Week(s) # 3 (5 days) Form of Writing: Expository - Informative Prompt: Describe your favorite game and explain why it is fun. Grammar Focus: Kinds of sentences Primary Writing TEKS: 3.17(A) plan a first draft by selecting a genre appropriate for conveying the intended meaning to an audience and generating ideas through a range of strategies (e.g., brainstorming, graphic organizers, logs, journals); (B) develop drafts by categorizing ideas and organizing them into paragraphs; 3.20 Students write expository and procedural or work-related texts to communicate ideas and information to specific audiences for specific purposes. Students are expected to: (A) create brief compositions that: (i) establish a central idea in a topic sentence; (ii) include supporting sentences with simple facts, details, and explanations; and (iii) contain a concluding statement; Primary Grammar TEKS: No match Writing Activity/Strategy Description: Model this type of writing using activity p. 19 Randi Whitney Expository Packet (Favorite Color) Linear Paragraph p. 23 Randi Whitney Expository Packet Revising/Editing Focus based on State Rubric: The organizing structure of the essay is clearly appropriate to the purpose and responsive to the specific demands of the prompt. The essay is skillfully crafted because the writer uses organizational strategies that are particularly well suited to the expository task. Suggested Pacing for Composition Writing: Introduce: Prewriting: (Day 1) Model lesson Drafting: (Day 2, 3, 4, 5) Drafting and Conferencing-teacher needs to model the drafting process for this prompt daily. Revising: Editing: Publishing: Writing Resource Correlation: Journeys/Senderos: Daily Grammar Lesson 2 T.E. pp. T108, T128, T136, T150 and S.E. Write Source: p. 448 Other Resources: Journey’s Projectables 2.2 & 2.6 Write Source Skills Book pp. 3-4 & 7-8 Features of Genre: Describe through informing, explaining, and defining. Academic Vocabulary: Sentence, expository, informative, command, exclamation, statement, question
Week(s) # 5 Form of Writing: Personal Narrative Prompt: Write about an event that changed your life. • Common Nouns • Proper Nouns • Ideas Primary Writing TEKS: 3.17(A) plan a first draft by selecting a genre appropriate for conveying the intended meaning to an audience and generating ideas through a range of strategies (e.g., brainstorming, graphic organizers, logs, journals) Primary Grammar TEKS: 3.22Aii nouns (singular/plural, common/proper) Writing Activity/Strategy Description: Brainstorming, Magnifying,( Randi Whitney) Lesson 4 Revising/Editing Focus based on State Rubric: Use of Language/Conventions: The writer demonstrates a consistent command of sentence boundaries and age-appropriate spelling, capitalization, punctuation, grammar, and usage conventions. Although minor errors may be evident, they do not detract from the fluency or clarity of the writing. The overall strength of the conventions contributes to the effectiveness of the narrative. Suggested Pacing for Composition Writing: Introduce: Prewriting: Day 1: Model lesson Drafting (Day 2-5): Brainstorm, draft, and conference with students. Teacher needs to model brainstorming process for this prompt daily. Revising: Editing: Publishing: Writing Resource Correlation: Journeys/Senderos: T.E. p. T330-331; S.E. p. 142 Write Source: Write Source TE p. 420-421; S.E. p. 421 Skills Book “Common and Proper Nouns” p. 119 Other Resources: Features of Genre: Narrative: Tells a story or part of a story Academic Vocabulary: common noun, proper noun, brainstorming Week(s) # 6 Form of Writing: Personal Narrative