A comprehensive collection of materials to support your K 3 Writer s Workshop. SAMPLER Grade 2. Trifold Poster Kit #7: Sally Ride A Dream Come True

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1 A comprehensive collection of materials to support your K 3 Writer s Workshop SAMPLER Grade 2 Trifold Poster Kit #7: Sally Ride A Dream Come True Nonfiction Memoir MONDO Publishing 980 Avenue of the Americas New York, NY PH: (888)88-MONDO Fax: Web:

2 Pathways Sample-Gr2 12/12/08 4:31 PM Page 1 Nonfiction A Dream Come True Memoir When revising, good writers check for a clear flow of ideas from the beginning to the middle to the ending. I stood on the platform with the rest of the astronauts, holding my helmet under one arm. This is a long way from playing tennis, I thought to myself. I waved to the crowd below. Hundreds of people had come to say goodbye as we blasted off on the space shuttle Challenger. For me it was a dream finally come true. I had wanted to play professional tennis when I was younger. But college got me really interested in science. In 1978, Good writers make sure they I was chosen for the astronaut training program. have their memoir events in the correct sequence. Now, only five years later, I was about to make my first trip into space. I was excited, but also nervous. This trip was not only a first for me it was a first for women everywhere. I, Sally Ride, would be the first woman ever to travel into space. A memoir describes a specific time in a person s life. Sally Ride and the Challenger crew in 1983 Mondo Pathways to Writing 2 7 Poster A/Nonfiction/Memoir Text Sample Passage

3 Poster B Deconstruction Organizer Revising a Memoir It was time, I stood on the platform with the rest of the astronauts, holding my space helmet under one arm. This is a long way from playing tennis, I thought to myself. I waved to the crowd below. Hundreds of people How can I improve my writing? Let s think about reworking my ideas. had come to watch us blast off on the space shuttle Challenger. It was a dream come true. I had wanted to play professional tennis when I was younger. But college got me interested in science. In 1978, I was chosen for the astronaut training program. Composing Organizer Composing a Memoir Poster E Beginning Significant Event What led to the event? Setting Feelings Mondo Pathways to Writing 2 7 Poster B/Memoir Ending

4 Revising Organizer Poster C Revising a Memoir My years of research studying the gorillas were rewarded in I had been able to approach closer and closer to the group. Today the moment had arrived when I had earned the trust of the gorillas. I sat with How can I improve my writing? Let s think about: 1. Reworking my ideas 2. Using different sentence beginnings my back to the group, making soft gorilla sounds and pretending to eat the vegetation. I stretched my arm out along the ground and lay very still. Then it happened. An adult male gorilla named Peanuts came right up beside me and touched my hand. Composing Organizer Poster E Composing a Memoir Beginning Significant Event What led to the event? Setting Feelings Mondo Pathways to Writing 2 7 Poster C/Memoir Ending

5 Planning Organizer Poster D Planning a Memoir Purpose Why am I writing? Audience Who will read my story? Who am I writing about? What significant event will I write about? Special Features What ideas could I include? Other things to include Mondo Pathways to Writing 2 7 Poster D/Memoir

6 Composing Organizer Poster E Composing a Memoir Beginning How will I introduce the main character? Significant Event What led to the event? Setting When? Where? Feelings Ending How to end the memoir? Mondo Pathways to Writing 2 7 Poster E/Memoir

7 Revising a Memoir Revising Tips Poster F Have I written about one event? Does my opening make the reader want to read more? Have I described the setting? Will readers be able to see the setting in their minds? Can readers picture my characters in their minds? Grade 2 Poster Kit #7 Nonfiction Memoir Have I included my feelings about the event, or those of the main character? Do I need to add more description to make my thoughts clear? Have I thought about all the senses in my descriptions? Do I have a satisfying closing? Is my memoir interesting? How does it sound when I read it aloud? Now I am ready to read it to a friend. Mondo Pathways to Writing 2 7 Poster F/Memoir