1. Unit 2- Personal Narrative A Writing Workshop Unit 5-6 Weeks.

2. Unit Focuses Focus 1-Independence Writers will use strategies to write a piece independently. Focus 2- Meaning- Writers will have a clear, focused meaning to their piece. Focus 3- Structure- Writers will structure/organize their piece to enhance their meaning. Focus 4- Details- Writers will use a a variety of genre specific details to enhance their meaning.

3. Unit Tasks Task 1- Students will use strategies to develop an entry into a rough draft of a seed idea. Task 2- Students will use strategies to develop a SECOND entry into a rough draft of a seed idea. Task 3- Students will choose one of their rough drafts to revise, edit and publish by Dec. 10 th 2013

4. A Picture of A Panda

5. Unit Schedule Week 1- Focus: Independence Gathering Ideas Learning from other writers Week 2- Focus: Independence/Meaning/Structure Focusing entries for seed idea Focusing seed idea for meaning Planning draft around meaning Learn lead strategies Drafting seed idea #1

6. Unit Schedule (continued) Week 3- Focus: Details/Structure/Independence Drafting Seed Idea #1 Learning about various “genre-specific details” Start focusing entries for Seed Idea #2 Week 4- Focus: Independence/Meaning/Structure Finding focus for Seed Idea #2 Finding Meaning for Seed Idea #2 Pre-writing around meaning for Seed Idea #2 Use lead strategies to write an effective lead Drafting Seed Idea #2 Choose which Seed Idea to revise, edit and publish

7. Unit Schedule (continued) Week 5- Focus: Details/Structure Revise structure to help our meaning. Learn more genre specific details Learn a strategy for making our ending more effective. Editing with an editing checklist. Week 6- Focus: Editing for control Why do we paragraph? Strategies for paragraphing a narrative piece Strategies for adding commas and end punctuation to our pieces.

8. Let’s Look At The Rubric (and this panda)