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1. 2Na Purpose Audience Topic Hook Describe Explain Tell a story Persuade Background information WHO WHEN WHAT HOW WHERE Preview words to use List ideas Assign order Note ideas in complete sentences TRANSITION WORDS: first, second, third, etc., next, throughout, beside, between, among, when, where, as well as, after, before, after, finally, later, suddenly, immediately, as soon as, until, State conclusion Do you like camping? Camping Trip My friends Uncle Scott lives in Colorado. We planned to visit him. camping Dad, Mom, David & I Last summer, Dad, Mom, my brother David, and I went on a camping trip. 1 Colorado Dad took us hiking and fly fishing. Mom took us for a ride on an old train. Went hiking & fly fishing 5 mountains We left home the day after summer vacation started. It took three days of driving to get there. hiking Summer vacation 2 fishing camping trailer We stayed in several campgrounds in the Colorado Mountains. Colorado mountains 4 train Dad borrowed a camping trailer that we towed behind the car. We cooked breakfast and dinner on a campfire. Stayed in a camping trailer 3 vacation Camping in Colorado was the best trip ever.

2. Purpose Audience Topic Hook Do you like camping? My friends Camping Trip Uncle Scott lives in Colorado. We planned to visit him. Dad, Mom, David & I camping Last summer, Dad, Mom, my brother David, and I went on a camping trip. 1 Colorado Dad took us hiking and fly fishing. Mom took us for a ride on an old train. Went hiking & fly fishing 5 mountains We left home the day after summer vacation started. It took three days of driving to get there. hiking Summer vacation 2 fishing camping trailer We stayed in several campgrounds in the Colorado Mountains. Colorado mountains 4 train Dad borrowed a camping trailer that we towed behind the car. We cooked breakfast and dinner on a campfire. Stayed in a camping trailer 3 vacation Background information Camping in Colorado was the best trip ever. Preview words to use List ideas Assign order Note ideas in complete sentences State conclusion Writer begins narrative with a “hook” The Colorado Camping Trip Do you like camping? Last summer, I went on a great camping trip. We went to Colorado to visit my Uncle Scott. Dad, Mom, my brother, David, and I went camping with him. We left home the day after summer vacation started. It took three days of driving to get there. When we got there, Dad borrowed a camping trailer that we towed behind the car. Next we drove up into the mountains a found a camping spot. That night we cooked on a campfire. During the next several days, we stayed in several campgrounds in the Colorado Mountains. Dad took us hiking the first few days. Later he took us fly fishing. On our last day in Colorado, Mom took us for a ride on an old train. Camping in Colorado was the best trip ever!

6. 2Na Purpose Audience Topic Hook Describe Explain Tell a story Persuade Background information Preview words to use List ideas Assign order Note ideas in complete sentences TRANSITION WORDS: first, second, third, etc., next, throughout, beside, between, among, when, where, as well as, after, before, after, finally, later, suddenly, immediately, as soon as, until, State conclusion Watch out for fishing grandpas Girls with grandpas who like to fish First fishing trip My grandpa loves to fish and he like to take his grandkids fishing. fishing Grandpa rowed the boat to a special fishing hole in his pond Row the boat 2 worms Since I was born, Grandpa has been waiting for me to get old enough to take fishing Old enough to go fishing 1 fishing pole Grandpa put squiggly, stinky worms on my hook. Grandpa Stinky worms 3 pond Catching the fish When I felt the fish nibbling on the worm, I’d jerk the pole to hook it. stink 4 cleaning fish Cleaning the fish Cleaning fish is really gross. 5 hate fishing Love my grandpa, but hate to go fishing with him. He can’t wait to take me again.

7. 2Na Purpose Audience Topic Hook Background information Preview words to use List ideas Assign order Note ideas in complete sentences State conclusion Watch out for fishing grandpas Girls with grandpas who like to fish Fishy grandpas My grandpa loves to fish and he like to take his grandkids fishing. fishing Grandpa rowed the boat to a special fishing hole in his pond Row the boat 2 worms Since I was born, Grandpa has been waiting for me to get old enough to take fishing Old enough to go fishing 1 fishing pole Grandpa put squiggly, stinky worms on my hook. Grandpa Stinky worms 3 pond Catching the fish When I felt the fish nibbling on the worm, I’d jerk the pole to hook it. stink 4 cleaning fish Cleaning the fish Cleaning fish is really gross. hate fishing 5 Love my grandpa, but hate to go fishing with him. He can’t wait to take me again. Fishy Grandpas If you have a grandpa that likes to take kids fishing, watch out! My grandpa loves to take his grandkids fishing. Since the moment I was born, he has been waiting for me to get old enough to take fishing. Finally, he decided I was old enough. I wasn’t too sure I’d like it, but I went anyway. First, Grandpa rowed the boat to a special fishing hole in his pond. Grandpa put squiggly, stinky worms on my hook. When I felt the fish nibbling on the worm, I’d jerk the pole to hook it. Then you pull the pole up in the air to pull the fish out of the water. The little fish would come flying out and hit me in the face! When we ran out of worms, grandpa switched to crickets. We caught tons of fish. At the end of the trip we packed our stuff up and then had to clean the fish. This part is really gross. I love my grandpa, but hate to go fishing with him. He can’t wait to take me again. Naturally, I’ll pretend to like it just to hang out with him.

