Students will be able to independently use their learning to established writing goals. They will expand on their writing skills to create informative/explanatory texts that examine a topic and convey ideas and information clearly. When stating an opinion and reasons, students will use words, phrases, and clauses. Students will produce clear and coherent writing in which the development and organization are appropriate to task, purpose, and audience.
With guidance from teachers and peers strengthen writing by planning, editing, and revising. Draw evidence from literary or info texts; Explain how an author uses reasons and evidence to support particular points in a text. Students will write routinely over extended time frames, recall relevant information from experiences or gather relevant information from, and publish using print/digital sources.
Session 1
Organizing for the Journey Ahead
Session 2
Writing Flash-Drafts
Session 3
Note-Taking and Idea-Making for Revision
Session 4
Writers of History Pay Attention to Geography
Session 5
Writing to Think
Session 6
Writers of History Draw on an Awareness of Timelines
Session 7
Assembling and Thinking about Information
Session 8
Redrafting Our Research Reports
Session 9
Celebrating and Reaching Toward New Goals
Session 10
Drawing Inspiration from Mentor Texts
Session 11
Primary Source Documents
Session 12
Organizing Information for Drafting
Session 13
Finding a Structure to Let Writing Grow Into
Session 14
Finding Multiple Points of View
Session 15
Creating Cohesion
Session 16
Using Text Features to Write Well
Session 17
Crafting Introductions and Conclusions
Session 18
Mentor Texts Help Writers Revise
Session 19
Adding Information Inside Sentences
Session 20
Celebration