Two other persuastive books that are good are Click Clack Moo, Cows that Type (Cows try to convince farmer to give them electric blankets)
Can I have a Stegasaurus, Mom? Can I, Please? - I think that this is worded correctly (boy tries to convince his mom to let him get a Stegasaurus - final reason is he finds an egg in the woods - there is a twist at the end which could be a good taking off point for writing) Lisa On Mon, Jan 9, 2012 at 6:51 PM, Kelly Alexander <mandkalexan...@yahoo.com>wrote: > I Want An Iguana.....persuasive picture book. > > --- On Mon, 1/9/12, Sally Thomas <sally.thom...@verizon.net> wrote: > > From: Sally Thomas <sally.thom...@verizon.net> > Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] elementary writing programs > To: "mosaic listserve" <mosaic@literacyworkshop.org> > Date: Monday, January 9, 2012, 7:21 PM > > Hate to sound snarky but shouldn't the administration be able to describe > what they mean by appropriate persuasive and analytical for these age > levels? And also tell you why? Just bugs the heck out of me when people > throw out ideas which they often don't know anything about. > > That said, I would think about the kinds of things kids would be interested > in persuading people about and go from there. Find mentor texts. An > example that we used at our school: every year kids have the opportunity to > vote for the California Young Readers Medal. They are given 3 books at > primary, intermediate etc. to choose from. They have to have read > (individually or as class) each book to vote. We had our students write > persuasive essays (we actually used letters) to convince others of their > choice. It was great.(My kids read samples of persuasive texts and came up > with a rubric. I taught 5/6. Isn't there a great picture book where a > child > tries to persuad his mother to get a certain kind of pet? (I forget the > title but it was a good one!) > > I would check James Moffett's classic work on genres and writing - the > kinds > of authentic writing we do in the world and connected to developmental > levels. I know we spent many years on the state language arts assessment > committee in California exploring the kinds of writing that it was > appropriate to assess and how to formulate authentic type tasks and so on. > Moffet's work informed some of the decisions about the types of writing to > assess at various levels. We found for example that when we tried to > assess information type writing, most of what we got was pretty bad writing > - stiff and boring. And kids who didn't have background on whatever the > topic (which happens in testing situations often) were especially > disadvantaged. I am disgusted by much of what goes for writing assessment > currently. We've lost sooooo much ground in writing over the last more > than > decade. > > In short, I am not against persuasive or analytic as long as the writing > experience is authentic and meaningful to children's lives. Be careful. > Calkins work (along with the great teachers who helped her) is probably > most > meaningful to developing students as writers for the long run. Just > IMOl!!! > Sally > > > On 1/9/12 8:50 AM, "Beth OConnor" <ocon...@norfolk.k12.ma.us> wrote: > > > > > Hello, > > I am looking for suggestions on writing programs that could complement > > Lucy Calkins in grades K-5. Because of the Common Core, our > > administration would like us to focus more on persuasive and > > analytical writing and less on personal narratives. Does anyone use > > anything for this type of writing that they would recommend? > > Thank you, > > Beth > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Mosaic mailing list > > Mosaic@literacyworkshop.org > > To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to > > http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/mosaic_literacyworkshop.org > > > > Search the MOSAIC archives at http://snipurl.com/MosaicArchive > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Mosaic mailing list > Mosaic@literacyworkshop.org > To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to > http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/mosaic_literacyworkshop.org > > Search the MOSAIC archives at http://snipurl.com/MosaicArchive > > _______________________________________________ > Mosaic mailing list > Mosaic@literacyworkshop.org > To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to > http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/mosaic_literacyworkshop.org > > Search the MOSAIC archives at http://snipurl.com/MosaicArchive > > -- Lisa Glos Kindergarten Patterson Park Public Charter School Baltimore, MD _______________________________________________ Mosaic mailing list Mosaic@literacyworkshop.org To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/mosaic_literacyworkshop.org Search the MOSAIC archives at http://snipurl.com/MosaicArchive
