Unit 2: Raising the Quality of Narrative

Third/Fourth Grade: Writing Workshop Curriculum Calendar

October/November

Focus
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. Option 2: Lesson to teach in one day	Writers generate more powerful ideas for writing by thinking of turning point moments.
Writers generate more powerful ideas for writing by choosing a strong feeling and writing the story of one particular time they were feeling that feeling.	Writers chunk writing into paragraphs to give their readers a pause.	Like readers, good writers use all of the strategies and techniques they have learned while they are in the process of writing.	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 need to pause and ask, "What am I really trying to say in this story?" ("What is my purpose?"), then revise and craft their stories to convey their purpose for writing.	Writers read published text and study authors' leads.
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.) Day 1 Day 2	Writers use their knowledge of story structure to help them revise their work. (How stories tend to go anchor chart/ story mountain)	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