Writing Units and Objectives:
The Arc of the Story: Writing Realistic Fiction (Narrative) Students learn that the lenses they bring to reading fiction can also be brought to writing fiction, as they develop believable characters with struggles and motivations and rich stories to tell.
The Arc of the Story: Writing Realistic Fiction (Narrative) Students learn that the lenses they bring to reading fiction can also be brought to writing fiction, as they develop believable characters with struggles and motivations and rich stories to tell.
Boxes and Bullets: Personal/Persuasive Essays (Narrative and Opinion) Students learn the value of organization and form as they gather evidence to support and express an opinion on topics they know well.
The Literary Essay: Writing About Fiction (Opinion) Students build on their learning of essay writing and apply it with increasing sophistication to a unit on literary essays—that is, writing about fiction.
Bringing History to Life: Civil Rights Movement (Informational Writing) Students are ready to tackle historical research in which they collect evidence and use details to vividly describe people and events long ago and far away.
Free-Writing Activities:
- Poetry Idea Engine: teacher.scholastic.com/writewit/poetry/poetry_engine.htm#
- Scholastic Story Starter: http://www.scholastic.com/teachers/story-starters/
- Mad libs are a great way to practice parts of speech, follow the link to play online: www.glowwordbooks.com/kids/madlibs/