Language Arts

Writing Curriculum: Units of Study

In our Writing workshop, students learn important strategies within a mini-lesson. These strategies might include:

-Ideas - the content or main theme in a piece

-Organization - how meaning is structured in a piece

-Voice - how the writer's personal town comes across

-Word Choice - the vocabulary the writer chooses to convey meaning

-Sentence Fluency - the rhythm, flow, and sound of the language

-Conventions - spelling, grammar, usage, capitalization, and punctuation

-Presentation - how the piece looks on the page

Students then practice and apply these strategies within their writing. Students receive and apply feedback from individual conferences, writing partners, and small groups. Writing is "published" and celebrated.

Unit 1: Improving Narrative Writing

Unit 2: How to Guide for Nonfiction Writing

Unit 3: Poetry- Big Thoughts Small Packages

Unit 4: Writing About Reading