Week # Form of Writing Prompt & Writing Process/Activity: Topics for Grammar/Revising/Editing Week 1 Baseline Writing through Journaling: Expository/Narrative Prompt: Daily Journal Prompt (see IFD) Activity/Strategy: Teacher Modeling Lesson 1 Complete sentences and sentence fragments Week 2 Expository (Informative) Teacher background information found in Randy Whitney Expository Packet. Expository p. 11-18 The Writing Process p. 10-12 Prompt: (p. 5 of RW Expository Prompts) Explain why teachers give homework. Explica por qué los maestros dan tarea. Process/Activity: Model Brainstorming/Planning Magnifying/Telescoping/Starring Lesson 2 Subjects and predicates Week 3 Prompt: CONTINUATION Explain why teachers give homework. Explica por qué los maestros dan tarea. Process/Activity: Model Drafting Lesson 3 Kinds of sentences Week 4 Prompt: CONTINUATION Explain why teachers give homework. Explica por qué los maestros dan tarea. Process/Activity: Model Revising & Editing Lesson 4 Simple and compound sentences Subject-verb agreement Combining sentences Week 5 Personal Narrative RW Strategies: Starred Wheelie Grammar Bricks Spinning Voice Prompt: (p. 7 of RW Narrative Activity Packet) Write a composition about something that happened in P.E. or recess. Escribir una composición sobre algo que sucedió en P.E. o en el tiempo de recreo. Process/Activity: Model Brainstorming/Planning: Magnifying/Telescoping/Starring Lesson 5 Nouns Plural nouns Organization Week 6 Prompt: CONTINUATION Write a composition about something that happened in P.E. or recess. Escribir una composición sobre algo que sucedió en P.E. o en el tiempo de recreo. Process/Activity: Model Drafting Lesson 6 Verbs Action verbs Helping verbs Complete sentences Week 7 Prompt: CONTINUATION Write a composition about something that happened in P.E. or recess. Escribir una composición sobre algo que sucedió en P.E. o en el tiempo de recreo. Process/Activity: Model Revising & Editing Lesson 7 Simple Verb Tenses
(Focus on conclusion) Concentration Game Prompt Development of Strategies (Randi Whitney Expository Packet) Week 15 Prompt: CONTINUATION Explain how a person can calm themselves down when they are upset. Explica como una persona puede calmarse cuando está molesto. Process/Activity: Drafting; Revising; Editing (Focus on conclusion) Lesson 14 Participles Week 16 Expository How To (Masked) Expository HORSE game p. 34 Prompt: (p. 20 of Expository Prompts) Write an essay explaining how to make good grades. Activity/Strategy: Complete writing process Lesson 15 Irregular Verbs Verb “Be” Helping Verbs Sustaining Focus Week 17 Personal Narrative RW Strategies: Telescoping “Whoop” Game Emotionally Challenged Prompt: (p. 8 of Narrative Prompts) Write about a time you got to celebrate something important to you. Escribe acerca de un tiempo en que celebraste algo importante para ti. Process/Activity: Brainstorming, Planning, Drafting Lesson 16 Adjective Articles Word Choice Week 18 (Benchmark Week) Prompt: CONTINUATION Write about a time you got to celebrate something important to you. Escribe acerca de un tiempo en que celebraste algo importante para ti. Process/Activity: Revising & Editing Reading & Writing Benchmark Week 19 Personal Narrative Prompt: (p. 11 of Narrative Prompts) Write about a time you worked hard to accomplish something. Process/Activity: Complete Writing Process Lesson 17 Adverbs Week 20 Expository (Compare/Contrast) Why CASE Q p. 62 Prompt: (p. 36 of Expository Prompts) Write an essay to compare and contrast eating a cafeteria tray of food to eating a sack lunch from home. Process/Activity: Complete Writing Process Lesson 18 Prepositions and Prepositional Phrases Week 21 Expository Prompt: (p. 2 of Expository Prompts) Lesson 19
(Informative) Concentration p. 51 Write an essay about the best thing you have learned in school and why. Process/Activity: Complete Writing Process Transitions Week 22 Expository (Informative) Expository Baseball Prompt: (p. 12 of Expository Prompts) Write an essay explaining the best reward anyone could ever give you and tell why you think it is the best reward. Process/Activity: Complete Writing Process Lesson 20 Abbreviations Week 23 Expository How To (Masked) Let’s Get Organized p.43 Prompt: (p. 26 of Expository Prompts) Write an essay explaining how to practice good sportsmanship. Process/Activity: Complete Writing Process Lesson 21 Comparative & Superlative Adjectives/Adverbs Week 24 Personal Narrative Prompt: (p. 26 of Narrative Prompts) Write about a time someone helped you do or learn something. Process/Activity: Complete Writing Process Writing Benchmark Week 25 Expository (Procedural) Prompt: (p. 24 of Expository Prompts) Write an essay telling how you would make money if you wanted to buy something special. Process/Activity: Complete Writing Process Lesson 22 Negatives Week 26 Personal Narrative Prompt: (p. 6 of Narrative Prompts) Write about a time you were proud of one of your accomplishments. Escribe sobre una vez que te sentías orgulloso de uno de tus logros. Process/Activity: Complete Writing Process Lesson 23 Quotations Dialogue Week 27 Benchmark Expository (Procedural) Prompt: (p. 6 of Expository Prompts) Write an essay about your favorite sport and why it is your favorite. Process/Activity: Complete Writing Process Reading Benchmark Review of Grammar Concepts Week 28 STAAR WRITING Week 29 Journeys Lesson 24 Research Report Prompt: Research and write about an animal and its habitat. Investiga y escribe acerca de un animal y su hábitat. Lesson 24 Commas