READ LIKE A WRITER CREATIVE WRITING MINI-LESSON. QUESTIONS TO ASK What do you notice about how this text was written? Underline repeating phrases or repeating.

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READ LIKE A WRITER CREATIVE WRITING MINI-LESSON

QUESTIONS TO ASK What do you notice about how this text was written? Underline repeating phrases or repeating ideas or images Notice how examples that support ideas are written. Underline evidence to support a position Where does the writer show not tell?

QUESTIONS OF STRUCTURE How is the piece organized? Why do you think the author chose to organize the piece this way? Why did the piece open the way it did? What do you think the writer left out of this piece – or cut in revision? What did you notice that you might try in your writing?