10/14/09 - 10/19/09

Week Focus:

Prewriting Ideas -- gathering, writing, organizing, revising for draft

Goal: Prewrite in web, list, or free-write, then re-read and number to organize your ideas before drafting.
Goal: Fluency
Goal: poetry: Where I’m From
Figurative Language

http://whatelse.pbworks.com/Where-Im-From

http://whatelse.pbworks.com/Revision
Share, Revise poems

Genre Writing Prompts

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Wed 10/14

Poetry Share
Revision techniques: ARMS-2
http://whatelse.pbworks.com/Revision
Revise and Share

Thurs 10/15
Power Write
Share
Organize folders/Table of Contents
ARMS 3
Poetry

Fri 10/16
Writing for authentic purposes:
Cards/Letters for Miss Merrill

Mon 10/19
Power Write
Share
ARMS Move/Remove clutter
Poetry
Try your own and Share

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EALR 1: The student understands and uses a writing process.
Component 1.2: Produces draft(s). W
Component 1.3: Revises to improve text. W
Component 1.4: Edits text. W

EALR 3: The student writes clearly and effectively.
Component 3.1: Develops ideas and organizes writing. W

3.1.1 Analyzes ideas, selects a narrow topic, and elaborates using specific details and/or examples.

3.2.2 Analyzes and selects language appropriate for specific audiences and purposes.

Component 3.3: Knows and applies appropriate grade level writing conventions. W

Writing Process Evaluation

Back to Writing 5-8

Are you writing each day to complete your requirements?

Name: Date: 5 6 7 8

Topic	Audience
Purpose	Genre

Standard	1 Below Standard	2 Approaches Standard	3 Meets Standard	4 Exceeds Standard
Did you plan your prewriting for your audience and purpose? (1.1.1) (2.1.1) (2.2.1)
Are you planning your ideas by organizing your prewriting ideas (number your list, cluster, web, organizer, free-write) (1.1.1)
Did you draft from more than one source/entry using your organized prewriting for your audience and purpose? (1.2.1)(2.1.1) (2.2.1) (3.2.1)
Did you revises your writing, including changing words, sentences, paragraphs, and ideas with your ARMS revision strategies so your writing is clear, concise, organized? (Add, Remove, Move, Substitute) (1.3.1) (3.1.1) (3.1.2) (3.2.2)
Did you write in paragraphs with topic/support sentences that are different lengths and have different beginnings? (1.3.1) (3.2.3)
In your final draft did you edit for errors? (1.4) (3.3)
Did you publish in a form that meets your audience and purpose, includes images or charts to explain your ideas, and looks professional? (1.5.1)