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Enduring Understandings
Enduring Understandings
Writing helps us understand what we think and express what we know.
Writing arguments challenges us to risk changing our minds.
Writers explain things audiences do not understand in terms of things they do understand.
Writers tell stories to share their experience of being human in a world of other humans.
Careful craft and thoughtful revision lead to clearer, more resonant writing.
Essential Questions
Essential Questions
How does writing help shape my thinking?
What techniques will make readers hear and consider my argument?
How can I communicate knowledge and ideas clearly and effectively?
How can I tell the stories that are important to me?
How does reading the work of other writers help me become a better writer?
How does collaborating with others help me to hone my own ideas?
Common Tasks
Common Tasks
Students will complete two writing tasks each quarter matched to the types of writing identified by the Common Core State Standards: narrative, informative/explanatory, and argument.
Marking Period 1
Marking Period 1
Narrative
A fictional narrative that achieves a particular effect (centrally reported during MP1)
Analysis
An informative essay or a Wikipedia-style entry that uses both text and images to explain the history or background of a topic
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