Writing Workshop
Writing for the ELA Assessment
How do good writers construct short and extended responses to stories and passages on the English Language Arts assessment?
How do good writers apply the strategies and skills acquired throughout their elementary school career to be successful on this test?
How do good writers apply the strategies and skills acquired throughout their elementary school career to be successful on this test?
Personal Opinion Writing
Opinion Writing in the Content Areas
Click here to learn about our opinions of the Iroquois and Algonquian Native Americans.
Writing Realistic Fiction
Class 4-206 explored the genre of Realistic Fiction. After planning for and rehearsing narrative ideas from the personal moments in our lives, we focused on strategies to raise the level of realistic fiction writing, including:
- Narrowing the focus of our narratives
- Crafting strong narrative leads and insightful endings
- Strengthening our narratives by including character description, setting details, dialogue, actions, feelings, and internal thinking
- Revising with an eye for transitions, strong verbs, and adjectives
- Editing with a focus on verb tense, fluency, and conventions
How can we use the personal moments, people, and issues in our lives to develop ideas for realistic fiction stories?
How can we plan and rehearse ideas for realistic fiction stories?
What strategies can we use to draft our realistic fiction stories?
What strategies can we use to revise and edit our realistic fiction stories?
How can we publish and share our realistic fiction stories?
How can we plan and rehearse ideas for realistic fiction stories?
What strategies can we use to draft our realistic fiction stories?
What strategies can we use to revise and edit our realistic fiction stories?
How can we publish and share our realistic fiction stories?
Launching Writer's Workshop
What does an effective Writing Workshop look like?
What does an effective Writing Workshop sound like?
What routines and tools can help us create an effective Writing Workshop?
How can we set personal goals to help ourselves improve as writers?
How can we use mentor texts to enhance our writing?
What does an effective Writing Workshop sound like?
What routines and tools can help us create an effective Writing Workshop?
How can we set personal goals to help ourselves improve as writers?
How can we use mentor texts to enhance our writing?