Hamburger Writing

We have been learning a new type of writing this week!  We have been learning to write a constructed response after reading a book.  This is a very regimented writing style.  The first paragraph has an opening sentence with the title of the book and the author as well as the most important sentence, the focusing sentence.  The second paragraph has 3 examples from the text that support the focusing sentence. The last paragraph has a personal connection and the closing sentence.  I use a picture of a hamburger to visually teach this writing skill.  This is something that we will work on all year.

• the top bun is the opening sentence and the focusing sentence
• the tomato is the first example
• the lettuce is the second example
• the burger is the third example
• the bottom bun is the connection and the closing sentence

Here is an example of a constructed response I wrote about the book Amelia Bedelia.

     I read the book Amelia Bedelia by Peggy Parish. Amelia is very silly!  One example that shows Ameila is silly is she changed the towels in the bathroom by cutting them into pieces!  Another example that shows Ameila is silly is she put dusting powder all over the furniture instead of wiping the dust off.  The last example that shows that Amelia is silly is she sat down and drew a picture of the curtains instead of closing them to keep the sun out.  I am sometimes silly when I tell jokes with my daughters.  I have shown you three ways that Amelia is silly.