending?” “Let’s begin a chart on the special structures of pattern books. Tomorrow we are going to learn about other ways we can write a pattern book.”
reads teacher created pattern book. “…Cookies are yummy to eat at a birthday party. Cake is yummy to eat at a birthday party. Ice cream is yummy to eat at a birthday party. Cupcakes are yummy to eat at a birthday party.” “When I get to the end I want to write a surprise ending just like our mentor author, Kathy Caple. So I reread my book and thought about what would happen if I ate all of these things at a birthday party. I know . . . I would get a bellyache and bellyaches are yucky! “ “My surprise ending could go like this, ‘Bellyaches at a birthday party are yucky!’” “When writers want to write a surprise ending for their pattern books, they reread their pages and think what would make sense and surprise the reader.” Lesson Plan – Session 8, Continued Active Engagement “Writers, let’s try this with another book. Let’s try it with the book we wrote about our classroom.” Teacher rereads class pattern book “We know that our book is about things we like to do in our classroom. Let’s think what we could write to give our readers a surprise at the end.” “Writers, turn to your partner and tell them a possible surprise ending that would make sense and surprise our readers.” After turn and talk, have several students share possible surprise endings Teacher writes surprise ending on last page “Writers, we thought about our story and came up with an ending that made sense and surprised the reader.” Link ““Writers, as you begin writing your pattern books you can think about your story and your pattern and think about how you can change your ending, too.” Mid-Workshop Teaching Point Share two students’ surprise endings with the class. “Writers, please stop your writing and listen. You just have to hear the surprise ending Terry added to his pattern book.” Independent Writing and Conferring Share “Writers, it is time to surprise your readers with your surprise ending. Give me a thumb up if your surprise ending was funny. How about scary? What about sad? If you wrote a pattern book with a surprise ending will you please add it to our pattern book basket so that we can read your pattern book and be surprised by your ending?” “Let’s begin a chart on the special structures of pattern books. Tomorrow we are going to learn about other ways we can write a pattern book.”