ELA G4:M2:U3
Using Writing to Entertain
Agenda | Daily Learning Targets | Ongoing Assessment | Anchor Charts & Protocols |
---|---|---|---|
1. Opening A. Engaging the Reader: Reading Can You Survive the Wilderness? (15 minutes) B. Reviewing Learning Targets (5 minutes) 2. Work Time A. Revisiting the Performance Task Prompt (10 minutes) B. Rereading for Format: Can You Survive the Wilderness? (15 minutes) C. Creating a Choose-Your-Own-Adventure Narrative anchor chart (10 minutes) 3. Closing and Assessment A. Exit Ticket (5 minutes) 4. Homework A. Complete Editing for Capitalization, Punctuation, and Spelling I from your homework resources for this unit. B. Accountable Research Reading. Select a prompt to respond to in the front of your independent reading journal. |
|
|
Agenda | Daily Learning Targets | Ongoing Assessment | Anchor Charts & Protocols |
---|---|---|---|
1. Opening A. Engaging the Writer: Reading Can You Survive the Wilderness? (10 minutes) B. Reviewing Learning Targets (5 minutes) 2. Work Time A. Shared Writing: About Your Adventure Page (20 minutes) B. Modeling: Preparing the Informative Page (10 minutes) 3. Closing and Assessment A. Preparing the Informative Page (15 minutes) 4. Homework A. Complete the Finding and Analyzing Description note-catcher from your homework resources for this unit. B. Accountable Research Reading. Select a prompt to respond to in the front of your independent reading journal. |
|
|
Agenda | Daily Learning Targets | Ongoing Assessment | Anchor Charts & Protocols |
---|---|---|---|
1. Opening A. Engaging the Writer: Sharing (10 minutes) B. Reviewing Learning Targets (5 minutes) 2. Work Time A. Developing a Character Profile for the Millipede (10 minutes) B. Partner Practice: Developing a Character Profile for the Millipede (5 minutes) C. Independent Practice: Developing a Character Profile for the Expert Group Animal (20 minutes) 3. Closing and Assessment A. Sharing (10 minutes) 4. Homework A. Reread “Powerful Polly” for the gist. B. Choose and respond to a narrative QuickWrite prompt from your homework resources for this unit. C. Accountable Research Reading. Select a prompt to respond to in the front of your independent reading journal. |
|
|
|
Agenda | Daily Learning Targets | Ongoing Assessment | Anchor Charts & Protocols |
---|---|---|---|
1. Opening A. Engaging the Writer: Sketching (5 minutes) B. Reviewing Learning Targets (5 minutes) 2. Work Time A. Examining Organization of Narratives (20 minutes) B. Guided Practice: Planning the Millipede Narrative (15 minutes) C. Independent Practice: Reviewing Research and Planning the Expert Group Animal Narrative (10 minutes) 3. Closing and Assessment A. Sharing (5 minutes) 4. Homework A. Read and annotate “How the Monkey Got Food When He Was Hungry” from your homework resources for this unit. B. Accountable Research Reading. Select a prompt to respond to in the front of your independent reading journal. |
|
|
Agenda | Daily Learning Targets | Ongoing Assessment | Anchor Charts & Protocols |
---|---|---|---|
1. Opening A. Engaging the Writer: Understanding the Narrative Writing Checklist (5 minutes) B. Reviewing Learning Target (5 minutes) 2. Work Time A. Reviewing Organization of Narratives (10 minutes) B. Guided Practice: Planning the Millipede Narrative (10 minutes) C. Independent Practice: Reviewing Research and Planning the Expert Group Animal Narrative (25 minutes) 3. Closing and Assessment A. Exit Ticket (5 minutes) 4. Homework A. Read and annotate “How the Monkey Got Food When He Was Hungry” from your homework resources for this unit. |
|
|
Agenda | Daily Learning Targets | Ongoing Assessment | Anchor Charts & Protocols |
---|---|---|---|
1. Opening A. Engaging the Writer: Sketching (5 minutes) B. Reviewing Learning Targets (5 minutes) 2. Work Time A. Research Reading Share (20 minutes) B. Peer Critique (15 minutes) C. Annotating Plans for Revision (5 minutes) 3. Closing and Assessment A. Revising Narrative Plan (10 minutes) 4. Homework A. Choose and respond to a narrative QuickWrite prompt from your homework resources for this unit. B. Accountable Research Reading. Select a prompt to respond to in the front of your independent reading journal. |
|
|
|
Agenda | Daily Learning Targets | Ongoing Assessment | Anchor Charts & Protocols |
---|---|---|---|
1. Opening A. Reviewing Learning Targets and Engaging the Writer: Understanding the Narrative Writing Checklist (10 minutes) 2. Work Time A. Examining a Model: An Introductory Paragraph for the Pufferfish Narrative (10 minutes) B. Guided Practice: Planning the Millipede Narrative Introduction (15 minutes) C. Guided Writing: Drafting the Introduction for the Millipede Narrative (20 minutes) 3. Closing and Assessment A. Debriefing (5 minutes) 4. Homework A. Create a short comic strip based on the plans for Choice #1 of your story by drawing a picture for each section of your Narrative Planning graphic organizer. B. Accountable Research Reading. Select a prompt to respond to in the front of your independent reading journal. C. For ELLs: Complete the Language Dive Practice in your Unit 3 Homework. |
