My Progress

Grade 3 • Cluster 2: Extended Constructed Response with TREES
The Writing Academy
Thinking Level Climb
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Module 1: TREES and Shaping the Prompt
What do these mean?
Module 2: Writing the Thesis (Central Idea) (The Trunk of the Tree)
What do these mean?
Module 3: Reason/Way (The First Branch of the Tree)
What do these mean?
Module 4: Evidence (The Second Branch of the Tree)
What do these mean?
Foundational
Emerging
Visible
Independent
Reflective
My Cluster Pie
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Words I Own
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I Can!
  • I can analyze a prompt and write a thesis (central idea).
  • I can use the TREES framework to plan my ECR.
  • I can write a strong reason that supports my thesis (central idea).
  • I can select evidence from the passage and explain it.
  • I can build a full ECR with all TREES parts.
  • I can use the DOT Reading Habit on unfamiliar words.
My Goal for Next Cluster