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Writing Can be Easy as ABCUnion Elementary
November 2014 Parent Meeting
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What is the ABCD Pattern?A– Main IdeaB – supporting detailB – supporting detail
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Start out using a simple main idea
A: Pets A: Colors A: Holidays
B: Cats B: Pink B: ?
B: Dogs B: ? B: ?
A: ? A: ? A: ?B: baseball B: summer B: ice cream B: football B: fall B: cake
Phase two - Create the Main Idea
Phase three - turn words into phrases
A. Nice house petsB. Golden retriever dogB. Fluffy, white cat
A. Vibrant colorsB. Hot PinkB. Calypso Blue
A. Favorite holidaysB. Christmas at Grandmas
B. Halloween and candy
A: I like two types of house pets B: One kind is the Golden retriever B: Another type of house pet I like is a white, fluffy cat.
A: I have two favorite, vibrant colorsB: One is hot pink.B: Another color I like is calypso blue
A: I have two favorite holidaysB: One is Christmas at Grandmas houseB: Another holiday I like is Halloween and candy.
Phase four – transition key phrases into key sentences and paragraphs
A: I have many favorite holidays.B: One holiday I enjoy is Christmas at Grandmas house.B: I also like Halloween and all the candy you can eat.
Using the Word “Many “in your Main Idea (A)
A: Main ideaB: supporting detailC: specific detail about the B sentenceB: supporting detailC: specific detail about the B sentence
Phase five - Making your paragraph grow Add a (C)
A: I have many favorite holidays.B: One holiday I enjoy is Christmas at Grandmas house.C: We decorate Christmas cookies together.B: I also like Halloween and all the candy you can eat.C: ?
A: I have many favorite holidays.B: To begin with, I enjoy is Christmas at Grandmas house.C: For example, we decorate Christmas cookies together.B: In addition to Christmas, I also like Halloween
and all the candy you can eat.C: To be specific, I love to eat tootsie rolls and
Chocolate.
Phase six – add transition words to your B and C sentences
A: Main ideaB: supporting detailC: specific detail about the B sentenceB: supporting detailC: specific detail about the B sentenceD: closing sentence
Final phase, add a D sentence
A: I have many favorite holidays.B: To begin with, I enjoy is Christmas at Grandmas house.C: For example, we decorate Christmas cookies
together.B: In addition to Christmas, I also like Halloween
and all the candy you can eat.C: To be specific, I love to eat tootsie rolls and
chocolate.D. As you can see Halloween and Christmas
are my two favorite holidays.
I have many favorite holidays. To begin with, I enjoy Christmas at Grandmas house. For example, we decorate Christmas cookies together. In addition to Christmas, I also like Halloween and all the candy you can eat. To be specific, I love to eat tootsie rolls and Chocolate. As you can see, Christmas and Halloween are my two favorite holidays.
Putting it all together
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Peep inside the ClassroomListen for the writing pattern and how
students are learning how to edit and revise their writing!
Writing video
ARMS/CUPS
StopLight Writing Green=Go!
Write a beginning, or topic sentence. Make it interesting. HOOK your reader!
Yellow=Slow Down!These are supporting sentences. Give a reason or fact.
Be sure to use transition words.
Red= Stop!These are your details. Explain. Tell more- they make
your writing interesting!
Green= Go Back!Write a closing sentence that is similar to your
beginning. Be sure it wraps it all up!