Teaching Narrative - Realistic Fiction Fourth Grade Draft

Mini-Lesson Planning Sheet Unit of Study: The Arc of the Story Teaching Narrative - Realistic Fiction Fourth Grade Draft

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Day 1 Day 2 Day 3 Day 4 Day 5 1 Procedural On Demand Narrative On Demand Informational On Demand Opinion Bend One: Creating and Lessons Developing Realistic  Writ Choosing Topics to Write Writing in the Writer’s Writing in the Writer’s Fiction Stories ing About – People and Places Notebook Notebook Lesson 1 - Imagining Iden – Begin Entries – boiling stories from ordinary tity down to small moments moments  Writ Unforgettable Stories Using the Writer’s ing and Wonderings - Ralph Notebook Terr Fletcher (Moving, New itori School, Friendship- es topics they’ve  Mul experienced) tige People and Places nre Web  Ho w to Use a Writ er’s Not ebo ok

Day 6 Day 7 Day 8 Day 9 Day 10 2 Lesson 2 Lesson 3 – Developing Lesson 4 – Giving Characters Lesson 5 – Plotting Bend 2 - Revising Imagining Believable Characters Struggles and Motivations with a Story Arc Strings of Action – What Stories We Writers learn to create Writers learn that characters act Writers learn how to are you hands doing, Wish characters approximately certain ways for certain reasons plan their stories using feet doing, face etc Existed in their age with similar and learn that often they have a story mountain Mini-Lesson Planning Sheet Unit of Study: The Arc of the Story Teaching Narrative - Realistic Fiction Fourth Grade Draft

the World experiences. to overcome obstacles. including emotions, Weight - Expanding Writers motivation and Important Parts practice story obstacles telling with their partners. Day 11 Day 12 Day 13 Day 14 Day 15 3 Lesson 6 Lesson 7 Heart of the Lesson 8 Great Beginnings Lesson 9 Orienting Lesson 10 Memorable Show Don’t Story Teach children how to write Readers with Setting Endings Tell Writers focus in on the heart leads that capture the reader’s - Weather the Storm Teach children how to Show what is of the story and revise and attention. Writers use mentor Using weather to write endings that readers happening in develop their writing using texts to learn how to write reveal tone as well as remember. the story strategies they have learned. leads. the characters feelings through and mood actions

Planning and Writing Scenes Day 16 Day 17 Day 18 Day 19 Day 20 4 Stringing Reveal Characters Revealing Characters Transitions – Teach Symbolism, Simile and Further using internal through Action and Dialogue children how to use Metaphor moments dialogue – Use the – Add actions to dialogue to words and phrases for together characters thoughts, reveal your characters to the transitions between Writers use symbols and Writers feelings, wonderings to reader. action in their simile and metaphor in learn how further reveal the character narratives. important parts to string 2- 3 scenes together (1hr or less, 2-3 characters, no one in class) Mini-Lesson Planning Sheet Unit of Study: The Arc of the Story Teaching Narrative - Realistic Fiction Fourth Grade Draft

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5 Repeating Bend 3 – Preparing for Lesson 12 – Making a Space Lesson 13 – Using Lesson 14 – Editing with Words, Publication for Writing Mentor Texts to Various Lenses Phrases and Lesson 11 - Revision – Writers learn to revise using a Flesh out Characters Writers learn how to edit Sentence Rereading with a lens checklist. Writers learn how to with a checklist rereading Structures Writers learn how to revise use mentor texts to for different types of their work using one or elaborate on their errors separately. Writers use more of the strategies they characters internal and repetition in have learned. external characteristics important parts. Sentence variety

6 Lesson 15 Bend 4 – Embarking on Lesson 17 – Planning and Lesson 18 – Mining Lesson 20 – Choosing Publishing Independent Fiction Drafting Stories with Agency the Connections Punctuation for Effect Projects Writers learn independent between Reading and Writers learn how to Mid Lesson 16 – Writers learn pacing and accountability. Writing master punctuation and October that they will continue to Lesson 19 - Focusing use it to communicate End of Unit write realistic fiction the Reader’s Gage with their readers about On Demand independently using the Writers learn how to how their writing should Draft strategies they have learned. return to the Narrative be read. (Assessment Checklist with ) increasing independence. Mini-Lesson Planning Sheet Unit of Study: The Arc of the Story Teaching Narrative - Realistic Fiction Fourth Grade Draft

Week One Procedural Lessons:  Writing Identity  Using a Writer’s Notebook  How to Confer with a Partner  Writing Territories and Multigenre maps for generating ideas  The Writing Process – When You think you’re done you’ve just begun…  Building Stamina during Writer’s Workshop

On Demand Drafts: One on demand draft should be done at the beginning of the unit without instruction and one at the end after instruction. It is suggested that children should be drafting new writing at least once a week.

Conferencing and Sharing It is suggested that conferencing be done daily throughout any unit of study. It is suggested that you conference with each child at least once a week (individually or in strategy groups) and keep records of the conferences with goals for each child. Children should have many entries in their Writer’s Notebook and be writing long and strong every day. Children should be writing at least a page or page and a half daily in their Writer’s Notebook. The notebook should be going back and forth between home and school daily. It is suggested that children publish 1 piece per unit. Writers pick what they feel is their best writing and improve it based on your revision and editing lessons. Sharing should be done as often as possible (partner, small group, whole group) culminating with an Author’s Celebration at the end of the unit. Publishing should be done in a “real world” manner and for an audience.

Editing Lesson: Get it Right - Writers learn how to re-read their writing for each type of error separately, Sentence Sense, Capitalization and Punctuation and Spelling (Editing). Children should do at least 3 readings for Mini-Lesson Planning Sheet Unit of Study: The Arc of the Story Teaching Narrative - Realistic Fiction Fourth Grade Draft effective editing focusing on one type of error at a time. Conventions and editing can be taught outside of Writer’s Workshop during Word Study. Children should edit as much of their writing as possible, not just published pieces of writing.