Writing Feature Articles - Lesson .
Writer’s Work Time (
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Using the handout and their writers’ notebooks, students brainstorm roles in their lives, identify their
unique experiences and expertise and write ideas for possible topics for their feature articles. Students
should choose topics with which they are familiar and have personal experience.
Conferring and Di?erentiation
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