Inspired by the picture book How I Became a Pirate by Melinda Long, an enthusiastic tale that explores the pros and cons of being a pirate, students will research an interesting job and prepare to write about it. While researching, the writer will obtain a list of "pros" benefits associated with their researched jobs, and "cons" consequences associated with their researched jobs. Using the provided graphic organizer, students create a summary of their research that contains a strong lead , a conclusion that comes back to their lead's original idea, and two paragraphs: one focusing on pros and the other on cons.

Concepts

writing paragraphs

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Additional Tags

pros and cons, pros and cons of an occupation, research jobs, how i became a pirate by melinda long, northern nevada writing project, writingfix, job search

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Classroom Considerations

• Knovation Readability Score: 3 (1 low difficulty, 5 high difficulty)

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