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Week Day 1 Intro to Descriptive Writing Admit slip: Essential Q What is your writing background? What is descriptive writing? Exit slip: Do I need to read in order to write? Day 2 .Direct Instruction: Types of writing .Exit Slip: What is your favorite style? Why? Write in that style. .Resources: pieces of persuasive, narrative, expository, descriptive Objectives: .distinguish between different styles of writing .create own versions of stylistic writing Day 3

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Day 4 Hooks cont/ practice descriptive writing w/hook Admit: Use your day 2 piece and add a hook Objectives: .Effectively use hooks as part of writing .Continue writing descriptively Assessment: Describe something from home : person, place, thing, rule,etc. 9 Share assessments from Day 8 Fishbowl: What makes writing meaningful? What is descriptive writing? What is voice? How do we use strong vocabulary? Lets Read: Day 5

Day 2 debrief Admit: What do we know about descriptive writing? +How can we combine two types together? Hooks Lesson

Admit: What are the strengths of your piece? Share description pieces in short presentation Words/grammar introduction Dr. Seuss Day Objectives: .learn how to use new vocabulary .learn importance of grammar 10

Exit Slip: Watch a series of news clips, what elements did they use to hook us? Formative assessment: group discuss on new information 8 Differentiation Lesson: Strong Vocabulary Formative Assessment: describing images using strong vocabulary Objectives: .utilize various forms of vocabulary .creatively describe

7 Cooperative Learning Lesson: Types of voice Admit: Remember the Titans Objectives: .define and use different voices in writing Finish presentations Opinion/voice lesson cont Compare/share student pieces. Exit slip: teacher prompt over opinion, sharing activity

Park Field Trip Assessment: use notes from field trip to create descriptive piece using provided guidelines. +Hook +Is it through an opinion? +What style will you use in cohesion with description?

group presentations Homework: Bring in a piece that has opinion, yours or not

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12 Field trip debrief Share writing Gallery Walk: Public speaking Give presentation guidelines *Revisit essential question Portfolio cont. Computer lab day 13

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14 Portfolio Presentations Admit: What are the effective uses of a portfolio? +what is one important element to remember when presenting? Porfolio/presentation work 15 Portfolio Presentations Debrief +Self-evaluate +Exit slip: What was your favorite part about descriptive writing +Revisit essential question

Portfolio introduction

Objectives: .understand how to effectively present an original piece of work .learn how to portfolio

Objectives: .understand how to effectively present an original piece of work .learn how to portfolio

Objectives: . .utilize various forms of vocabulary .creatively describe

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Created by: A. Graeber