Read Aloud “How I Became a Pirate” by Melinda Long & David Shannon.  Indie read.  Quickwrite #4:  Rethink Homelessness Read like a writer (RLaW) concepts w/ “Cruel As It Is” example piece.

Read Like a Writer notes slide

Cruel as It Is by Leonard Pitts, Jr.

Assignment:  Annotate the piece with what you notice about HOW it is written (not just what it says).  Use the RLaW slide to help guide you.

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