[LIT] writing in History and English

May Dartez maydartez at charter.net
Thu Oct 12 19:18:13 EDT 2006


Hi DeAnn,

I would love to hear more about this type of writing. Do you have an 
example story and writing assignment/prompt
that you could send me?

Thanks!

May Dartez
6th Grade Language Arts
Jackson County, GA

DeAnn: Many state tests, Missouri I know, require students to 
extrapolate
> information as if they were a character from a story to an audience in 
> a
> particular format with a topic/theme based on the reading from the 
> test.
>  I have used this strategy with my 7th graders, and they enjoyed 
> writing
> the responses.  They wrote with great insight and creativity.
>



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