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Donny Hughes
BIG/ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS:
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.9-10.3
Write narratives to develop real or imagined experiences or events using effective technique,
well-chosen details, and well-structured event sequences.
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.9-10.3.C
Use a variety of techniques to sequence events so that they build on one another to
create a coherent whole.
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.9-10.3.D
Use precise words and phrases, telling details, and sensory language to convey a vivid
picture of the experiences, events, setting, and/or characters.
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.9-10.4
Produce clear and coherent writing in which the development, organization, and style are
appropriate to task, purpose, and audience.
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.9-10.5
Develop and strengthen writing as needed by planning, revising, editing, rewriting, or trying a
new approach, focusing on addressing what is most significant for a specific purpose and
audience.
KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS to BE TAUGHT:
Monday
Introduction:
Introduce
the short
story and
elements.
Read: A
Days Wait
by Ernest
Hemingway
(characteriza
tion
dialogue)
Class
Discussion:
basic
structure
elements.
Focus
Lesson: Plot
Writing
Workshop
(Prewrite):
Complete
Plot Plan,
use groups,
partners, or
work alone
Writing Time
(Write)
HW:
Complete
draft of short
story
Conferencing
Throughout
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Setting: Intro
Class
Discussion and
Activity: In
pairs, discuss
setting, select
key phrases
and
descriptors.
Groups of 3-4:
Propose how
else they
would
describe a
place from the
story, or add
onto it.
HW, Writers
Notebook Entry
#2: Setting Prompt
POV: Intro
Read 1st half of
A Ghost Story
by Mark Twain
Anticipation
Guide: Using
Day 2 lesson
Read Last half
Discussion:
How does POV
influence a
story (readers
knowledge,
suspense, etc.)
Writers
Notebook
Entry #3: POV
Plot: Intro
Event Sort:
Students
work in
groups to
organize a
random list
of events.
Groups Share
with class
their
conclusions
Writers
Notebook
Entry #1: Plot
Prompt
HW: Read To
Build a Fire
by Mark
Twain
Focus
Lesson:
Imagery
Writing
Workshop
(Rewrite):
Sensory
Chart.
Compare old
descriptors
and utilize
new ones.
Writing Time
Conferencing
Throughout
Focus Lesson:
Dialogue
(quotation,
and
punctuation)
Writing
Workshop
(Edit): Peer
Edit and
review
through Read
Around
Groups
Writing Time
Conferencing
Throughout
Focus Lesson:
Characterizati
on
Writing
Workshop
(Finalizing):
Character Bio
Writing Time
Conferencing
Throughout
Friday
Character:
Intro
Character
Analysis:
Using one
character
from a
previous
story.
Discussion
Introduce
Short
Story: Use
exemplar
work
Writers
Notebook
Entry #4:
Character
and Collect
ideas/draft
Short Story
Story
Reading:
Students
introduce
their story
and read a
section of
their short
story with
the class.