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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 50pt; COLOR: #006633; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Garamond','serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: +mj-ea; mso-bidi-font-family: +mj-cs"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 24pt; COLOR: #006633; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Garamond','serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: +mj-ea; mso-bidi-font-family: +mj-cs">What is Four Square Writing?<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<H6 class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt 0.25in"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 24pt; COLOR: #006633; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Garamond','serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: +mj-ea; mso-bidi-font-family: +mj-cs">Four-square writing is a method of teaching basic writing skills that is applicable across grade levels and curriculum areas.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">  </SPAN>It can be applied for the narrative, descriptive, expository and persuasive forms of writing.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">   This step-by-step approach is built around a simple graphic organizer that first shows students how to collect ideas and then helps them use those ideas to create clear and polished prose. </H6>
<DIV style="TEXT-ALIGN: left" align=left><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 15pt; COLOR: #000000; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana" face=Verdana color=#000000 size=+2>*Teaches Prewriting and Organization</FONT></DIV>
<DIV style="TEXT-ALIGN: left" align=left><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 15pt; COLOR: #000000; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana" face=Verdana color=#000000 size=+2>*Work Cross Curriculum</FONT></DIV>
<DIV style="TEXT-ALIGN: left" align=left><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 15pt; COLOR: #000000; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana" face=Verdana color=#000000 size=+2>*Prepares Studens for Demand/Prompt Writing</FONT></DIV>
<DIV style="TEXT-ALIGN: left" align=left><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 15pt; COLOR: #000000; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana" face=Verdana color=#000000 size=+2>*Empowers Students to Write with Confidence</FONT></DIV>
<DIV style="TEXT-ALIGN: left" align=left><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 15pt; COLOR: #000000; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana" face=Verdana color=#000000 size=+2>*Helps Improve Test Scores</FONT></DIV></SPAN><o:p></o:p></SPAN>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 24pt; COLOR: red; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Garamond','serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: +mj-ea; mso-bidi-font-family: +mj-cs">How to Create a Four-Square Graphic Organizer<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt 0.5in; TEXT-INDENT: -0.25in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 24pt; COLOR: red; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Garamond','serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: Garamond; mso-bidi-font-family: Garamond"><SPAN style="mso-list: Ignore">3.<SPAN style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'"> </SPAN></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 24pt; COLOR: red; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Garamond','serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: +mj-ea; mso-bidi-font-family: +mj-cs">In three of the squares write a complete sentence which states reasons, examples, or explanations that support the sentence in the center of the paper.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt 0.5in; TEXT-INDENT: -0.25in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 24pt; COLOR: red; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Garamond','serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: Garamond; mso-bidi-font-family: Garamond"><SPAN style="mso-list: Ignore">4.<SPAN style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'"> </SPAN></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 24pt; COLOR: red; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Garamond','serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: +mj-ea; mso-bidi-font-family: +mj-cs">In the fourth box the students will write a feeling sentence to support the topic.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt 0.5in; TEXT-INDENT: -0.25in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 24pt; COLOR: red; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Garamond','serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: Garamond; mso-bidi-font-family: Garamond"><SPAN style="mso-list: Ignore">5.<SPAN style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'"> </SPAN></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 24pt; COLOR: red; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Garamond','serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: +mj-ea; mso-bidi-font-family: +mj-cs">Students will then draw in each box, which will describe their sentences.