3rd nine weeks Strategic Writing 2015 Please note that class activities and assignments are subject to change.
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Tue
Block
Fri
Week of
Work Day
OBJ: -Understanding
OBJ: Understanding Illustrative
OBJ: Write to inform, explain by
Jan 5
Illustrative expository
essay
Warm-up: Discussion of
examples: TLW give
examples of items
received over the
holidays, food,
decorations, etc.
PPT "On Using
Examples" follow up with
lecture over article of the
same title.
Define terms "Multiple
examples" for one topic
and "Extended example"
on one topic. Purpose to
Make a Point to the
reader.
Week of
Jan 12
Obj. Using graphic
organizers to assist with
writing
Warm-up: DOL
Display and teach the
expository composition
graphic organizer
(electronic)
Discuss the ABCDF of writing
an expository paper,. Also
display and explain the
analytical scoring guide
rubric
Read: from Models For
Writers “Burdens of the
Modern Beast” p. 340
Conduct Textual analysis
with students
Help students with
prewriting
Obj: Understanding
illustrative essay composition
by others’ ‘examples’
Warm-up: DOL
Review Academic Writing
standards and the expository
rubric
Introduce and explain the
outline used for an
Illustrative paper.
Read several examples of
student composed illustrative
(example) essays from the
past.
Help students with outline
and first draft
expository essay and transitions
Warm-up: DOL
Complete "On Using Illustration"
Transitions
PPT "Elements of Writing
Expository"
Take quiz On Using Illustration
Take guided notes on ppt.
Check for Understanding:
Play transition game with
students having to use a
transition by introducing the next
student in class or however,
throughout, during, since, in
addition to, etc.
Obj : Write to inform, explain by
example Draft and final draft
Warm-up: DOL
Present and discuss writing tips
Outline due
Computer lab to key in draft/revision.
Review Creating a research works
cited page and inserting internal
documentation into an essay.
example
Warm-up: DOL
PPT: "Deconstructing the
Prompt" Composition tips on
answering the prompt
correctly.
Using the aid "Thinking (use 1
prompt for this) starter
Sentences " The student will
construct a short 4 paragraph
essay based on these
paragraph starters 1. Off the
top of my head, I think... , 2.
That said, I wonder if...3. When
considered from another
angle...,4. Looking at these
texts again, I begin to
think... Prompt: Write an essay
from one of the following
topics:
“I don’t have enough time” is a
common complaint of many
people today.
Display a complete list of prompts
for students to choose from: They
will sign up for their elected prompt
and prepare a formal essay. If
needed an accompanying works
cited page will be included.
Be sure to clearly state your thesis,
organize and develop your ideas
effectively, choose your words
carefully, edit your writing for
grammar, mechanics and spelling.
Obj: Write to inform, explain by
example Draft and final draft
Examining a professional piece for
structure
Warm-up: DOL
In the computer lab complete draft
and revision of expository
illustrative paper.
Assign reading of “Let’s Think
Outside the Box of Bad Clichés”
from Models for Writers. P 335
textual analysis
MLA works cited page with grade
Week of
Jan 19
Holiday
Obj: Revision/editing/
presenting, explaining
Socratic seminar
Warm-up: DOL
Peer Edit /revise
Present/explain via Socratic
Seminar
Write a summary of your
paper and insert quotes with
proper citations.
Obj: Improivng revision/editing skills
Warm-up: DOL
Revision exercise: read “How to
Watch a Humming Bird” multiple
choice practice of EOC
Follow through with a second
revision/editing exercise
“Greogor Mendel”, Mind and Body”,
and Wolf Neighbors”, Texas Coach
Practice revision/editing tests.
Finish presenting papers
Week of
Jan 26
(Get
Progress
Report)
Persuas.
Week of
Feb. 2
Persuas.
Obj: Understanding the
persuasive essay
Warm-ups: Revision/edit
Obj: Textual analysis of the
persuasive essay
Warm-ups: Revision/edit
Lecture “On Using
Argument”
Give quiz
Read “On Praise of the F
Word”
Persuasive ppt 28 slides
Complete reading and
textual analysis of article “In
Praise of the F Word”
Obj: Writing a Thesis
Warm-ups: Revision/edit
Obj: Defining and focusing on
the argument
Warm-ups: Revision/edit
Review the parameters of
writing a great thesis.
Apply skill to the following:
Using ‘Reader’s Journey’ p.
252-274 Read “America,
not so beautiful” p. 254-257
and assessment p. 280-283
Teach logos/pathos/ethos.
