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Knowledge
  • Drafting
  • Revising (editing)
  • Basic conferencing
 Process Skills
  1. Conferencing for meaning.
  2. Identifying and using author techniques.
  3. Finding ideas and expanding them into pieces.
Research
Read stories and poetry that exemplify:
  • Dialogue
  • Description
  • Characterization and Point of View
  • 3 chunk Plot structure (John Jakes)
 Products
  1. 1 or 2 published pieces.
  2. Drafts and revisions
  3. Response notes on student pieces.
    –reader’s notes
    –author’s notes

Students will write pieces of their own choosing">

Conference Notes | Writer's Worksheet | Rich Text Formatted Copy 
 Writing Ideas | Revision Example | Lessons Home

Knowledge
  • Drafting
  • Revising (editing)
  • Basic conferencing
 Process Skills
  1. Conferencing for meaning.
  2. Identifying and using author techniques.
  3. Finding ideas and expanding them into pieces.
Research
Read stories and poetry that exemplify:
  • Dialogue
  • Description
  • Characterization and Point of View
  • 3 chunk Plot structure (John Jakes)
 Products
  1. 1 or 2 published pieces.
  2. Drafts and revisions
  3. Response notes on student pieces.
    –reader’s notes
    –author’s notes

Students will write pieces of their own choosing, such as poetry, story, essay, scriptwriting. The ultimate goal is to complete one or two pieces for publication.
Below are charts for minimum tasks to be accomplished for grades of C, B, and A.  (These can be modified based on different timetables.)

Four Week

Tasks

C= X .75

B= X .85

A= X .100

1st Draft

2

3

3

2nd Draft

1

2

2

3rd Draft

1

1

2

4th + Draft

1

1

1

Conference

 

 

 

-responder

2

2

2

-author

1

2

3

-teacher

1

1

1

Published

1

Rubric score of Acceptable.

1 (submitted for publication)

Rubric score of Well Developed.

1 (submitted for publication)

Rubric score of Polished.

Six Week

Tasks

C= X .75

B= X .85

A= X .100

1st Draft

2

3

4

2nd Draft

1

2

2

3rd Draft

1

1

2

4th + Draft

1

2

Conference

 

 

 

-responder

3

3

3

-author

1

3

4

-teacher

1

1

2

Published

1

Rubric score of Acceptable.

1 (submitted for publication)

Rubric score of Well Developed.

2 (1 submitted for publication)

Rubric score of Polished for both pieces.