Scaffolding Research-Based Writing with Sixth-Graders, Part 1: Making Research-Based Claims from karen maine Watch Video
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Description: In this two-part video, Bobby Shaddox's and Karen MacDonald's sixth-graders at King Middle School in Portland, Maine, engage in a highly structured sequence of writing lessons in order to create the final product of their Rules to Live By learning expedition. The final product is a Rules to Live By poster, which includes students' personal rules to live by as well as the story of a major world leader. The story includes a claim related to their rules to live by supported by textual evidence from