Interdisciplinary writing unit 4th Grade Narrative: Short Story Seminole Indians By Katrina Crawford

Georgia Writing Test: Grade 5 Given the first week of March Taken in one day 120 minutes Make-up tests next day More time for IEP, TPP, or Section 504

Georgia Writing Test: Grade 5 Prompt for one of three genres: narrative, informational, or persuasive Assessed on style, ideas, organization, and conventions Students, strengths and weaknesses Teachers, direction and planning

Georgia Writing Test: Grade 5 Analytic Scoring More than one feature or domain is evaluated Four domains Ideas Content

Georgia Writing Test: Grade 5 Organization Flow, logical, effective Style Sentence structure, tone, word choice Conventions Spelling, punctuation, capitalization, grammar, and paragraphing

Georgia Writing Test: Grade 5 Domain Scoring Content = 40% Organization Style combined = 60% Conventions

Pre-assessment Prompt Students will be given a pre-assessment writing assignment to help the teacher know the student’s strengths and weaknesses. Teachers can use this information to plan and create a more effective teaching unit for narrative writing and the writing process. Materials: Pencils Wide-ruled paper Whiteboard Dry erase markers

Pre-Assessment Prompt Students will be instructed to write a narrative short story using the following prompts: The Year Summer Vacation Was Canceled An Unusual Day at School If There Were No Trees The Edge of the World Benefits to teachers Provides useful information to help teachers plan writing units

Grouping Teacher’s Instructional Needs Whole Group: Saves time Allows students to ask questions and receive feedback Helps teacher see where students may have difficulties

Grouping Students’ Needs Small Group Stages of Development Collaboration Peer assistance Students’ Needs Stages of Development More time to complete assignments One-on-one instruction time Peer buddy

Grouping Cultural or Linguistic More time to complete assignments One-on-one instruction Peer buddy

Explanation of Genre/Mode of Writing Narrative Writing Real or fictitious Tells a story Entertains the reader Narrative writing elements: Beginning Characters Setting Introduction to conflict/problem

Explanation of Genre/Mode of Writing Middle Events that relate to the conflict/problem Leads to resolution of the conflict/problem Ending Contains resolution to the conflict/problem

Explanation of Prewriting Getting-ready-to-write-stage Most important part of the writing process Writer must determine Topic Form Audience Purpose

Explanation of Prewriting Prewriting Process Explore resources Take notes Organize information using graphic organizer

Prewriting Related to Unit Topic: Seminole Indians Audience: Classmates Purpose: Entertainment Form: Short Story

Graphic Organizer

Teacher’s Scoring Guide

Accommodations and/or Modifications Developmental Needs of Students Two students who are below grade level One-on-one with teacher Peer buddy More time to complete assignments Cultural and/or Linguistic Needs of Students One student who is bilingual

Drafting Explanation of Drafting Second step of the writing process Putting thoughts and ideas on paper First or “lead” sentence often the most difficult to write Rough draft Skip lines to leave space for revising and editing Do not focus on spelling and punctuation at this point

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Revising Explanation of Revising Third step in the writing process Make changes to the rough draft by: Adding Substituting Deleting Rearranging Use proofreading marks to revise

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Editing Explanation of Editing The fourth step in the writing process Focus on mechanics Sentence structure Capitalization Punctuation Spelling Use proofreading marks to edit

Practice Activity for Editing Place copy of proofreading marks on the overhead and explain each one Give students a list of proofreading marks Place a copy of an unedited paragraph on the overhead Work with the students to edit the paragraph using the proofreading marks. Give each student an unedited paragraph Instruct students to use the list to edit the paragraph

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Publishing Explanation of Publishing Final step in the writing process Fun stage of the writing process Correct all errors Make all changes Write in best handwriting or type Prepare to share with audience Ways to publish books, newspaper, “author’s chair”, mobile, contests

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