Informational

====[|LikeToWrite.com] Videos, lessons, and units for you to download and print. ==== [|Close Reading and Writing Literary Essays] Grades 3-5 samples! Kelly Gallagher's [|Article of the Week] [|InstaGrok:] THE BEST RESEARCH SITE Check it out. Put in any topic and the site will pull up videos, readings, sites for further research, etc. [|NC DPI Planning Documents] to match Common Core [|K-5 Informative Writing Placemat] Explains Informational genre. [|Learning to Write Engaging Nonfiction]: A Middle School Partner Writing Study. Added 5/14/13. [|Use Informational Resources to Teach Common Core] - Library of Resources. Added 6/12/13.

__ ARTICLES for Mentor Texts __
[|Columns by Leonard Pitts]to use as Mentor Texts [|Columns by Kathleen Parker] to use as Mentor Texts [|Google Search Page]- Find weather, time in different countries, sports scores, calculators, books, measurement conversions, etc. [|6 Letters From Neil Armstrong] - This from a man who was rarely interviewed. These might serve as mentor texts for students who may not see why writing is important. [|Library of Congress] Informational articles from newspapers of the time period. <span class="gmw_">[|Franki] <span class="gm_ gm_819be43c-5a2a-6a3e-53a0-3fac897e29f2 gm-spell">[|Sibberson] <span class="gmw_">'s Favorite Mentor Texts Added 5/14/13. <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;"><span class="gmw_">[|Primary Sources] SETS of primary sources to compare.

__ ADDING STORIES AND OTHER GENRES to Informational Writing __
<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">[|Adding Narrative] as examples in Informational Writing - 2nd Grade - <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Choice Literacy Membership <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">[|Writing Fiction Based On Real Science] The New York Times <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">[|Erika's MultiGenerational Site] HS projects using a variety of genres. <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">[|Informational Texts for Many Perspectives] - a variety of texts. Added 4/26/13 <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">Adding [|Nonfiction Mentor Texts]

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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">[|4-Minute VIDEO] - “Novels have helped shape the minds of leaders across history, and thus, have shaped the actual course of history... What story will you try on next?" <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">[|Informational Videos] from Calkins' TC Reading & Writing Project Added 3/5/13 <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">[|Stella Villalba]<span class="gmw_">[| confers] about an informational piece with a 1st grader. Added 5/14/13.

<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">[|Social Studies Interactive Notebooks] Show students how to collect information with these examples. <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">[|Writing in Math] - list of activities online. Added 5/14/13.
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