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Writing
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Reading
Workshop
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Required
Reading
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Writer’s
Workshop lessons and allotted time are usually on Wednesday and
Thursday.
Four
required Writing Workshop pieces will be graded as a test grade.
Three must be Book of Memories Entries
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MEMOIR:
Two teacher selected entries: Narrative writing and Expository
writing
2)
MEMOIR:
One student selected entry: Any Genre
3)
OPTIONAL
PIECE: One student piece of any genre, any topic
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Reading
Workshop lessons and allotted time are usually on Monday and Tuesday.
Tiger
Pause = Silent Sustained Reading (SSR)à
Choice Novel, newspapers, etc.
Reading
Responses are due weekly for self-selected or teacher-assigned reading.
Literature
Book selections.
Various
Reading Comprehension Strategies
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We
will read a variety of poetry, essays, short stories, and children’s
literature to support the Writing and Reading Workshops.
Required
Text #1
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Story Unit
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Required
Text #2
| Choice:
Autobiography or Biography
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Required
Text #3
| Charlotte
Doyle
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Students
will be allowed Tiger Pause (SSR) time regularly.
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Six
required Writing Workshop pieces. Three
must be Book of Memories Entries
1)
MEMOIR:
One teacher selected entry: Descriptive writing
2)MEMOIR:
: Four teacher selected entries: 2
Ode Poems and 2Ways
To Look At Poems
3) OPTIONAL
PIECE: One
student piece of any genre, any topic.
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Tiger
Pause = Silent Sustained Reading (SSR)à
Choice Novel, newspapers, etc.
Reading
Responses are due weekly for self-selected or teacher-assigned reading.
How
to read poetry
Various
Reading Comprehension Strategies
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Required
Text #4
| A
Day No Pigs Would Die
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Required
text #5
| Choice:
Fictional Piece
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(character analysis)
Required
Text #6
| Poetry
Unit
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Students
will be allowed Tiger Pause (SSR) time regularly.
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Four
required Writing Workshop pieces. Four
must be Book of Memories Entries
1)
MEMOIR:
Two student selected entries; any Genre
2)
FICTION
WRITING: One fictional prose piece
3)
OPTIONAL
PIECE: One student piece of
any genre, any topic
4)
Research
paper
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Tiger
Pause = Silent Sustained Reading (SSR)à
Choice Novel, newspapers, etc.
Reading
Responses are due weekly for self-selected or teacher-assigned reading.
Literature
Book selections
Various
Reading Comprehension Strategies
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Required
Text #7
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The Giver
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Required
Text #8
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Trickster Tales/Fairy
Tales
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Students
will be allowed Tiger Pause (SSR) time regularly.
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Four
required Writing Workshop pieces. Two
must be Book of Memories Entries
1)
MEMOIR:
One teacher selected entry: Persuasive writing
2)
MEMOIR:
One student selected entry: Any Genre
3)
OPTIONAL
PIECES: Two student pieces of
any genre, any topic
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Tiger
Pause = Silent Sustained Reading (SSR)à
Choice Novel, newspaper, etc.
Reading
Responses are due weekly for self-selected reading.
Literature
Book selections
Various
Reading Comprehension Strategies
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Required
Text #9
| The
Outsiders
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Required
Text #10
| Various
Non-Fiction selections from Holocaust unit
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Required
Text #11
| Play:
Anne Frank
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Students
will be allowed Tiger Pause (SSR) time regularly.
Note:
We will end the year with a bound Book
of Memories comprised of Writing Workshop selections.
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