Lesson Overview

Students will continue to review POW + WWW, What=2, How=2 in this lesson. It is critical that the teacher provides each student the assistant needed to be successful - Support It. Students will be weaned off the graphic organizer and will begin to learn how to make their own notes. This is the last lesson for POW + WWW. It should be repeated until students can write independently the story part reminder notes and a story with all 7 parts.

Student Objectives

Students will write story parts reminder and state orally what each reminder part represents. Students will write notes for the POW + WWW, What=2, How=2 strategies on a blank sheet of paper. Students will write a story that includes all 7 story parts.

Materials

Mnemonic chart, WWW graphic organizer, paper, pencils, lined paper, student folders, squirrel and boy with door practice pictures, self-instructions sheets, each student’s graph

Step One - Wean Graphic Organizer

• Explain to the students that they won’t usually have a story parts reminder page with them when they have to write stories, so they can make their own notes on blank paper. Show them how to write down the reminder at the top of the page:
  
  POW
  WWW, What = 2, How = 2
  
  Then have them make a space on the paper for notes for each part.
  
  
  
• Support It. Ask students to get out their self-statements list. Put out the squirrel and boy with the door practice pictures. Each student can select one to write about. Let the students lead as much as possible, but prompt and help as much as needed. Students make notes on the paper they wrote the reminders on. Students can share ideas, but each student should write their own story using their own notes. Go through each of the following processes:
  

Step Three – Graph Progress

• Have each student read aloud and graph their story - Ask each student to determine- does their story have all 7 parts - then fill in graph. Reinforce them for reaching 7.
  

• Have each student put their work and charts in their folder.
  
  
• Remind the students that they will fill in the transfer chart again next time.
  
  
• If this lesson is to be repeated, remind of POW + WWW, What=2, How=2 test again next time.
  

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• Support It. Ask students to get out their self-statements list. Put out the squirrel and boy with the door practice pictures. Each student can select one to write about. Let the students lead as much as possible, but prompt and help as much as needed. Students make notes on the paper they wrote the reminders on. Students can share ideas, but each student should write their own story using their own notes. Go through each of the following processes:
  

Say, “Remember that the first letter in POW is P - Pick my Idea”. Refer students to their self-statements for creativity or thinking free. Help each student get an idea.

Step Two – Collaborative Writing

Say, “The second letter in POW is O- ORGANIZE my NOTES. I will use my story parts reminder to help me. I will use this page to make my notes and organize my notes.” Review –“ What should my goal be? I want to write a good story - a good story has all seven parts, makes sense, is fun for me to write and for others to read.” After students have generated notes for all the story parts say – “Remember to look back at my notes and see if I can add more notes for my story parts” - help them actually do this. Remind them also to look for more ideas for good word choice or million dollar words - help them do this.

Say, “The last letter in POW is W - Write and Say More.” Encourage and remind them to start by saying “What is it I have to do here? I have to write a good story - a good story has all 7 parts and makes sense. I can write my story and think of more good ideas or million dollar words as I write.” Help students as much as they need to do this, but try to let them do as much as they can alone. If parts can be improved, or better word choice can be used, do make suggestions. Encourage them to use other self-statements of their choice while they write.