ORANGE A
GOALS/STANDARDS and BENCHMARKS:
OTHER OBJECTIVES:
MATERIALS ARE KEPT BY: Jori Fox rm. 122
- Writing For Real: Strategies for Engaging Adolescent Writers by Ross M. Burkhardt
- For teacher’s benefit – Jump Write In! Creative Writing Exercises for Diverse Communities, Grades 6 – 12 by Judith Tannenbaum and Valerie Bush
- 350 Fabulous Writing Prompts by Jacqueline Sweeney
- Journal Activities Throughout the Year by Kathy Zaun
- Attached journaling prompt list that came out of Life Skills binder from 2003-4.
STRATEGIES:
ASSESSMENTS: correlated to the benchmarks and objectives
- Interview Your Homeland – midterm project p. 102 - Jump Write In!
- Letter to Self : from Writing For Real: Strategies for Engaging Adolescent Writers by Ross M. Burkhardt
CURRICULUM MAP
| Week 1 |
Week 2 |
Week 3 |
Week 4 |
Week 5 |
Week 6 |
Week 7 |
Week 8 |
M- Journal
W- Lesson on editing – peer vs. self ; teacher edits
F- Final draft due – 1/3 of class shares |
M- Journal
W- Writing mini-lesson depending on needs of class ; teacher edit conferences ; additional edit/journal time
F- Final draft due – 1/3 of class shares; revision day for old drafts |
M- Journal
W- Writing mini-lesson depending on needs of class ; teacher edit conferences ; additional edit/journal time
F- Final draft due – 1/3 of class shares; revision day for old drafts |
M- Interview Your Homeland Midterm piece
W- Writing mini-lesson depending on needs of class ; teacher edit conferences ; additional edit/journal time
F- Final draft of midterm due – will be hung in hallway - 1/3 of class shares (old journal piece); revision day for old drafts |
M- Journal
W- Writing mini-lesson depending on needs of class ; teacher edit conferences ; additional edit/journal time
F- Final draft due – 1/3 of class shares; revision day for old drafts |
M- Journal
W- Writing mini-lesson depending on needs of class ; teacher edit conferences ; additional edit/journal time
F- Final draft due – 1/3 of class shares; revision day for old drafts |
M-Begin Letter to Self final project
W- Use p. 270 – 275 editing sheets and worksheets
F- final drafts due NEXT WEEK – work day; revision day for old drafts |
M- additional work day
W- final drafts due – sent home with date to open
F- last class journaling – final day to share – (do not share letter to self) |
DESCRIPTIONS AND DIRECTIONS FOR TOPIC CLUSTERS, UNITS, CHAPTERS
DAY-BY-DAY LESSON PLANS
See above in curriculum map for daily/weekly class set-up.
- Monday is journaling day – as many prompts as needed. Multiple prompts given on that day for inspiration. Prompts are based on timely events, current issues, interesting topics, and/or randomly picked out of one of the books listed in the materials sections.
- Wednesday is editing day. Topics for editing will be picked out upon class needs. Possible topics include:
- Sensory Language
- Similes/Metaphors/figurative language
- Adding dialogue to a journal
- Basic grammar edits/conventions
- Adding second and third order details
- Using humor in writing
- On Wednesdays, students will also work on editing their journals into final draft form. Students will hand in one journal piece a week that is typed in proper final draft form. Students will probably have 2 -3 journals from the week and will need to choose which topic would be best for a final draft. Journals will be graded, teacher edited, and returned. Students will have time to revise old drafts (if needed) and the opportunity to re-edit and/or add on to old drafts at any time.
- Wednesday is also teacher conference day in order to allow students editing/revision help from the teacher.
- Fridays - Students are required to share one journal about every 3 weeks. This creates a sense of community and gives a purpose for their writing. It also creates a want to succeed and edit further to impress peers and the teacher in the audience.