FOURTH GRADE LITERARY ESSAY WRITING UNIT



|Writer’s Workshop Launch |

|4th Grade |

|September 2010 |

|Desired Results for the Unit |

|GOALS (What are our relevant goals for this unit?) |

|-Students will learn the expectations of the writing workshop including routines, roles of individuals and teachers. |

|-Students will learn they have stories to write and talk about. |

|OUTCOMES OF UNDERSTANDING (To achieve our goals, what understandings will be needed?) |ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS: (What essential questions will focus our goals, stimulate conversation, and guide |

|Students will… |our actions?) |

|-Generate ideas/topics to write about | |

|-Write stories that carry personal significance and |What do you know about yourself as a writer? |

|meaning |What do good writers do? |

|-Learn the steps of the writing process. |How do the expectations of writer’s workshop help me become a better writer? |

|Assessment Evidence |

|CULMINATING PROJECTS AND PUBLIC DISPLAYS OF LEARNING: |INFORMAL ASSESSMENTS: (What are the key observable indicators of short and long term progress? What data |

|At least 15-20 writer’s notebook entries before proceeding to the personal narrative unit. (Produce, |should be collected?) |

|produce, produce) | |

|Mini publishes from notebook. |Conferencing |

|Co-Created charts. |Note book entries |

|Generating ideas in the writer’s notebook. | |

|What good writers do? | |

|Resources |

|UNIT RESOURCES: (What materials and resources are needed to support this unit?) |STUDENT RESOURCES: |

|TC Launching writers notebook |Writers notebook |

|Mentor Text: | |

|4th Grade Writing Launch |

|Date | MONDAY | TUESDAY | WEDNESDAY | THURSDAY | FRIDAY |

|WEEK 1: |WRITING WORKSHOP |WRITING WORKSHOP |WRITING WORKSHOP |WRITING WORKSHOP |WRITING WORKSHOP |

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| |Writers are decision makers. They |Writers think of places that matter |Writers think of people who matter to |Writers notice objects and let them |Writers observe every day life to |

| |brainstorm lists from form, and give |to them. |them. |spark a memory. |spark ideas. |

| |examples from life experiences. | | | | |

| | |(List small moments.) |(Tell small moments.) | | |

|WEEK 2: |WRITING WORKSHOP |WRITING WORKSHOP |WRITING WORKSHOP |WRITING WORKSHOP |WRITING WORKSHOP |

| | | |Mini publishing |Mini publishing |Mini publishing |

| |Writers make a timeline of the |Writers think about the first or last|Writers identify that a narrative has a|Writers revise their leads |Writing from inside the story |

| |important events in their lives. |time they have done something. |seed idea, not a watermelon (Session 6 |(Session 7 TC Launching) |(Session 8 in TC Launching) |

| | | |in launching) | | |

|Week 3: |WRITING WORKSHOP |WRITING WORKSHOP |WRITING WORKSHOP |WRITING WORKSHOP |WRITING WORKSHOP |

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| |Mini publishing |Mini publishing |On demand writing assessment: draft |On demand writing assessment: |On demand writing assessment: |

| |Revise and Edit |Publishing day | |revision |proofreading/final draft |

|Week 4: | | | | | |

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