|
|
Agenda | Daily Learning Targets | Ongoing Assessment | Anchor Charts & Protocols |
---|---|---|---|
1. Opening A. Engaging the Writer: Popcorn Read (5 minutes) B. Reviewing Learning Targets (5 minutes) 2. Work Time A. Mid-Unit 3 Assessment, Part I: Multiple Choice (10 minutes) B. Mid-Unit 3 Assessment, Part II: Planning the Expert Group Animal Narrative Introduction (10 minutes) C. Mid-Unit 3 Assessment, Part III: Drafting the Expert Group Animal Narrative Introduction (25 minutes) 3. Closing and Assessment A. Tracking Progress (5 minutes) 4. Homework A. Choose and respond to a narrative QuickWrite prompt from your homework resources for this unit. B. Accountable Research Reading. Select a prompt to respond to in the front of your independent reading journal. |
|
|
Agenda | Daily Learning Targets | Ongoing Assessment | Anchor Charts & Protocols |
---|---|---|---|
1. Opening A. Reviewing Learning Targets (10 minutes) 2. Work Time A. Peer Critique of Drafts: Introductions (20 minutes) 3. Closing and Assessment A. Examining Models of Dialogue (20 minutes) 4. Homework A. Complete two of the dialogue practices from your homework resources for this unit. |
|
|
Agenda | Daily Learning Targets | Ongoing Assessment | Anchor Charts & Protocols |
---|---|---|---|
1. Opening A. Reviewing Learning Targets (5 minutes) 2. Work Time A. Guided Practice: Annotating Millipede Draft for Use of Dialogue (15 minutes) B. Partner Work: Identifying Where to Add Dialogue to Narratives (10 minutes) C. Independent Practice: Writing Dialogue (25 minutes) 3. Closing and Assessment A. Exit Ticket (5 minutes) 4. Homework A. Complete one of the dialogue practices from your homework resources for this unit. B. Accountable Research Reading. Select a prompt to respond to in the front of your independent reading journal. |
|
|
Agenda | Daily Learning Targets | Ongoing Assessment | Anchor Charts & Protocols |
---|---|---|---|
1. Opening A. Reviewing Learning Targets: Examining a Checklist to Understand Criteria for Choose-Your-Own-Adventure Narratives (10 minutes) 2. Work Time A. Examining Models for Sensory Details and Vocabulary (10 minutes) B. Mini Lesson: Ordering Adjectives (10 minutes) C. Guided Practice: Revising for Sensory Details/Vocabulary from Research (1o minutes) 3. Closing and Assessment A. Independent Practice: Revising for Sensory Details and Vocabulary from Research (20 minutes) 4. Homework A. Complete at least one of the Ordering Adjectives practices from your homework resources for this unit. B. Accountable Research Reading. Select a prompt to respond to in the front of your independent reading journal. |
|
|
Agenda | Daily Learning Targets | Ongoing Assessment | Anchor Charts & Protocols |
---|---|---|---|
1. Opening A. Reviewing Learning Targets (5 minutes) 2. Work Time A. Guided Practice: Writing a Conclusion for the Millipede Draft (15 minutes) B. Independent Practice: Writing a Conclusion for Your Choose-Your-Own-Adventure Narrative (20 minutes) 3. Closing and Assessment A. Mini Lesson and Revisions: Adding Transitional Words and Phrases (15 minutes) 4. Homework A. Complete at least one of the Transitional Words and Phrases practices from your homework resources for this unit. B. Accountable Research Reading. Select a prompt to respond to in the front of your independent reading journal. |
|
|
Agenda | Daily Learning Targets | Ongoing Assessment | Anchor Charts & Protocols |
---|---|---|---|
1. Opening A. Research Reading Share (5 minutes) B. Reviewing Learning Targets (10 minutes) 2. Work Time A. Editing for Conventions (10 minutes) B. Reviewing Feedback from Mid-Unit 3 Assessment (10 minutes) C. Writing Second Draft of Narratives (20 minutes) 3. Closing and Assessment A. Preparing for the End of Unit 3 Assessment (5 minutes) 4. Homework A. Accountable Research Reading. Select a prompt to respond to in the front of your independent reading journal. |
|
|
Agenda | Daily Learning Targets | Ongoing Assessment | Anchor Charts & Protocols |
---|---|---|---|
1. Opening A. Reviewing Learning Targets (10 minutes) 2. Work Time A. End of Unit 3 Assessment (45 minutes) 3. Closing and Assessment A. Tracking Progress (5 minutes) 4. Homework A. Accountable Research Reading. Select a prompt to respond to in the front of your independent reading journal. |
|
|
Agenda | Daily Learning Targets | Ongoing Assessment | Anchor Charts & Protocols |
---|---|---|---|
1. Opening A. Reviewing Learning Targets (10 minutes) 2. Work Time A. Independent Work and Conferring (35 minutes) 3. Closing and Assessment A. Writer’s Gallery (15 minutes) 4. Homework A. None |
|
|