In Reader's Workshop we are working on responding to texts in writing. The key is to read a text more than once.
The first time you read a text, you should be able to remember some details from it, such as how it's organized. You should also be able to tell the genre and if it's nonfiction have a sense of what it was mostly about (main idea).
The first time you read a text, you should be able to remember some details from it, such as how it's organized. You should also be able to tell the genre and if it's nonfiction have a sense of what it was mostly about (main idea).
The second time you read a text you should be able to find evidence to support a given idea. Evidence is proof written right in the text. The more proof you can find, the better!
Here is a sample paragraph we wrote together in class using everyone's evidence. There were eleven details that support the idea that Martin Luther King was just a regular kid once.
The paragraph also has an introductory sentence that restates the question, and a clincher that sums up the answer. This response would get a good score!
The paragraph also has an introductory sentence that restates the question, and a clincher that sums up the answer. This response would get a good score!