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Read Write Think: Using Snowflake Bentley as a Framing Text for Multigenre Writing Lesson PlanRead Write Think: Using Snowflake Bentley as a Framing Text for Multigenre Writing Lesson Plan
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Read Write Think: Using Snowflake Bentley as a Framing Text for Multigenre Writing

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Using Snowflake Bentley as a model, students create a working definition of multigenre text and then use that definition to create their own multigenre piece about winter or another theme.

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fiction, nonfiction, snow, winter

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  • Knovation Readability Score: 4 (1 low difficulty, 5 high difficulty)

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