News reports versus feature stories

Common Core State Standards CCSS.ELA-Literacy.SL.9-10.1 Initiate and participate effectively in a range of collaborative discussions (one-on-one, in groups, and teacher-led) with diverse partners on grades 9–10 topics, texts, and issues, building on others’ ideas and expressing their own clearly and persuasively. CCSS.ELA-Literacy.SL.9-10.1c Propel conversations by posing and responding to questions that relate the current discussion…

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Types of feature stories

Common Core State Standards CCSS.ELA-Literacy.SL.9-10.1 Initiate and participate effectively in a range of collaborative discussions (one-on-one, in groups, and teacher-led) with diverse partners on grades 9–10 topics, texts, and issues, building on others’ ideas and expressing their own clearly and persuasively. CCSS.ELA-Literacy.SL.9-10.1a Come to discussions prepared, having read and researched material under study; explicitly draw on…

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Resources: Feature writing examples

Personality profile “Extreme Weight Loss” “Injury Prone” “Going Back Home” “Learning at a Fast Pace” “Never Lose Faith” “The Art of Getting Up” “Expects Nothing, Appreciates Everything” “Against the Wind” “One in a Million” “Jamie Humphrey” “Buitendorp twins” “Welcome to tally hall” “Sedaris fever” (chunked organization) “It ain’t easy being Jeezy” “United and unified” “Ruhi…

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