Content Unit 4 Bend 1 / Dates of Unit:
Unit Title: / Fiction Writers Set Out to Write Realistic Fiction!
Stage 1 / Identify Desired Results
Standards:
(Alpha-numeric listing of standards incorporated in the unit) / W.1.3, W.1.5, W.1.8, W.2.3;
RL. 1.1, RL.1.2, RL.1.3, RL.1.10, RFS.1.2, RFS.1.3, R.L.2.3;
SL.1.1, SL.1.2, SL.1.4;
L.1.1, L.1.2, L.1.5, L.1.6
Essential Questions: (These goals should be aligned to Essential Questions.) / SKIP / SKIP / SKIP / SKIP
Goals:
(These should be aligned to the Goals above) / Good writers use different strategies to write fictional stories. / Good writers get stronger by setting goals and making plans for writing. / Good writer describe the setting by using adverbs of time and the past progressive.
Learning Targets
(aligned to goals) / Session 1: I can pretend to invent characters and their Small Moment adventures. / Session 5: I can use a checklist to revise my writing and set goals. / I can use adverbs of time to describe the setting in my story.
Session 2: I can have a “can do” attitude and give myself “orders” to keep writing. / I can use the word “was” to describe my setting.
Session 3: I can make a satisfying ending to my story.
Session 4: I can make courageous word choices and attempt to spell these challenging words.
Stage 2 / Determine Assessment Evidence
ENGLISH Academic Language (What language will students need to sound like experts?)
Academic Language Function(s):
· Describe the physical attributes of a place or setting using adjectives and prepositions
· The past tense verb “was” + verb + ing, adverbs of time / Academic Language Stems:
Easy for Beginners
· (Adverb of time), (character’s name) was (prepositional phrase).
· Adverbs of time: One day, One night, yesterday
One night, Jim was in the park.
Medium for Intermediate
· (Adverb of time), (character’s name) was (verb + ing ) (prepositional phrase).
· Adverbs of time: Yesterday, Last night/month, The other day,
Last night, Jim was running through the park.
Difficult for Advanced and Fluent
· (Adverb of time), (character’s name) was (verb + ing ) (prepositional phrase).
· Adverbs of time: The ___ before last….., Yesterday afternoon,
The night before last, Jim was running through the park on his way home when…
Academic Vocabulary:
· Pretend
· “Can do” attitude
· Satisfying
· Courageous
· Challenging
Assessment Tools: / · Goals Rubric
· Assessment Checklist
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Student Name / Session 1: I can pretend to invent characters and their Small Moment adventures. / Session 2: I can have a “can do” attitude and give myself “orders” to keep writing. / Session 3: I can make a satisfying ending to my story. / Session 4: I can make courageous word choices and attempt to spell these challenging words. / Session 5: I can use a checklist to revise my writing and set goals. / I can use adverbs of time to describe the setting in my story. / I can use the word “was” to describe my setting. / NotesMonday / Tuesday / Wednesday / Thursday / Friday
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Day 1: Session 1: Serious Fiction Writers Do Some Serious Pretending
Ø Learning Goal: I can pretend to invent characters and their Small Moment adventures. / Day 2: Session 2: Writers Develop a “Can-Do”, Independent Attitude.
Ø Learning Goal: I can have a “can do” attitude and give myself “orders” to keep writing. / Day 3: Session 3: Writers Learn to Get Their Characters Out of Trouble.
Ø Learning Goal: I can make a satisfying ending to my story. / Day 4: Session 4: Serious Writers Get Serious about Spelling
Ø Learning Goal: I can make courageous word choices and attempt to spell these challenging words. / Day 5: Session 5: Writers Use Checklist to Set Goals
Ø Learning Goal: I can use a checklist to revise my writing and set goals.
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Day 6: Session 6: Series Writers Always Have a Lot to Write About
Ø Learning Goal: I can model myself after a famous series author and think of more than one story for my favorite character. / Day 7: Session 7: Introducing Your Character in Book One of a Series: What Does Your Reader Want to Know?
Ø Learning Goal: can write a Book One in my series and include many details about my character. / Day 8: Session 8: Writers Develop Their Dialogue
Ø Learning Goal: I can add speech bubbles and dialogue to my book series. / Day 9: Session 9: Saddle Up to the Revision Party ---And Bring Your Favorite Writer
Ø Learning Goal: I can revise my series books by seeing what my favorite series author put in their books. / Day 10: Session 10: Celebrating Our First Series
Ø Learning Goal: I can revise and edit by using the narrative writing checklist so that I can publish my work.
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Day 11: Session 11: Series Writers Investigate What Makes Realistic Fiction Realistic
Ø Learning Goal: I can use my own experiences to imagine details that make realistic fiction seem real. / Day 12: Session 12: Writers “Show, Not Tell” by Focusing on Tiny Realistic Details.
Ø Learning Goal: I can show (not tell) my reader what is happening in the story by using exact details. / Day 13: Session 13: Fiction Writers Include Chapters: Writing a Beginning, Middle, and End
Ø Learning Goal: I can divide my story into chapters. / Day 14: Session 13: Fiction Writers Include Chapters: Writing a Beginning, Middle, and End
Ø Learning Goal: I can stretch my chapters out so that they have a beginning, middle and an ending. / Day 15: Session 14: Patterns Help Writers Elaborate
Ø Learning Goal: I can stretch out my story by using patterns.
Day 16: Session 15: Writers Use Their Superpowers to work with Greater Independence.
Ø Learning Goal: I can use all the strategies (superpowers) that I’ve learned about writing realistic fiction to improve my stories. / Bend 4
Day 17: Session 16: Punctuation Parties
Ø Learning Goal: I can add punctuation to my story by rereading it aloud. / Day 18: Session 17: Writers Use Illustrations to Tell Important Details
Ø Learning Goal: I can look at mentor texts improve my illustrations. / Day 19: Session 17: : Writers Use Illustrations to Tell Important Details
Ø Learning Goal: I can give my readers extra information by using illustrations. / Day 20: Session 18: “Meet the Author” Page
Ø Learning Goal: I can write a meet the author page for my series.
Day 21: Session 19: Getting Ready for the Final Celebration
Ø Learning Goal: I can revise and edit a final time to publish my work