<p> Trust, Thoughtfulness, and Time Invested</p><p>Standing in the Middle of Awk-Land Student Centered Thinking, Writing, Reading and Idea Pacing Guide We Write to be Read – We Read to be Heard - We have a Voice</p><p>Name of Awk-Toonie:</p><p>Foundation Date and Time Stamp:</p><p>Stair 1 – The Dare is to Awaken the Daydream Stair 1 is crowded with wishers, ifers, and lifers! To move off of Stair 1, you need to become A Day Dreamer, A Day Schemer, and A Decipherer of Problems! </p><p>Say What Statement</p><p>But Why Statement</p><p>Audience of Who Trust, Thoughtfulness, and Time Invested</p><p>My name is ______and I visited the </p><p>Evidence Video Booth of Trust, Thoughtfulness, and Time Invested on ______</p><p>Stare 2 – Evidence of Word Collection Stare 2 will show evidence of word collection that ignites a spark of intrigue and curiosity. </p><p>What is the source of your intrigue and curiosity? What are your investigative processes? The Notorious B.I.P. needs to be established and maintained!</p><p>Stare 3 – Evidence of your visit to NOUN TOWN! Stare 3 will show evidence of your words getting to the noun level! Trust, Thoughtfulness, and Time Invested</p><p>Narrow your vision to FOUR NOUNS! The Notorious B.I.P. needs to be established and maintained!</p><p>My name is ______and I visited the </p><p>Evidence Video Booth of Trust, Thoughtfulness, and Time Invested on ______</p><p>Stare 4 – Evidence of Noun Verification Stare</p><p>4 will show evidence of noun knowledge that fuels your spark of intrigue and curiosity. Trust, Thoughtfulness, and Time Invested</p><p>Use the diagram above to help maintain your journey! The Notorious B.I.P. needs to be maintained! Trust, Thoughtfulness, and Time Invested</p><p>My name is ______and I visited the </p><p>Evidence Video Booth of Trust, Thoughtfulness, and Time Invested on ______</p><p>The Landing – Image Grammar and the Brush Strokes Roll up your sleeves, listen to the fan, and enjoy your journey behind the words because you’re going to be here awhile. -:[ ) </p><p>The idiosyncrasies of our language seem venomous when you’re trying to identify the Brush Stokes within a professional writer’s story. SLOW DOWN and investigate how the writer is making the nouns you have verified – move. How has the professional writer made the nouns come to life and move through your imagination! </p><p>Relax and enjoy your time here! The Landing is a place for reflection, exploration, and failure! Trial and error is encouraged. Mistakes lead to interesting conversations with others. Collaboration allows each thinker to examine a problem from different perspectives. Take action and stay hungry! </p><p> Brush Stroke One: It is not a wholeciple, but a participle. A participle is a verb + ing or a verb + ed. (smiling)  Brush Stroke Two: Absolute Zoom! An absolute is a noun + a participle. (eyes smiling)  Brush Stroke Three: Are you positive? Yes! It’s an appositive! Use those commas so your writing does not put the reader into a coma! Hook’em up and tell more about the noun! (The teacher, eyes smiling, helped the learner work above an A!  Brush Stroke Four: “Everybody’s shufflin” the adjective out of order! Shuffle the adjective from in front of the noun and shuffle it to the other side! (The teacher’s truck, red and experienced, glides down the road toward Heinz Field.)  Brush Stroke Five: Take Action with Action Verbs! Avoid the “To Be” Verbs, they sting your writing and make it STOP! Here are some common “To Be” Verbs: am, are, is, was, were, be, being, and been. Replace them with action verbs! o (The two bees were on the left side of my face.) o (The two bees buzzed around the left side of my face.)  Brush Stroke Six: Your reading and writing will begin to add up when you reluctantly start using Adverbs. Adverbs are notoriously abundant throughout our language, so let’s focus on the adverbs that end in LY! (I watched nervously as the two bees buzzed around the right side of my face.)</p><p>Trust, Thoughtfulness, and Time Invested</p><p>My name is ______and I visited the </p><p>Evidence Video Booth of Trust, Thoughtfulness, and Time Invested on ______</p><p>Stare 5 – Gliterary Devices Stare 5 will show evidence of literary elements knowledge that makes the writer’s word sparkle with clarity and bounce!</p><p>Come on now! You have been using this stuff since your puddle and mud days! Let’s get down and dirty and dig for the author’s secret treasures! The shinny stuff looks like similes, metaphors, alliteration, irony, personification, onomatopoeia, symbolism, allusion, allegory, and a bunch of other things that make a writer’s world come alive within your blooming brain of beauty! Trust, Thoughtfulness, and Time Invested</p><p>My name is ______and I visited the </p><p>Evidence Video Booth of Trust, Thoughtfulness, and Time Invested on ______</p><p>Stare 6 – Stack Your Nouns Stare 6 will show evidence of organization, sentence structure, and the sweet smell of perfect paragraphs! Celebrate and dance brothers and sisters of Awk-Land, it’s time to write sentences! My suggestion would be to eat something sweet, follow it up with a vegetable, and chase it down with a refreshing glass of iced milk! </p><p>Scream it, “STACK YOUR NOUNS”! Noun Town goes Vertical! Trust, Thoughtfulness, and Time Invested</p><p>My name is ______and I visited the </p><p>Evidence Video Booth of Trust, Thoughtfulness, and Time Invested on ______Trust, Thoughtfulness, and Time Invested Trust, Thoughtfulness, and Time Invested</p>