Writing Feature Articles - Lesson .
Beginner
Mini Lesson (
min)
Show lesson visuals, Test Your Topic.
Modify Mentor Text:
Use “Teens Take on the School
Cafeteria. The Result – A Healthier
Student Body!” from the Feature
Articles Packet – Beginner (Handout
1.1a) to provide an example of an
author’s purpose.
Modify Instructional Strategy:
Have students use Test Your Topic
– Beginner (Handout 1.4a) as a way
to scaffold their thinking.
Experienced
Modify Mentor Text:
Use “Gothic Teenagers – Misguided
or Misunderstood” from the Feature
Articles Packet – Experienced
(Handout 1.1a) to provide an
example of an author’s purpose.
Modify Instructional Strategy:
Explain that students should
think about their angles in light
of what they want their readers
to understand about their topic.
For example, they might want
readers to know about both sides
of an issue (pro and con), or what
happened over the course of time
(chronological), or the cause and
effect of a particular phenomenon.
Have students consider more
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