1. Welcome to Writing Class!  Mrs. Hickner-Johnson  7 Gold

2. Units of Study 1 st Quarter 6 Traits of Writing  Writing Preassessment  Interview/Journalis m Journalism/Interview Unit

3. Units of Study 2 nd Quarter Proper Grammar Usage Assessment Final Conventions Writing Piece Sentence Fluency Sentence Fluency Assessment Eight Parts of Speech  Nouns  Verbs  Pronouns  Adjectives  Adverbs  Prepositions and Prepositional Phrases  Interjections  Conjunctions

4. 3 rd Quarter Units of Study Speech Unit  How-to  Descriptive  Persuasive *District Common Assessment* Research Social Studies Project (Cause and Effect Essay)  MLA in-text citations and Works Cited Page  Thesis Statement  Compare/contrast usage  Analyzing informational texts  Note-taking strategies  Plagiarism laws  Drafting process  Revising Process

5. 4 th Quarter Units of Study  Bronx Masquerade  Prose and Poetry Writing  Poetic Terms  Imagery  Tone  Figurative Language  Sound Devices  Symbolism  55-fiction *District Common Assessment*

6. Work Expectations  Writing assignments will be posted on the classroom calendar.  Students will be required to use Google Docs to write their papers – every student has a school Google account.  Students will be required to turn-in three creative writing pieces a quarter. These will come from their Wednesday Writing Workshop Notebook.