Course:  Grade 6 Gifted and Talented ELA

Course Schedule: M/W 8:10-9:10 and T/Th 8:10-9:10

Office Hours: Fridays 10-2

Essential Questions:  

How can we learn to write personal narratives that convey one event, incident, or experience from my life? 

How can I put the readers in the middle of the action, letting them live through my personal event, incident, or experience?

Standards/PIs:  Narrative Writing Unit - Lucy Calkins

Writing Structure; Lead, Transitions, Ending, Organization

Writing Development; Elaboration and Craft

Language Conventions; Spelling and Punctuation

Student Assignments:

This week students will complete a “Getting To Know You” survey, complete a short writing activity so I can know them better, and finally we will begin reading various short story anchor texts to become familiar with the elements of realistic fiction, storytelling, and to notice the writing skills necessary to be successful with our targets. Students will also take the pre-on demand writing prompt for the narrative writing unit.

Links/Resources: Please see the class Google Classroom for all information and materials.

https://classroom.google.com/c/MTUyNDE1NDc0NzEy 

Course:   Grade 7 Gifted and Talented ELA

Course Schedule: M/W 10:25-11:20 and T/Th 10:25-11:20

Office Hours: Fridays 10-2

Essential Questions:  How can we learn to write short fiction inspired by small moments in our lives by creating an exciting plot, believable characters, and memorable scenes?

Standards/PIs:  Narrative Writing Unit - Lucy Calkins

Writing Structure; Lead, Transitions, Ending, Organization

Writing Development; Elaboration and Craft

Language Conventions; Spelling and Punctuation

Student Assignments:  This week students will begin reading our anchor text, The House on Mango Street, to become familiar with the elements of realistic fiction and to notice the writing skills necessary to be successful with our targets. Students will also take the pre-on demand writing prompt for the narrative writing unit.

Links/Resources: Please see the class Google Classroom for all information and materials. Students will have a hard copy of the novel and a reading packet to accompany the text. The packet guides them through specific features of the novel I want students to notice and understand. 

https://classroom.google.com/c/MTU5ODYxNDEzOTAz 

Course:   Grade 8 Gifted and Talented ELA

Course Schedule: M/W 9:10-10:10 and T/Th 9:10-10:10

Office Hours: Fridays 10-2

Essential Questions:  How can we learn to write a narrative piece with well developed characters who changed? How can I use this writing to comment on a social issue, teach a lesson, and/or develop a point of view?

Standards/PIs:  Narrative Writing Unit - Lucy Calkins

Writing Structure; Lead, Transitions, Ending, Organization

Writing Development; Elaboration and Craft

Language Conventions; Spelling and Punctuation

Student Assignments: This week students will begin reading our anchor text, “My Sister, the Best Person I Know”, to become familiar with the elements of memoir and to notice the writing skills necessary to be successful with our targets.

Students will also take the pre-on demand writing prompt for the narrative writing unit.

Links/Resources: Please see the class Google Classroom for all information and materials.

https://classroom.google.com/c/MTU4MTMyNzAxODcw