Tuesday 03/20 Writing - Making Matches and Patterns

Purpose: As an informational writer, I can use patterning in words, structures, and meanings to make my writing easier to read.

1. Connection:  Table Setting
2. Teaching:  Today I want to teach you that writers set up their writing almost the way we might set up a table--matching up certain elements, patterning everything, and making the whole arrangment look planned and thought out.  Writers do that by making matches and patterns in words, in structures, and in meanings.
3. Engagement:  Setting the Louisiana Purchase "Table"
4. Application: Research Report
• Make matches and patterns in your sections.
• Study primary sources and approved & appropriate resources closely to figure out what information they offer: quotes, inferences, thoughts, feelings, etc.
• Structure your writing using the different formats available for information writing.
• Grow your thinking by writing about the information.