Personal Narrative/Realistic Fiction Hybrid is our first writing unit.
During this unit, students will:
- use a variety of strategies to generate narrative ideas.
- make sure their writing is focused on the heart of the story.
Boxes and Bullets: Personal and Persuasive Essay
During this unit, students will:
- learn essay structure.
- plan out an essay with a strong claim and support and use evidence (quotes, stories, etc) to back each support.
- write personal essays that will transition to persuasive essays.
Literary Essay
During this unit, students will:
- write essays about character based ideas about texts.
- write essays about theme based ideas about texts.
- write essays comparing/contrasting ideas about texts.
Historical Fiction Writing
During this unit, students will:
- draw upon what they know about strong narrative writing to develop possible historical fiction seed ideas.
- pay particular attention to historical accuracy and meaning.
- go through the writing process to draft and revise a historical fiction story (diary entry or letter)
Poetry
During this unit, students will:
- write a variety of poems (poetry anthology), using a variety of poetic devices.
Bringing History to Life
During this unit, students will:
- begin research by studying the events that led up to the American Revolution – the causes of the Revolution.
- transfer the research skills they learned in the first nonfiction unit, Reading theWeather, Reading the World, to help them navigate a research project.