1. Solar Eclipse 2017
day 1: relevant reading

2. SWBAT
Explain different purposes for writing and analyze different characteristics of fiction and nonfiction writing.

3. CCSS
RL : analyze in detail its [central idea] development over the course of the text, including how it emerges and is shaped and refined by specific details

4. Why write? Write a list of reasons to write.
Then, write a paragraph explaining one of those reasons.
10 min.

5. Reasons to write To learn To remember To organize your thoughts
To improve language skills
To explore your feelings
To know what you think
To entertain
To make others laugh
To persuade others to think a certain way
To convince others you are write
To advance in your job or career
To convey a message
To get what you want
To avoid a face-to-face conversation
To send out a message to a greater audience
To share timely, relevant information
10 min.

6. Read 1 of 4 Sun and Moon stories
In your notes, write an explanation of stories like the one you read. In other words, what was the author’s purpose?
15 min.

7. Read informational text
How is informational text different? Explain.
Think, pair, square, share
15 min.

8. Solar Eclipse 2017
Day 2: relevant writing

9. SWBAT
See the improvements in their drafts.

10. CCSS
W : Develop and strengthen writing as needed by planning, revising, editing, rewriting, or trying a new approach, focusing on addressing what is most significant for a specific purpose and audience.

11. Complete grammar pretest on kahoot
Bell ringer 10 min.

12. Write about your experience with the eclipse
Revise for specific dates, times, names of people and places, and other word choice options
Revise for metaphors and similes
Revise for verbs
Review pp in grammar book
Exit slip: me your revisions. I want to see all 4 drafts to see how you made changes, please. In the subject line type “solar eclipse 2017 rewrites”.
35 min.