Ms. Stahl-Van Brackle, Literacy 809
January 26, 2006

Agenda

E1

E2

Opening of Writer’s Workshop

1. Feature Article Independent Reading

     a. Read your partner’s feature article   

          twice – once for content, once for

          proofreading

     b. Write comments on the second

          draft, check off grade

     c. Write an article completion

2. Mini-Lesson: How do we layout a feature article using Microsoft Word?

a. Creating Charts and graphs

b. Creating tables

c. Font size for different elements (headline, deck, body text, captions)

d. Inserting images

e. Pull quotes

3. Mini-Lesson: How do we use a mock article as a template?

Work Session

4. Pair Work: Swap sidebars, captions, images, graphs, charts, Q&As, Points with a partner. Proofread your partner’s work and make recommendations to improve.

Closing

5. Share Out

Homework #70

Start putting the pieces together for your final draft. Write a question, idea or suggestion about layout and design to be shared in class.