In September we started on the "Launching With Story Booklets Mini-Unit:

This mini-unit is designed to get students writing with volume and stamina right away, while giving the opportunity to establish workshop routines and build community in the classroom.

From October to December, we will work on "Crafting True Stories". This unit will teach students how to do narrative writing using ideas from their own lives. Students will be introduced to using a Writer's Notebook to plan ideas and start seed ideas of writing. This unit emphasized the importance of students rehearsing, drafting, revising, and editing their writing. The focus is on teaching the students to work on bringing out the "storyteller's " in their writing. Often writing willdone in a writing booklet.