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt 0.5in; TEXT-INDENT: -0.25in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 24pt; COLOR: red; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Garamond','serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: Garamond; mso-bidi-font-family: Garamond"><SPAN style="mso-list: Ignore">6.<SPAN style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'"> </SPAN></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 24pt; COLOR: red; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Garamond','serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: +mj-ea; mso-bidi-font-family: +mj-cs">Students will then use their Four Square writing to write a story.</SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt 0.5in; TEXT-INDENT: -0.25in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 24pt; COLOR: red; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Garamond','serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: +mj-ea; mso-bidi-font-family: +mj-cs"></SPAN> </P>
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<P style="MARGIN-TOP: 12pt; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; VERTICAL-ALIGN: baseline; DIRECTION: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed; TEXT-ALIGN: left; language: en-US"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 20pt; COLOR: #3b812f; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: +mn-ea; mso-bidi-font-family: +mn-cs; language: en-US; mso-ascii-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-color-index: 5; mso-font-kerning: 12.0pt"></SPAN> </P>
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<DIV style="TEXT-ALIGN: left" align=left><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 15pt; COLOR: #000000; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana" face=Verdana color=#000000 size=+2></FONT></DIV><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 15pt; COLOR: #000000; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana" face=Verdana color=#000000 size=+2>        </FONT></DIV>
<P style="MARGIN-TOP: 12pt; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; VERTICAL-ALIGN: baseline; DIRECTION: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed; TEXT-ALIGN: left; language: en-US"><BR></P>
<DIV style="PADDING-LEFT: 36px; TEXT-INDENT: -35px; TEXT-ALIGN: left" align=left><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 15pt; COLOR: #0000dd; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana" face=Verdana color=#0000dd size=+2>A basic 4 square has the topic sentence in the middle and then one reason in each of the first 3 boxes to support the topic sentence.  The last box is the wrap-up sentence.  The wrap-up sentence for now is very basic.  It conatins the topic sentence, then the reasons listed in the same order as they are written in the 4 square.</FONT></DIV>
<P style="MARGIN-TOP: 12pt; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; VERTICAL-ALIGN: baseline; DIRECTION: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed; TEXT-ALIGN: left; language: en-US"><BR></P>
<DIV style="PADDING-LEFT: 36px; TEXT-INDENT: -35px; TEXT-ALIGN: left" align=left><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 15pt; COLOR: #800080; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana" face=Verdana color=#800080 size=+2>4 Square + 3 is the same as above, only 3 supporting details are to be added to each of the first 3 boxes.</FONT></DIV>
<P style="MARGIN-TOP: 12pt; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; VERTICAL-ALIGN: baseline; DIRECTION: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed; TEXT-ALIGN: left; language: en-US"><BR></P>
<DIV style="PADDING-LEFT: 36px; TEXT-INDENT: -35px; TEXT-ALIGN: left" align=left><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 15pt; COLOR: #000000; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana" face=Verdana color=#000000 size=+2>4 Square + 3 + C same as above.  Now the student adds a "Connecting" word.  This is also known as a puzzle piece.  Listed below is a list of connecting words.  These lists are by no means complete, only a sample.  The first square connecting words are known as the </FONT><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 15pt; COLOR: #00ff00; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana" face=Verdana color=#00ff00 size=+2>GREEN</FONT><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 15pt; COLOR: #000000; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana" face=Verdana color=#000000 size=+2> puzzle pieces, square 2 and 3 are the </FONT><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 15pt; COLOR: #ffff00; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana" face=Verdana color=#ffff00 size=+2>YELLOW </FONT><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 15pt; COLOR: #000000; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana" face=Verdana color=#000000 size=+2>puzzle pieces, and the last square uses the </FONT><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 15pt; COLOR: #dd0000; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana" face=Verdana color=#dd0000 size=+2>RED</FONT><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 15pt; COLOR: #000000; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana" face=Verdana color=#000000 size=+2> puzzle piece.</FONT></DIV>
