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    The Five Parts to Reading Like a Writer

    1. Notice something about the craft of the text.


    2. Talk about it and make a theory about why a writer might use this craft.
    3. Give the craft a name.
    4. Think of other texts you know. Have you seen this craft before?
    5. Try and envision using this crafting in your own writing.

    What is the Why is the What can I call Have I ever seen another Examples of
    author doing? author doing this crafting author craft this way? this
    (example) this? technique? technique in
    my writing.
    See those Moving Getting to the (possibly??) If You Give a Short, to the
    bags? I smell through the point Mouse a Cookie by Laura point
    BREAKFAST. point the Joffe Numeroff sentences
    Crew? Get me character is Building off each sentence with some
    to get through the story and
    to the curb! trying to the character’s questions
    Lights? Blink! make by and answers
    Brakes? answering intertwined.
    SQUEAL! simple A trip to
    questions. Disney:
    Bags?
    Packed.
    Car? Gased.
    Feeling?
    Excited.
    Woah those The word Yes! Bed Head By Margie
    bags are way “compacted” Visualizing Palatini Writing on
    COMpactED! is written in a verbs “AAAaaaaaahhhhh” one of my art
    way that “EEEEEeeeeOOOOwwww” projects a
    parallels with few years
    how the bags ago- I moved
    would look if the words
    they were around and
    compacted. around to
    symbolize
    water.
    “Who am I?” Asking a Practicing Yes. This Is Not My Hat By When
    ….. question, making & Jon Klassen. Begins the journaling,
    “ Who am I? describing the confirming story with a statement sometimes I
    The garbage answer predictions and continues through will begin
    truck, that’s throughout the story, then follows up with a
    who!” the story, with a resolution at the question I am
    ending with a end. wondering,
    question and write about
    the answer- it, and then
    lets the attempt to
    reader think answer it by
    while reading. the end.

    “Go on, hold Telling the Personification Yes. Click, Clack, Moo: I can’t think
    your nose, story from with Cows That Type by of anything
    but think the inanimate perspectives Doreen Cronin. The cows at the
    about it- object’s are able to write to their moment, but
    without me? perspective owner about how they it would be
    You’re on so we can feel about the barn they interesting to
    Mount Trash- understand it live in, and their feelings. try this with a
    O – Rama, better. familiar
    baby!” place- like
    the beach my
    family goes
    to each
    summer.

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