8. 3N Purpose Audience Topic Hook Preview words to use List ideas Assign order Note ideas in complete sentence Describe Explain Tell a story Persuade 1 4 Background info Ginger, our pet golden retriever had four puppies under the deck of our house while we were on vacation. 1 2 2 3 4 This happened … 3 So this happened … took them to the vet-they got shots wean puppies for Ginger and start eating puppy food had to keep them for six weeks put an add in the newspaper to give them away State conclusion One puppy went to a neighbor, one to a lady with small children, one to my uncle, and we kept one-named him ”Socks.” story about having 4 puppies Ever want a puppy? animal lovers x Our pet Ginger We gave three puppies away and kept one Ginger had puppies when we were on vacation Puppies born under the deck neighbor was feeding Ginger while we were on a camping trip 4 pups we were away we didn’t know she was going to have puppies trip to the vet came home and Ginger had disappeared finding homes we kept one pup found her under the house with 4 black puppies with white feet Socks

9. 3N Purpose Audience Topic Hook animal lovers story about having four puppies Ever want a puppy? Ginger, our pet golden retriever had four puppies under the deck of our house while we were on vacation. Preview words to use List ideas Assign order Note ideas in complete sentence Our pet Ginger This happened … So this happened … Ginger had puppies when we were on vacation We gave three puppies away and kept one Puppies born under the deck 4 healthy pups we were away trip to the vet finding homes 1 4 we kept one pup Background information Socks 1 2 One puppy went to a neighbor, one to a lady with small children, one to my uncle, and we kept one-named him ”Socks.” 2 3 4 3 we didn’t know she was going to have puppies came home and Ginger had disappeared found her under the house with 4 black puppies with white feet wean puppies for Ginger and start eating puppy food had to keep them for six weeks took them to the vet-they got shots put an add in the newspaper to give them away neighbor was feeding Ginger while we were on a camping trip Ginger’s Puppies Did you ever want a puppy? This is a story about how we had four of them at the same time! Ginger is our pet golden retriever. We didn’t know she was going to have puppies, so we went on a camping trip vacation. Our neighbor was feeding her while we were gone. When we came home, Ginger was nowhere to be found. We searched everywhere and found her under the house with four new puppies. They were black with white feet. We took the puppies to the veterinarian to make sure they were okay. She gave them some shots. Before we could give them away , the puppies had to be weaned from ginger and start eating puppy food on their own. We kept them for six so they would be old enough to leave their mother. We put an ad in the newspaper that said “Free Puppies.” The puppies were so cute it was easy to find homes for them. Our neighbor got one puppy. Another pup went to a lady with some little kids, and my uncle got one. We decided to keep a puppy, but choosing which one was a hard choice. We named him “Socks” because he looks like he is wearing socks. The puppies were a great surprise and a lot of fun. State conclusion

10. Ever feel like a moving truck? Purpose Audience Topic Hook 4N Describe Explain Tell a story Persuade Background information Preview words to use List ideas Assign order Note ideas in complete sentences End … Middle … Beginning … State conclusion TRANSITION WORDS: first, second, third, etc., next, throughout, beside, between, among, when, where, as well as, after, before, after, finally, later, suddenly, immediately, as soon as, until, afterward kids my age why I feel like a truck Dad is in Navy, so we move a lot transferred Decide Pensacola Dad gets Get used to is pretty cool! transferred new place Packing up go to new school, figure out new teachers Finding new home We have tomove again! beaches Loose friends Arlington, San Diego, Memphis transferred to Pensacola learn way around town, what there is to do fishing pier new teachers hate moving, leave friends, pack up stuff Stressed out parents Lonely, have to make new friends Tom Cat at Naval Air museum hassle lots of kids my age who move a lot too Learn bunch of new names Mom and Dad stressed out Pensacola beaches Probably have to move again. Moving always seems bad at first, but good later on.

11. Moving Again! Have you ever felt like a moving truck? I have, and this story is about why. My dad is in Navy, so we move a lot. He gets transferred all the time. We move about once every year or two. I have lived in a lot of places, including San Diego, Memphis, and even Hong Kong. Our last move was from Arlington, Virginia to Pensacola, Florida. When Dad told me we were moving again, I wasn’t too happy about it. I hate moving. I had to leave all my Arlington friends and pack up all my stuff by myself. Mom and Dad seemed to be really stressed out, so that made it even worse for me. Once you get to the new place, you have to get used to it. My new school is Perdido Intermediate. “Perdido” is a Spanish word that means “lost” and that’s how I felt all the time when I first got there. As usual, I had to learn my way around town and make new friends. I’ve decided that this move wasn’t such a bad idea after all. One of the first things we did when we got there was go to the beaches and go swimming in the waves. Next, Dad took me to the fishing pier. It’s an old bridge that goes halfway across Pensacola Bay. A few weeks later Mom took one of my new friends and me to the Naval Air museum. Believe it or not, there’s a Tom Cat jet inside the museum that is just like the kind my dad flies. I’ve decided that I like living in Pensacola. We’ll probably have to move again sometime. Moving always seems bad at first, but good later on.