Identity the type of argument
within the essay.
Display prewriting guide for
the persuasive essay. Explain
the difference between an
argument essay and a
persuasive essay.
Obj: synthesizing essential
elements of an illustrative essay.
Warm-up: DOL
Read” A Crime of compassion”
p.329 and “In Defense of
Dangerous Ideas” p. 346 Models
For Writers complete after the fact
textual analysis. TLW work with 2
to 4 partners. Jig saw the article
where a section of the piece is
assigned and each student reports
on the purpose of the paragraph(s)
and the organization of the
illustrative essay.
Obj: Review writing structure: thesis
of writing an analytical//persuasive
essay
Review persuasive mode of writing
Warm-ups: Revision/edit
26 line essay due Feb. 12/13
Show PPT Picturing the Argument
Give/assign prompt choices: such as
‘Contemporary America’
This is a timed writing
Discuss the approach to writing a
persuasive paper.
Obj: analyzing the persuasive
approach through quick write
(longer quick write in persuasive
mode utilizing skills from grammar
lesson) sentence structure- simple,
compound, complex
Warm-ups: Revision/edit
Obj: Argument/persuasive outline
Warm-ups: Revision/edit
Obj: Revision /editing
Review subj. verb agreement
Warm-ups: Revision/edit
Simple/compound/complex
Revision /editing quiz
Display the persuasive rubric.
Show Teaching Argument ppt
Second prompt offering
Demonstrate the argument outline
TLW apply the outline to the prompt
Revision/editing (subj. verb
agreement)
Use past class examples of
persuasive essays
Hold mini Socratic seminar
If time show more class examples
of persuasive prompts
Obj: Logos/Pathos/Ethos
Warm-ups: Revision/edit
Another prompt practice
“ Mistakenly cynical offerings”
TLW write to the prompts: 26 line
essay due
Obj: Completing the essay without
grammatical error
Warm-ups: Revision/edit
Subject/verb agreement/ sentence
structure/ run-ons and
simple/compound/complex
Display differing writing
prompts.
Week of
Feb 9
Persuas.
Obj: Persuasive prewriting
Warm-ups: Revision/edit
Persuasive brain storming
chart
Organizing a 26 line
persuasive essay.
Continue with Socratic
seminar practice.
Obj: Propaganda versus solid
persuasion
Warm-ups: Revision/edit
Propaganda techniques and
notes
Lecture on writing an
Introduction/conclusion
Review ethos, pathos, logos
Week of
Feb 16
Feb. 23
Feb. 16 is a
Student Holiday
Obj: Self-evaluation of
specific EOC weaknesses
EOC preparation goals: TLW
self-evaluate to identify
his/her own reading/writing
weaknesses.
Show “How to succeed on
STAAR” ppt TLW take
cornell notes/and share
with each other main ideas
and supporting detail.
Each student will receive a
TEKS for Writing scoring
chart booklet for identifying
specific weaknesses. This
will be combined with
specific DBA question stems
that may have been missed
by individual students.
Obj: Getting the main idea +
the details
1. Show “Deconstructing the
Prompt” ppt. TLW take
Cornell notes followed up
with discuss and example and
practice.
2. In addition, various graphic
organizers for writing the
STAAR prompt will be shown
and discussed.
3. Students will jigsaw the
article “Essay on expository
essay writing” and discuss
points to apply in writing a 26
line persuasive essay
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From Texas Coach
II
Review definition of the main
idea and details: apply this
concept to the lesson
Obj: Self-evaluation of
specific EOC weaknesses
Embedding quotes within the
short answer
Show “ Writing a short
answer” ppt
Move on to lesson of how to
embed quotes within a short
answer.
Resource: General
information for writing and
documenting a research
paper with embedding
quotations
Begin first practice test piece’
“Think Twice about TV
commercials”
Return all essays written last
week
Peer edit and record
evaluations.
Mar 2
Obj: Thesis/define and
create
Cold prompt: identify and
write to the prompt
Reinforce thesis
Reinforce avoiding the runon
And efficiently recognizing
when to combine
sentences.
Practice: sentence
combining.
Obj: Tone and attitude
Focusing on EOC skills:
Lesson: How to build tone
into the writing.
Note difference between
tone and attitude
Review for summative test
tomorrow. Practice Test:
“Let Freedom Ring” and
“Tolerance” Read articles
together noting tone words,
substitute out specific words
in the text and note how tone
is affected. Continue with the
practice test MC questions
Obj: Interpreting and writing to the
prompt
TLW draw at random 2 blind prompt
and interpret the prompt and create a
26 line essay addressing the prompt.
