Persuasive Writing

Persuasive Writing Unit:

Lesson 1 Writing to Change the World

Lesson 2 Mining Mentor Texts For Topics

Lesson 3 Abstract Ideas to Specific Examples

Lesson 4 Find Your Passion To Focus

Lesson 5 Structuring Persuasive Writing: Problem & Solution

Lesson 6 Anecdotes Can Teach & Give Evidence

Lesson 7 Talk Around The Idea, Then Write

Lesson 8 We The People

Lesson 9 Good Question

Lesson 10 Imagine This

Lesson 11 Repeated Rereadings

Lesson 12 The "So What" Rule

Lesson 13 Craft A Thesis

Lesson 14 Prove It

Lesson 15 How Does It Affect You?

Lesson 16 Call To Action

Lesson 17 Not, So, Very, Nice

Lesson 18 Paragraph Starters

Lesson 19 Verb Tense Consistency Within A Sentence

Lesson 20 Praise, Question, Polish

Lesson 21 Celebrating

Narrative Writing

Narrative Writing Unit:

Lesson 1 Defining Moments

Lesson 2 Moments With Strong Feelings

Lesson 3 Always Times, One Time

Lesson 4 Ask Questions To Focus

Lesson 5 Write About A Pebble

Lesson 6 The "So What?" Rule

Lesson 7 Thought Bubbles

Lesson 8 Show, Don't Tell Emotions

Lesson 9 Write "Off The Page"

Lesson 10 "Find The Heart"

Lesson 11 PQP

Lesson 12 Zoom In On A Moment Of Importance

Lesson 13 See The World Like A Poet

Lesson 14 Show, Don't Tell Using Senses To Describe Places

Lesson 15 Write The Bones, Then Go Back To Flesh It Out

Lesson 16 Explain That Sound

Lesson 17 Just Like That

Lesson 18 Action Clues

Lesson 19 Tell Me, How Does It Affect You?

Lesson 20 Say It With Feeling

Lesson 21 Help Wanted/Help Offered

Lesson 22 Celebrating

AutoBiography/

Biography

Unit of Study Overview:

Lesson 1 Success Criteria

Lesson 2 Important People

Lesson 3 Mine Mentor Texts For Topics

Lesson 4 Use A Search Engine To Find Connections

Lesson 5 Let Available Sources Steer Your Focus

Lesson 6 Start With A Plan In Mind

Lesson 7 Parts Of A Topic: Features & Characteristics

Lesson 8 Focus In Time

Lesson 9 Organize In Sequence

Lesson 10 Draw Your Layout

Lesson 11 Craft An Elevator Speech

Lesson 12 Non-Fiction Leads

Lesson 13 Big Deals & Famous Firsts

Lesson 14 Conclude With The Big Idea

Lesson 15 Polar Opposites

Lesson 16 Also Known As

Lesson 17 So Important

Lesson 18 Share The Love

Lesson 19 Use Imagery To Make A Fact Come Alive

Lesson 20 Repeated Rereadings To Check A Checklist

Lesson 21 To And Or Not To And?

Lesson 22 Considering Sentence Length

Lesson 23 Group Words For Comprehension: Commas

Lesson 24 Revising Run-On Sentences

Lesson 25 Creating Compound Sentences

Lesson 26 Play With Pauses

Lesson 27 Celebration

Lesson 28 Revising INGs Up Front

Lesson 29 Revising EDs Up Front

Lesson 30 Revising Zoom In

Lesson 31 Sneaky Sounds: Alliteration, Consonance, and Assonance

Lesson 32 Hyperbole

Informational Writing

Informational Writing Unit:

Lesson 1 Success Criteria

Lesson 2 Mappy The Heart

Lesson 3 Mine Mentor Texts For Topics

Lesson 4 Word Mapping

Lesson 5 Use A Search Engine To Find Connections

Lesson 6 Draw Your Layout

Lesson 7 Keeping A Research Notebook

Lesson 8 Support Your Facts

Lesson 9 Partner Facts: Ask Yourself, "How?"

Lesson 10 Nonfiction Leads

Lesson 11 Big Deals and Famous Firsts

Lesson 12 PQP

Lesson 13 Repeated Rereadings To Check A Checklist

Lesson 14 Ask Questions To Focus

Lesson 15 Question-Answer

Lesson 16 Start With A Table Of Contents

Lesson 17 Talk Around The Idea, Then Write

Lesson 18 Write With Authority: Doman-Specific Vocabulary

Lesson 19 Flaps and Carets

Lesson 20 Use Imagery To Make A Factg Come Alive

Lesson 21 Conclude With The Big Idea

Lesson 22 Creating Complex Sentences

Lesson 23 Write A Title

Lesson 24 Celebration

Poetry

Poetry Unit of Study:

Lesson 1 Success Criteria

Lesson 2 Word Mapping

Lesson 3 Always Times, One Time

Lesson 4 If I Could Go On Facebook, You Can Jot It In A Notebook

Lesson 5 Ideas For Other Genres Might Be Hiding (In Plain Sight!)

Lesson 6 Find A Theme in Your Collection

Lesson 7 Weave In Symbolism

Lesson 8 Seesaw Structure

Lesson 9 Shades of Meaning

Lesson 10 Explain The Sound

Lesson 11 Sneaky Sounds: Alliteration, Consonance, and Assonance

Lesson 12 Rewrite A Line (Again and Again and Again)

Lesson 13 Read Your Writing Backward (& Catch Spelling Mistakes!)

Lesson 14 Image Your Audience and Consider Your Purpose

Lesson 15 Words That Match The Audience

Lesson 16 Listen For (& Write!) Music

Lesson 17 Personify To Bring Objects To Life

Lesson 18 Gut Check Each Word

Lesson 19 Read Your Draft Aloud, and Listen

Lesson 20 Changes and Choices

Lesson 21 Celebrating

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