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1 Transitions Organization Writers Workshop Daily Plan

1. Mini-Lesson Focus: Procedural Process Trait Conventions ELACC3W3.c. Use temporal words and phrases to signal event order. ELACC4W3.c. Use a variety of transitional words and phrases to manage the sequence of events. ELACC5W3.c. Use a variety of transitional words, phrases, and clauses to manage the sequence of events. Transitions: In this minilesson, students will get practice with using transitions in their writing to help make it better organized and easier to read. Begin the lesson by cutting the attached sheet into strips. Give each group of students a set of the strips. Tell them that on the strips are some events that happened in a story called The Night I Followed My Dog, by Nina Laden. Ask them to try to put the events in order. Give them 2-3 minutes to do the best they can. They should have a bit of a difficult time because there are no transition words to help them along. After you have given them just a few minutes to try to figure I out, tell them that Amanda Bynes is going to read the story to them so that they can see if their strips are in the right order. Go to www.storylineonline.net and choose The Night I Followed My Dog. As the class listens to the story, they will probably be eager to switch their strips around. Allow them to revise their order a few times during the story. (You can pause the story whenever you need to.) Guide them to notice that it was difficult to put them in the correct order because there were no transition words to give you clues. Discuss the transition words that they heard in the story. Give them the attached list to put in their writing folders to use as a reference. Tell them that during Writer’s Workshop they are going to see where they can add transition words to make their writing easier to read.

2. Status of Class

3. Student Writing/Teacher Conferring

4. Author Share: Student Teacher Call on a few students to share the transition words they added to their stories.

Materials Attached paper, copied and cut into strips for Mini-Lesson: 10 minutes groups of students Status of Class: 5 minutes Computer (www.storylineonline.net) Attached transition list Write/Confer: 25 minutes Sharing: 5 minutes

Writer’s Workshop Conferencing Tip Literature Connection Reminder Reinforce your students’ ability as Charlie the Caterpillar by writers by comparing them to an Dom DeLuise Consider doing an author that you are studying. “Your Alexander and the Terrible, author’s study. Read lots writing reminds me of Cynthia Horrible, No Good, Very of books by one author. Rylant! It’s simple and touching.” Discuss his/her style. Bad Day by Judith Viorst

Troup County Schools 2012 2 Transitions

I let my dog out.

I let my dog in.

I opened the door and saw my dog jump out of a limousine.

My dog disappeared into the backyard.

I opened the kitchen door and whistled for my dog.

I decided to follow my dog.

I slipped out of the house and took out the garbage.

My dog went to his doghouse and put on a tuxedo.

My dog went out of his doghouse, down the street, and got into a limousine.

I found myself in a part of town I had never seen before.

The limousine stopped, my dog got out, and he went into the club.

I spoke with my dog and his friends.

I rushed back home.

Troup County Schools 2012 3 Transitions

TRANSITION WORDS -Just a few to get you started!-

Words that can be used to show location: above around between inside outside across behind by into over against below down near throughout along beneath in back of off to the right among beside in front of on top of under

Words that can be used to show time: about during until yesterday finally after first meanwhile next soon at second today then as soon as before third tomorrow later when

Words that can be used to compare things (show similarities): in the same way likewise as while similarly like also

Words that can be used to contrast things (show difference): on the other hand otherwise but although even though however still yet

Words that can be used to emphasize a point: again for this reason in fact so

Words that can be used to add information: again for instance and as well also besides next along with another for example finally in addition

Words that can be used to conclude or summarize:

Troup County Schools 2012 4 Transitions as a result finally in conclusion therefore lastly in conclusion

Troup County Schools 2012