The prompts are expository and may
be compare/contrast, cause/effect,
illustration or persuasive in nature
Review the basic identifying elements
of a compare/contrast, cause/effect,
illustration/ and persuasive essay.
Obj : Interpreting and writing to the
prompt
TLW draw at random 1 blind
prompt and interpret the prompt
and create a 26 line essay
addressing the prompt.
The prompts are expository and
may be compare/contrast,
cause/effect, illustration or
persuasive in nature
TLW draw at random 1 blind prompt
and interpret the prompt and create a
26 line essay addressing the prompt.
The prompts are expository and may
be compare/contrast, cause/effect,
illustration or persuasive in nature.
Obj: Reading for meaning, Embedding
quotes within the short answer,
attacking the crossover short-answer
question.
Continue with “Think Twice about TV
commercials”
Give pop quiz over taking an EOC test.
Including defining a thesis, an
embedded quotation, the 4
paragraphs of a 26 line essay, what a
short answer must have, and what a
cross-over short answer must have.
Spend the remaining time showing
previously prepared video clips from
AHS EOC tutorials including:
1“First of all, get to the point
“2Planning the short
answer”,3.Transitional words,4.How
to respond to a short answer,5.”
Here’s the confusing part”,6 “Here’s
an example of a thesis”, 7.” Mission
Impossible”, 8. Reading Sandra
Cisneros’ ‘My Name’ 9. Video of crossover” Juliet and Esperanza”, 10.
Sample Persuasive prompt
Obj: The Big EOC picture
Complete yesterday’s video clips.
Obj: Assessment
Obj: Inferencing
Revision/editing practice using
Texas Coach I and II practices
Summative MC test including revision
and editing Texas Coach II
Writing to an unknown prompt
Reinforce with EGG model for
embedding the quotation.
Follow through with a short answer
question. To be done in one sitting
in class.
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From Texas Coach II
Review definition of
symbolism, allegory and
allusion: apply this
concept to the lesson
As students take tests. Complete
the first one together and discuss..
then assign the second as
independent practice.
March 9
Mar 16
Mar 23
Spring Break all week
OBJ: EOC review of
comprehension and literary
skills
Hand out EOC skills packet
“Spearmint Joe” each of the
8 activities targets a skill: 1.
POV,2. Main idea,3. Tone 4.
Inference 5. Knowledge
recall, 6. Structure 7. Logical
predictions,8.lit terms:
simile, metaphor, analogy
OBJ: Review stem questions
OER: (TAKS) computer
folder
Interpretation of stem
questions.
“the Bass, the River, and
Sheila Mant”, Score sheet,
and short answer
TAKS essay point ppt
OBJ: EOC review of
comprehension and literary
skills
Continue work in EOC skills
packet “Spearmint Joe” 1.
Denotation, connotation 2.
Dictionary/thesaurus skills
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From Texas Coach
II
Review definition
of figurative
language: apply
this concept to the
lesson
Obj: Reading/writing practice
practice:
“Passengers”
“STAAR released CBA”
Formatives
Daily Oral Language exercises
Quiz “On Using Illustration”
“Thinking Starter sentences”
Textual analysis of a published illustrative essay (1)
Creating an outline(ill)/(persuasive) 2
Socratic Seminar presentation
Revision /editing practice (2)/quiz (1)
Quiz on using argument
Text analysis “On using the F word”
Quick write Persuasive
‘Reader’s Journey’: “America, not so beautiful”
Illustrating illustration
Warm-ups
OBJ: EOC practice test/
summary/critique/argument/evidence
Give: “Those winter Sundays” and
“Clasp” reading, crossover and
prompt test.
From Texas Coach II
Review definition of
summary, critique,
Argument and evidence:
apply this concept to the
lesson
Obj: Reading/writing practice
“African Times”
Grammar Packet practice
OBJ:EOC score point criteria
Discuss with handout the 4 point
scoring criteria for the 26 line essay
and the 3 point criteria for the
short answer
Grammar review of Quotation
marks and capitalization
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From Texas Coach II
Review definition of
denotation/connotation:
apply this concept to the
lesson
Obj: Revision/editing
CBA revision editing practice
Subject/verb practice.
Summatives
Final edition of Illustrative expository essay
26 line persuasive essay
Test MC- 3rd Nine-Week: Illustration, Persuasive, EOC, grammar/research, rev/edit