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3, 2, 1…Draft!

Investigating Asteroids Unit
Lesson 4 of 6
Drafting
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DISCUSS:
How do you know the Earth is protected from asteroids?
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DISCUSS:
What do you notice the author wrote before and after the quote?
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Get your supplies.
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Get your DART Draft worksheet. In the expert quote practice box,
use the sentence starters on your worksheet to make a quote
introduction.
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The quote is missing an explanation. Write your explanation sentence
on the lines after the quote.
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Get your DART Draft worksheet and your Sorting Mat packet,
flipped to Sorting Mat 1. Your research packet can go to the
side for now. When you’re ready to start drafting, move on to
the next step.
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On your DART Draft worksheet, write a topic sentence to begin your
paragraph. You can use the one printed on your plan, or come up with
your own.
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Draft your paragraph about the DART mission. Check off your notes
as you go, so you remember which ones you already wrote about.
Your teacher will tell you how long you have to draft.
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To end your paragraph, write a concluding sentence. You can use this
concluding sentence, or come up with your own.
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Writing tip! Check your quotes to see if you have commas between
the parts of your expert introductions and your quotes. If any are
missing, you can add them.
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Read the paragraph you just wrote. If any parts don’t make sense,
you can change them. When you’re done, put your DART Draft
worksheet to the side.
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Put your DART Draft worksheet to the side. Get your Atmosphere
Draft worksheet and turn to Sorting Mat 2 in your plan packet.
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Get your Atmosphere Draft worksheet and turn to Sorting Mat 2 in
your plan packet. Draft the other paragraph for your article.
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Take a few minutes to read the paragraph you just wrote.
Change any parts that don’t make sense.
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3, 2, 1…Draft!
Investigating Asteroids Unit
Lesson 4 of 6
Drafting
4.8 (36 reviews)

Students will...

Print Prep
  • draft two body paragraphs for their article.

  • frame quotations by introducing the speaker, writing the quote, and providing an explanation.

  • use proper punctuation for quotations.

Before this lesson...

Students should have completed Lessons 1-3 of this unit.
What you’ll need for students
Atmosphere Draft worksheet 30 copies
DART Draft worksheet 30 copies
Research Packet from previous lesson
Use the Research Packet (Bibliography, Glossary, Source 1, Source 2) from previous lesson.
30
Sorting Mat Packet from previous lesson
Use the Sorting Mat Packet (Sorting Mat 1 and 2) from previous lesson.
30
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Students will need to bring their completed work from the previous lessons to this lesson.

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