Timing Sept.9-Oct.

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Unit Playing with Words: Poetry

Topics Covered Found Poetry In articles, poems and prose. Expanding a metaphor. Form poetry: Pantoum, Haiku, I Am, Personification, Spoken word poetry: Slam, two-voices Use technology, including the Internet, to produce and publish writing. Reading poetry for mentorship Write routinely over extended time frames. Form terms: Iambic, meter, rhythm, rhyme, stanzas Response strategies. Publishing Anthologies. Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, including figurative and connotative meanings; analyze the impact of a specific word choice on meaning and tone. Demonstrate understanding of figurative language, word relationships, and nuances in word meanings. Interpret figurative language, including similes and metaphors, in context. Answer questions about own writing, listen to ideas teacher and peers have about writing, add details to help the reader understand the writing. Use precise words and phrases, relevant descriptive details, and sensory language to convey experiences and events. Vary sentence patterns for meaning, reader/listener interest, and style. Strengthen writing as needed by planning, revising, editing, rewriting, or trying a new approach. Produce clear and coherent writing in which the development, organization, and style are appropriate to task, purpose, and audience.

October 23 December 20

Realistic Fiction

Rehearsing ideas: story blurbs and developing characters. Mentor texts Crafting a Story Mountain. Elaboration. Narrative Point-of-view. Leads and endings. Moving toward independent editing and revision. Publishing.

Write narratives to develop imagined experiences or events using effective technique, relevant descriptive details, and well-structured event sequences.

Engage and orient the reader by establishing a context and introducing a narrator and/or characters; organize an event sequence that unfolds naturally and logically. Use narrative techniques, such as dialogue, pacing, and description, to develop experiences, events, and/or characters. Use precise words and phrases, relevant descriptive details, and sensory language to convey experiences and events. Provide a conclusion that follows from the narrated experiences or events.

Determine a theme or central idea of a text and how it is conveyed through particular details

January 6- March 21

Memoir

Memoir Structures. Searching for Big Ideas. Examining mentor published authors. Internal and external stories Choosing emblematic details. Analyzing your writing to uncover the message. Metaphors in memoir Using sentence structure to Vary the sound. Publishing to share.

Use a variety of transition words, phrases, and clauses to convey sequence and signal shifts from one time frame or setting to another. . Write narratives to develop real experiences or events using effective technique, relevant descriptive details, and well-structured event sequences.

Engage and orient the reader by establishing a context and introducing a narrator; organize an event sequence that unfolds naturally and logically. Use narrative techniques, such as dialogue, pacing, and description, to develop experiences, events. Use precise words and phrases, relevant descriptive details, and sensory language to convey experiences and events. Provide a big idea that follows from the narrated experiences or events. With some guidance and support from peers and adults, develop and strengthen writing as needed by planning, revising, editing, rewriting, or trying a new approach.

MarMarch31- May 3030 30

Explorers persuasive Social action writing.

Exploring environmental and social persuasive media As mentors. Refining the opinion statement. Researching skills Considering the opposition Crafting a persuasive message Creating Bibliographies. Publishing.

Write informative/explanatory texts to examine a topic and convey ideas, concepts, and information through the selection, organization, and analysis of relevant content. Write opinion pieces on topics or texts, supporting a point of view with reasons and information.

Introduce a topic or text clearly, state an opinion, and create an organizational structure in which ideas are logically grouped to support the writers purpose.

Provide logically ordered reasons that are supported by facts and details. Link opinion and reasons using words, phrases, and clauses (e.g., consequently, specifically). Provide a concluding statement or section related to the opinion presented.. Use precise language and domain-specific vocabulary to inform about or explain the topic. Conduct short research projects to answer a question, drawing on several sources and refocusing the inquiry when appropriate. Gather relevant information from multiple print and digital sources; assess the credibility of each source; and quote or paraphrase the data and conclusions of others while avoiding plagiarism and providing basic bibliographic information for sources.