Beginning Writing

Week Introduction 1 Orientation Intro 2 Brainstorm techniques for getting started writing. Discuss elements of a good paragraph. Discuss what makes a good invitation or announcement. Review the 5 Ws. Class Objective Pre-Course Writing Skills Assessment Practice techniques to develop ideas to improve prewriting. Identify topic and misplaced sentences. Write a paragraph. Participate in a scavenger hunt to introduce the 5 Ws. Create a flyer. Find facts and opinions in articles. Fill out traffic accident form; write story as a reporter. Write essay in class as a group. Read editorials. Identify who the writer is trying to convince and why. Write a response that includes support information to enhance persuasive writing. Closure Learning Styles Survey Review types of prewriting. Review key elements of a paragraph. Review importance of providing all necessary info. Recap necessity of 5 Ws in informational text. Discuss key concepts of lesson. Review persuasive techniques. Journaling Pre-Writing Survey Explain how two of the prewriting tasks can assist a writer. What did you learn? How can you use this in your life? Why is it important to have all relevant information in a written document. What did you learn? How can you use this information? What did you learn? How can you use this in your life? Write about a time you held an opinion that was changed. Homework

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Use the Venn-Diagram created in class to make an outline. Do the same with the web, etc. Write a paragraph each day. Create an invitation to a party. Revise paragraphs. Write a newspaper story about an activity. Revise returned work. Write a five paragraph essay. Revise returned work. Find two pieces of written evidence in local papers where author is using persuasion to change your mind about an issue.

Introduce the five paragraph essay. Discuss tone/ mood/ audience. Ask a series of opinion questions. Discuss ways to get people to change their minds.

Review persuasive Be introduced to a techniques. variety of research materials and how to write a bibliography. Create a web design and an outline. Write a rough draft of a persuasive piece. Journaling Experiment with different types of free writing.

Review editing and revision process.

What did you learn? How can you use this information in your life?

Edit and revise persuasive essay. Revise returned work.

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Journaling: Write a Use the senses to help description of a build ability to write colored ball. with description words. Use a thesaurus and dictionary to compile a list of descriptive words. Free writing: Have Create a collage Journaling you ever seen a describing something piece of art that that has meaning to spoke to you? them by using materials Have you ever from magazines. Use used art to convey collage to write a haiku a message? poem. Brainstorm/ read Create a myth legend Journaling well-known using themes from their myths/ legends. own personal history as the base of the story. Review the plot of Identify themes. Create Review themes

Review writing Write anything that selections from comes to mind. class; choose one to use as a basis for writing more. Discuss how Write a description. descriptive writing can be used for different creative purposes. Did you ever think you would create a poem or piece of artwork to go with your creative writing? Do you think telling legends to children is a good way to preserve culture? How did this lesson

Edit and revise short story from classwork. Revise returned work. Write a description of a different item every day.

Create haiku poems using other works of art.

Revise and edit work.

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that are affect you? commonly found in writing. Read the poem Write an essay on the Review reflective Write a movie The Road Not road they wish they had writing. review. Taken by Robert taken and how that Frost. Discuss. would have affected their lives. Discuss the awards Brainstorm who might Develop a Complete a selfprogram of the be eligible and why. schedule with evaluation of their Kennedy Center. Choose a person to personalized due writing. research. Discuss dates for sources, creativity, completing essay development, and assignment. persuasive techniques. Review editing and Continue to work on Update writing Are you following revision concepts. persuasive paper of plan. your schedule for nominee. Work with your research teacher to develop paper? If so, what is writing and/ or revise helping you stay on previous works. task? If not, what might you do to get back on track? Review skills Write a post-assessment Organize work Look through learned this essay. into a portfolio. portfolio. How has semester. your writing improved?

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Write an essay about a road they are glad they have taken. Revise and edit work. Begin essay for your nominee. Revise and edit work.

Continue to work on persuasive research paper. Revise and edit work.

Show off your portfolio.