Reread to find text evidence.

1. Grade 4, Unit 1, Week 1, Mini-Lesson 6 (15-20 min.)

2. I will be able to:
Gather text evidence to use in planning a response to
a prompt.
Share ideas and build on ideas through collaborative
conversation.

3. Once you have carefully analyzed a writing prompt,
you are ready to review the source text to find the
information you will need to help you write your
narrative. I will model how how to reread the text
to find this information.
What research skills might help you review the
source text to find the information you will need?

4. Let’s take another look at my writing prompt:
Imagine you are a government employee who has
just taken part in a major relief effort. Write a
journal entry describing what happened and how
you helped. Use a situation mentioned in “Solving
Problems” as the basis for your narration.

5. Let’s reread paragraphs 1 and 2 of “Solving
Problems.” I am going to look for potential
situations to write about.
(TE p. 14)

6. I am going to highlight the sentence in paragraph 2
that reads “…after an earquake or floods from a
superstorm,’ people might need food or shelter.”
I will circle the words “earthquake” and “floods from
a superstorm.” I might use one of these situations
for my narrative.

7. Now, let’s take a look at paragraph 3. I am going to
circle all of this paragraph. With this information, I
might decide to write how the narrator of my story
would respond to an economic crisis such as the one
that happened to the shellfish industry in
Washington state.

8. Now it’s your turn to think about your writing
prompt on page 11. Let’s take a look at it. How will
this information help you wirte your narrative.
Think about what kind of disaster your character
faced. Who rescued or helped them?
(give students time to think, then write next to
prompt, then share)

9. Unit 1, Week 1 Cursive Writing Practice