<P style="MARGIN-TOP: 12pt; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; VERTICAL-ALIGN: baseline; DIRECTION: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed; TEXT-ALIGN: left; language: en-US"><BR></P>
<DIV style="PADDING-LEFT: 36px; TEXT-INDENT: -35px; TEXT-ALIGN: left" align=left><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: #00ff00; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana" face=Verdana color=#00ff00 size=+1>GREEN</FONT></DIV>
<DIV style="PADDING-LEFT: 36px; TEXT-INDENT: -35px; TEXT-ALIGN: left" align=left><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: #00ff00; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana" face=Verdana color=#00ff00 size=+1>One reason</FONT></DIV>
<DIV style="PADDING-LEFT: 36px; TEXT-INDENT: -35px; TEXT-ALIGN: left" align=left><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: #00ff00; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana" face=Verdana color=#00ff00 size=+1>First</FONT></DIV>
<DIV style="PADDING-LEFT: 36px; TEXT-INDENT: -35px; TEXT-ALIGN: left" align=left><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: #00ff00; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana" face=Verdana color=#00ff00 size=+1>For Example</FONT></DIV>
<DIV style="PADDING-LEFT: 36px; TEXT-INDENT: -35px; TEXT-ALIGN: left" align=left><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: #00ff00; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana" face=Verdana color=#00ff00 size=+1>One example</FONT></DIV>
<DIV style="PADDING-LEFT: 36px; TEXT-INDENT: -35px; TEXT-ALIGN: left" align=left><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: #00ff00; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana" face=Verdana color=#00ff00 size=+1>To begin with</FONT></DIV>
<DIV style="PADDING-LEFT: 36px; TEXT-INDENT: -35px; TEXT-ALIGN: left" align=left><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: #00ff00; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana" face=Verdana color=#00ff00 size=+1>To start with</FONT></DIV>
<P style="MARGIN-TOP: 12pt; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; VERTICAL-ALIGN: baseline; DIRECTION: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed; TEXT-ALIGN: left; language: en-US"><BR></P>
<DIV style="PADDING-LEFT: 36px; TEXT-INDENT: -35px; TEXT-ALIGN: left" align=left><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: #ffff00; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana" face=Verdana color=#ffff00 size=+1>YELLOW</FONT></DIV>
<DIV style="PADDING-LEFT: 36px; TEXT-INDENT: -35px; TEXT-ALIGN: left" align=left><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: #ffff00; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana" face=Verdana color=#ffff00 size=+1>Second</FONT></DIV>
<DIV style="PADDING-LEFT: 36px; TEXT-INDENT: -35px; TEXT-ALIGN: left" align=left><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: #ffff00; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana" face=Verdana color=#ffff00 size=+1>Third</FONT></DIV>
<DIV style="PADDING-LEFT: 36px; TEXT-INDENT: -35px; TEXT-ALIGN: left" align=left><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: #ffff00; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana" face=Verdana color=#ffff00 size=+1>Another reason</FONT></DIV>
<DIV style="PADDING-LEFT: 36px; TEXT-INDENT: -35px; TEXT-ALIGN: left" align=left><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: #ffff00; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana" face=Verdana color=#ffff00 size=+1>Another example</FONT></DIV>
<DIV style="PADDING-LEFT: 36px; TEXT-INDENT: -35px; TEXT-ALIGN: left" align=left><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: #ffff00; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana" face=Verdana color=#ffff00 size=+1>Also</FONT></DIV>
<DIV style="PADDING-LEFT: 36px; TEXT-INDENT: -35px; TEXT-ALIGN: left" align=left><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: #ffff00; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana" face=Verdana color=#ffff00 size=+1>As well as</FONT></DIV>
<DIV style="PADDING-LEFT: 36px; TEXT-INDENT: -35px; TEXT-ALIGN: left" align=left><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: #ffff00; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana" face=Verdana color=#ffff00 size=+1>Too</FONT></DIV>
<DIV style="PADDING-LEFT: 36px; TEXT-INDENT: -35px; TEXT-ALIGN: left" align=left><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: #ffff00; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana" face=Verdana color=#ffff00 size=+1>In addition</FONT></DIV>
