Third/Fourth Grade: Writing Workshop Curriculum Calendar
October/November
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On-Demand Writing (See teaching point list) ***Prepare invitation for celebration *** MWTP=Mid-Workshop Teaching Point | Based on student need teacher will review specific teaching points from launching, as needed. | Writers make their writing more powerful by studying the writing of authors we admire. (Lessons from mentor personal narratives) | Writers make their writing more powerful by studying the writing of authors we admire. (Lessons from mentor personal narratives Extend lesson from previous day | Writers generate more powerful ideas for writing by thinking of turning point moments. | Writers generate more powerful ideas for writing by thinking of turning point moments. |
Writers chunk writing into paragraphs to give their readers a pause. | Writing partners help the writer find importance in a small moment. MWTP: Writers can be job captains for their own writing using charts to progress along a predictable course. | ||||
Writers stay inside the narrator's point of view. | Writers balance the internal responses and external actions of their stories. (mentor texts) | Writers balance the internal responses and external actions of their stories. (student texts) | Optional Lessons Writers use scenes from the past and future to bring out the internal story and add power to their narratives. (If taught, the lesson will take 2 days.) | Writers craft endings that connect back to what is most important in their story. | |
Editing lesson based on student need. Using a study of mentor text to examine conventions. (p154 in Raising the Quality of Narrative Writing) | Editing lesson based on student need. Using a study of mentor text to examine conventions. (p154 in Raising the Quality of Narrative Writing) | Writers prepare for a formal celebration by creating a final draft. (Invite guests to celebration) | Celebration |
