YOUR CHILD WILL WRITE STORIES AND ESSAYS. BY DEVOTING TIME AND EFFORT TO PRODUCING NUMEROUS WRITTEN PIECES OVER SHORT AND EXTENDED TIME FRAMES THROUGHOUT THE YEAR, YOUR CHILD ALSO WILL GAIN CONTROL OVER MANY CONVENTIONS OF GRAMMAR, USAGE, AND PUNCTUATION AS WELL AS LEARN WAYS TO MAKE THEMSELVES UNDERSTOOD.
■ Writing opinions that offer reasoned arguments and provide facts and examples that are logically grouped to support the writer’s point of view
■ Writing stories, real or imaginary, that unfold naturally and developing the plot with dialogue, description, and effective pacing of the action
■ Reporting on a topic or presenting an opinion with his or her own words, a logical sequence of ideas, sufficient facts and details, and formal English when appropriate
■ Expanding, combining, and reducing sentences to improve meaning, interest, and style of writing
■ Building knowledge of academic words with an emphasis on those that signal a contrast in ideas or logical relationships, such as on the other hand, similarly, therefore, otherwise, specifically, consequently, etc.
■ Producing their written work on the computer
Quarterly Writing lessons:
1st QuarterNarratives
Big Ideas of Unit: · Make a plan and then Pre-write for narrative writing · Spend time with exemplar texts dissecting writing and comparing the exemplars while creating a rubric · Small moments and developing characters through dialogue Personal Narrative to Memoir Students will develop a real or imagined experiences or events using effective technique, descriptive details, and clear event sequences. Orient the reader by establishing a situation and introducing a narrator and/or characters; organize an event sequence that unfolds naturally. Students will use narrative techniques, such as dialogue, description, and pacing, to develop experiences and events or show the responses of characters to situations by using a variety of transitional words, phrases, and clauses to manage the sequence of events. The narrative should include conjunctions, prepositions and interjections as well as correct verb tense. The writer should also demonstrate a use of figurative language in the narrative. Writers must provide a conclusion that follows from the narrated experiences or events. |
2nd QuarterOpinion Paper
Using Opinions to Persuade Others Big Ideas of Unit
After students have gathered evidence from informational texts to support their analysis, reflections, and research, they will begin by making a plan. Writers must provide logically ordered reasons that are supported by facts and details from their evidence. The students will then link their opinion and reasons using consequently and specifically and other transitional words in their papers. Students will provide a concluding statement or section related to the opinion presented. |
3rd QuarterFantasy and
Interpretive Essay Big Ideas of Unit
By using narrative techniques, such as dialogue, description, and pacing, to develop experiences and events to show the responses of characters to situations. The writer should use a variety of transitional words, phrases, and clauses to manage the sequence of events. Finally the writer should provide a conclusion to end the narrated experiences or events. Interpretive Writing Big Idea of Unit
Use details about your main character that reinforces your opinions. Use examples and direct quotes from the text to prove your opinions. |
4th quarterInformational and Analytical Writing
Research Projects Big Ideas of Unit
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