WEEKLY BLOCK PLAN

Name: Samuel Bishop Dates: 2/21-2/24 Class Period or Subject: Writing

Topic: Realistic Fiction Grade Level: 4th Co-op initials with date:
Narratives
Monday No School
Tuesday Students review Thursday’s writing plans, then plan out the last two
sections (Actions, Solution), Students begin writing in their journals
PA Anchor/Standard or Standard - CC.1.4.4.M
Eligible Content Write narratives to develop real or imagined experiences or events.
E.C. N/A
Standard - CC.1.4.4.P
Organize an event sequence that unfolds naturally, using a variety of
transitional words and phrases to manage the sequence of events;
provide a conclusion that follows from the narrated experiences and
events.
Eligible Content - E04.C.1.3.1 Orient the reader by
establishing a situation and introducing a narrator and/or characters;
organize an event sequence that unfolds naturally to support the
writer’s purpose.
Eligible Content - E04.C.1.3.2 Use narrative techniques such
as dialogue and description to develop experiences and events or to
show the responses of characters to situations.
Lesson Objectives Students will be able to write a realistic fiction text.
Sequence of activities Students come in, getting out their journals and their graphic
organizers. Remind students-5 paragraphs, with 5 sentences each.
25 sentences total,
They discuss with their partner the problem (again) that their character
is facing and begin talking about the actions that their characters can
take. Remind them that the actions must be something that
someone could see happening.
Students will then think about the solution to their character’s
problem, talk about it with their partner, then write it on their
organizer.
After they have all parts of their organizer filled in, students can begin
writing their realistic fiction text.
Differentiation Students could use their journal to write down the information in
instead of the provided graphic organizers (product)
Students could type out their narratives instead of writing them
(product)
Allow students to move to a different seat so that they may be able to
focus better (learning environment).
Assessment Hearing student discussion about their problems, actions, and
solutions.
Seeing students write down the actions and solutions that they talked
about
Wednesday Students continue writing in their journals
PA Anchor/Standard or Standard - CC.1.4.4.M
 Eligible Content Write narratives to develop real or imagined experiences or events.
E.C. N/A
Standard - CC.1.4.4.P
Organize an event sequence that unfolds naturally, using a variety of
transitional words and phrases to manage the sequence of events;
provide a conclusion that follows from the narrated experiences and
events.
Eligible Content - E04.C.1.3.1 Orient the reader by
establishing a situation and introducing a narrator and/or characters;
organize an event sequence that unfolds naturally to support the
writer’s purpose.
Eligible Content - E04.C.1.3.2 Use narrative
techniques such as dialogue and description to develop experiences
and events or to show the responses of characters to situations.
Lesson Objectives Students will be able to write a realistic fiction text.
Sequence of activities Students come in with their journals, graphic organizers, and pencils.
Remind students that there needs to be five paragraphs with five
sentences each, for a total of 25 sentences.
Students open their journals to their realistic fiction page and begin
writing it.
Differentiation Students could type out their narratives instead of writing them
(product)
Allow students to move to a different seat so that they may be able to
focus better (learning environment).
Assessment Informally monitoring how far students get as they write in their
journals.
Thursday Reading Vocabulary quiz, Students continue writing in their journals
PA Anchor/Standard or Standard - CC.1.4.4.M
Eligible Content Write narratives to develop real or imagined experiences or events.
E.C. N/A
Standard - CC.1.4.4.P
Organize an event sequence that unfolds naturally, using a variety of
transitional words and phrases to manage the sequence of events;
provide a conclusion that follows from the narrated experiences and
events.
Eligible Content - E04.C.1.3.1 Orient the reader by
establishing a situation and introducing a narrator and/or characters;
organize an event sequence that unfolds naturally to support the
writer’s purpose.
Eligible Content - E04.C.1.3.2 Use narrative techniques such
as dialogue and description to develop experiences and events or to
show the responses of characters to situations.
Lesson Objectives Students will be able to write a realistic fiction text
Sequence of activities Tell them that when they finish with their vocabulary, they can
continue writing their text, or if it’s done, they can read for AR.
Students come in with their journals, graphic organizers, and pencils.
Remind students that there needs to be five paragraphs with five
sentences each, for a total of 25 sentences.
Students open their journals to their realistic fiction page and begin
writing it.
 Differentiation Students could type out their narratives instead of writing them
(product)
Allow students to move to a different seat so that they may be able to
focus better (learning environment).
Assessment Informally monitoring how far students are with their writing, giving
students a rubric to make sure that they have finished what they
needed to on each paragraph and for their text.
Friday Reading comprehension test, when done could work on story some
more
PA Anchor/Standard or Standard - CC.1.4.4.M
Eligible Content Write narratives to develop real or imagined experiences or events.
E.C. N/A
Standard - CC.1.4.4.P
Organize an event sequence that unfolds naturally, using a variety of
transitional words and phrases to manage the sequence of events;
provide a conclusion that follows from the narrated experiences and
events.
Eligible Content - E04.C.1.3.1 Orient the reader by
establishing a situation and introducing a narrator and/or characters;
organize an event sequence that unfolds naturally to support the
writer’s purpose.
Eligible Content - E04.C.1.3.2 Use narrative techniques such
as dialogue and description to develop experiences and events or to
show the responses of characters to situations.
Eligible Content - E04.C.1.3.5 Provide a conclusion that
follows from the narrated experiences or events.
Lesson Objectives Students will be able to write a realistic fiction text.
Sequence of activities Students take their reading comprehension test
When done with the test, students will get out their journals and
graphic organizers. They can continue writing their realistic fiction
text.
Differentiation Students could type out their narratives instead of writing them
(product)
Allow students to move to a different seat so that they may be able to
focus better (learning environment).
Assessment Begin assessing journals that are finished, using a rubric

Modification/Accommodation (Generalized across the week):

Allow students to write 4 paragraphs instead of five, and 3-4 sentences instead of 5 per paragraphs.
End of the week self-evaluation:
How did I grab their attention? Did they stay focused? How could I help them stay focused more?