I loop with my 7th and 8th graders and what I have done is to push them on genre and point of view. Ask them to reach beyond their comfort zone and try another perspective or a different format. Use RAFTS to help push them, too. Lorri
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Re: Mini lesson ideas for lifting the level of a narrative (Rachel Blackledge) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Thu, 2 Oct 2008 15:06:46 -0400 From: "Rachel Blackledge" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [LIT] Mini lesson ideas for lifting the level of a narrative To: <[email protected]> Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Hi all! I need some good mini lesson ideas for lifting the level of narratives. This is for a 6th grade class...most of the class is in their 3rd or 4th year of workshop and has done narratives before. I need to push them now to "lift the level" of their narratives, maybe even memoir? Any great little gems out there? R. Blackledge ------------------------------ Message: 2 Date: Thu, 2 Oct 2008 15:53:17 -0700 From: "Heather Poland" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [LIT] Mini lesson ideas for lifting the level of a narrative To: "A list for improving literacy with focus on middle grades." <[email protected]> Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=WINDOWS-1252 I'm not sure I understand what you mean by "lifting the level" is this for reading them? Writing them? Both? On Thu, Oct 2, 2008 at 12:06 PM, Rachel Blackledge < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi all! I need some good mini lesson ideas for lifting the level of > narratives. This is for a 6th grade class...most of the class is in their > 3rd or 4th year of workshop and has done narratives before. I need to push > them now to "lift the level" of their narratives, maybe even memoir? Any > great little gems out there? > > R. Blackledge > > _______________________________________________ > The Literacy Workshop ListServ http://www.literacyworkshop.org > > To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to > http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/lit_literacyworkshop.org. > > Search the LIT archives at http://snipurl.com/LITArchive > -- - Heather Yes We Can! Obama/Biden '08 "DIBELS is the worst thing to happen to the teaching of reading since the development of flash cards." - P. David Pearson" "When our children fail competency tests the schools lose funding. When our missiles fail tests, we increase funding. " ?Dennis Kucinich, Democratic Presidential Candidate ------------------------------ Message: 3 Date: Fri, 3 Oct 2008 08:37:33 -0400 From: "Rachel Blackledge" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [LIT] Mini lesson ideas for lifting the level of a narrative To: "A list for improving literacy with focus on middle grades." <[email protected]> Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" It's for writing. In Unit 1, they did narrative writing...now, we want to develop them further as writers and further their understanding of narrative writing. I want to make sure that I am not teaching the same narrative minilessons that they have heard a hundred times...any thoughts? ________________________________ From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] on behalf of Heather Poland Sent: Thu 10/2/2008 6:53 PM To: A list for improving literacy with focus on middle grades. Subject: Re: [LIT] Mini lesson ideas for lifting the level of a narrative I'm not sure I understand what you mean by "lifting the level" is this for reading them? Writing them? Both? On Thu, Oct 2, 2008 at 12:06 PM, Rachel Blackledge < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi all! I need some good mini lesson ideas for lifting the level of > narratives. This is for a 6th grade class...most of the class is in their > 3rd or 4th year of workshop and has done narratives before. I need to push > them now to "lift the level" of their narratives, maybe even memoir? Any > great little gems out there? > > R. Blackledge > > _______________________________________________ > The Literacy Workshop ListServ http://www.literacyworkshop.org > <http://www.literacyworkshop.org/> > > To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to > http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/lit_literacyworkshop.org. > > Search the LIT archives at http://snipurl.com/LITArchive > -- - Heather Yes We Can! Obama/Biden '08 "DIBELS is the worst thing to happen to the teaching of reading since the development of flash cards." - P. David Pearson" "When our children fail competency tests the schools lose funding. When our missiles fail tests, we increase funding. " -Dennis Kucinich, Democratic Presidential Candidate _______________________________________________ The Literacy Workshop ListServ http://www.literacyworkshop.org <http://www.literacyworkshop.org/> To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/lit_literacyworkshop.org. Search the LIT archives at http://snipurl.com/LITArchive ------------------------------ _______________________________________________ The Literacy Workshop ListServ http://www.literacyworkshop.org To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/lit_literacyworkshop.org. Search the LIT archives at http://snipurl.com/LITArchive. 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