WR072.a
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Writing Standard 2.a - Level 7
Write in a variety of genre such as narratives, informational brochures, essays, stories, and letters for specific purposes (for example: to entertain, to inform, or to persuade).
Standard in Kid Friendly Language
Students will write papers that entertain, inform, or persuade using different formats
Standard Unwrapped
- KNOW what should be included in narratives, stories, descriptions, and different types of expository paragraphs and essays.
- KNOW that their style of writing should be different depending on whether they are writing to entertain, inform, or persuade an audience.
ABLE TO DO
- Students should be able to write a well-crafted piece for each genre.
- Students should be able to use appropriate language, vocabulary, and structure in their writing.
- Students should be able to determine what format to use depending upon their purpose for writing.
Instructional Strategies
- Introduce and practice the 11-sentence paragraph format
- Topic sentence
- Three primary supports
- Two secondary supports for each primary
- Concluding sentence
- Introduce and practice three- to five-paragraph essay format
- Introductory paragraph that gets the reader's attention and includes a solid, arguable thesis statement
- One to three body paragraphs
- Solid concluding paragraph which brings the essay to a close and leaves the reader thinking
- Review patterns for narratives, informational brochures, stories, expository (cause/effect, compare/contrast, classification/division), descriptive, persuasive, and poetry.
- Provide examples of each genre for students to evaluate
- Have students write examples of each genre
- Use a variety of teacher-generated materials and professional materials
Assessment Strategies
- Informal assessment of writing
- Given a choice of topics, student will write an appropriate paragraph or essay which will be evaluated with a suitable rubric.
- Formal tests to evaluate student's understanding of the purposes of writing, the components of writing, and the genres of writing.
- Teacher-made and professional assessment tools
Resources
- Writing Mystery stories An extended lesson on writing short mystery stories.
- Fairy Tale Autobiographies An eight (8) session unit on writing fairy tales.
- Using Poetry to Understand SimilesThis unit helps students understand what a simile is and be able to write poetry using similes.
- Poetry for kids Several lesson plans and links to help students learn to write simple poetry.
- Guide to Grammar and Writing A fabulous source for writing, from sentence level to paragraphs to essays to research papers. It includes grammar rules, quizzes, PowerPoint presentations, step-by-step instructions on the writing process, and a plethora of amazing goodies.
- Writing an Original Fable Extended lesson on writing original fables
- Holiday Writing Assignment Students may choose between an essay, a short story, or a poem for the Christmas holiday season.
- Writing a 12-sentence Short Story
- Apple, Apple Fun, hands-on poetry activity for all grade levels.
- Apple Pattern Apple pattern for the Apple, Apple poetry activity.
- Riddles in the Air Fun, hands-on poetry activity for all grade levels.
- ABC POEM Three fun hands-on poetry activities for all grade levels.
- Paper Airplane Pattern Paper airplane patters to use with the ABC Poem activity.
- Personal Brochure A get-to-know-you activity for the beginning of school to help the teacher and other students get to know each others.
- Poetry Bio Poem, List of 12, Cinquains.
- Story Starters Gives a character and a setting; the student must supply the problem. Good device to use for students who always say, "I can't think of anything to write about."
Projects and Activities
- Write a 2-page short story
- Write an original myth
- Write an original fable
- Write original poetry
- Write several personal narratives
- Write a group descriptive paragraph
- Write individual descriptive paragraphs
- Write one of each of the expository formats
- cause/effect, compare/contrast, classification/division, process analysis
- Write several persuasive paragraphs and essays
- Complete 1 research project per semester
