During the weeks leading up to winter break, we were immersed in the writing style of Gail Gibbons. She is currently the other writing teacher in our rooms. Now we are taking some of her tips to begin generating ideas for our own nonfiction writing. We began noticing things around us in our everyday lives that we are curious or excited about. We began thinking of some questions about these topics to help guide our research for our nonfiction writing. We will select writing topics next week and begin collecting more information for our books!
In reading we wrapped up our study of nonfiction text structures. The 5 structures we studied this unit are:
Description - Main Idea/Details
Comparison - Compare/Contrast
Chronological
Problem/Solution
Cause/Effect
Depending on the topic authors often choose one of these structures to organize their writing. Reference texts can be organized in any of the structures. Biographies and Literary Nonfiction are often organized chronologically with some problem/solution or cause/effect relationships. Understanding how the text is organized can help students choose appropriator graphic organizers to record their learning and thinking.
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