<DIV style="PADDING-LEFT: 36px; TEXT-INDENT: -35px; TEXT-ALIGN: left" align=left><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: #ffff00; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana" face=Verdana color=#ffff00 size=+1>Additionally</FONT></DIV>
<P style="MARGIN-TOP: 12pt; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; VERTICAL-ALIGN: baseline; DIRECTION: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed; TEXT-ALIGN: left; language: en-US"><BR></P>
<DIV style="PADDING-LEFT: 36px; TEXT-INDENT: -35px; TEXT-ALIGN: left" align=left><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: #dd0000; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana" face=Verdana color=#dd0000 size=+1>RED</FONT></DIV>
<DIV style="PADDING-LEFT: 36px; TEXT-INDENT: -35px; TEXT-ALIGN: left" align=left><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: #dd0000; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana" face=Verdana color=#dd0000 size=+1>Last</FONT></DIV>
<DIV style="PADDING-LEFT: 36px; TEXT-INDENT: -35px; TEXT-ALIGN: left" align=left><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: #dd0000; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana" face=Verdana color=#dd0000 size=+1>Finally</FONT></DIV>
<DIV style="PADDING-LEFT: 36px; TEXT-INDENT: -35px; TEXT-ALIGN: left" align=left><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: #dd0000; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana" face=Verdana color=#dd0000 size=+1>In conclusion</FONT></DIV>
<DIV style="PADDING-LEFT: 36px; TEXT-INDENT: -35px; TEXT-ALIGN: left" align=left><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: #dd0000; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana" face=Verdana color=#dd0000 size=+1>In summary</FONT></DIV>
<DIV style="PADDING-LEFT: 36px; TEXT-INDENT: -35px; TEXT-ALIGN: left" align=left><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: #dd0000; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana" face=Verdana color=#dd0000 size=+1>In short</FONT></DIV>
<DIV style="PADDING-LEFT: 36px; TEXT-INDENT: -35px; TEXT-ALIGN: left" align=left><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: #dd0000; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana" face=Verdana color=#dd0000 size=+1>So you can see</FONT></DIV>
<DIV style="PADDING-LEFT: 36px; TEXT-INDENT: -35px; TEXT-ALIGN: left" align=left><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: #dd0000; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana" face=Verdana color=#dd0000 size=+1>As one can see</FONT></DIV>
<DIV style="PADDING-LEFT: 36px; TEXT-INDENT: -35px; TEXT-ALIGN: left" align=left><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: #dd0000; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana" face=Verdana color=#dd0000 size=+1>To summarize</FONT></DIV>
<DIV style="PADDING-LEFT: 36px; TEXT-INDENT: -35px; TEXT-ALIGN: left" align=left><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: #dd0000; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana" face=Verdana color=#dd0000 size=+1>Hence</FONT></DIV>
<P style="MARGIN-TOP: 12pt; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; VERTICAL-ALIGN: baseline; DIRECTION: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed; TEXT-ALIGN: left; language: en-US"><BR></P>
<DIV style="PADDING-LEFT: 36px; TEXT-INDENT: -35px; TEXT-ALIGN: left" align=left><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 15pt; COLOR: #800080; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana" face=Verdana color=#800080 size=+2><B>4 Square + 3 + C + V</B></FONT></DIV>
<DIV style="PADDING-LEFT: 36px; TEXT-INDENT: -35px; TEXT-ALIGN: left" align=left><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 15pt; COLOR: #800080; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana" face=Verdana color=#800080 size=+2>The V stands for VIVID.  Vivid is a good word to use to help kids to remember that they need to use adjectives, or describing words, to paint a picture of their story.  We will be practicing by putting together a list of VIVID words to use in our writing and these will be posted in our classroom for all to use. </FONT><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 15pt; COLOR: #000000; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana" face=Verdana color=#000000 size=+2> </FONT></DIV>
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<P><FONT size=+2>There is the bunch of bananas (the opening ). Next are the Bing, Bang, Bongo (or the body . Last is the barrel of monkeys (the closing ). 
<P>An example of a bing, bang, bongo paper:</P>
<P>Bunch of Bananas:<BR>I love toys. I have three favorites. I love my bike, my tool box, and my barbie doll.</P>
<P>Bing:<BR>My first favorite toy is my bike. It is bright red.It goes very fast.</P>
<P>Bang:<BR>My second favorite toy is my tool box. It looks just like my dad's.I like to build things.</P>
<P>Bongo:<BR>My third favorite toy is my Barbie Doll. She is beautiful. She has lots of pretty clothes.</P>
<P>Barrel of Monkeys:<BR>I hope you have three favorite toys as I do. Are yours a bike, a tool box, and a Barbie?</P></FONT>
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