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Writing Grade 4 Unit Overview Unit 1

This document provides an overview for a 30-day 4th grade writing unit on personal narratives. The unit focuses on using the writing process to develop personal narratives through prewriting, drafting, revising, editing, and publishing. Key concepts covered include generating ideas, developing narratives with interesting leads and conclusions, revising for elaboration and organization, and editing for grammar.

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Writing Grade 4 Unit Overview Unit 1

This document provides an overview for a 30-day 4th grade writing unit on personal narratives. The unit focuses on using the writing process to develop personal narratives through prewriting, drafting, revising, editing, and publishing. Key concepts covered include generating ideas, developing narratives with interesting leads and conclusions, revising for elaboration and organization, and editing for grammar.

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Manatee Core Curriculum Unit Overview Writing Grade 4

Unit 1: Personal Narrative (30 Days)


Key Learning: Writers build writing habits and use the writing process to develop personal narratives. Unit Essential Question How do writers construct an effective personal narrative?

Concept Prewriting/Planning Std 1 BM 1; Std 2 BM 1

Concept Concept Concept Concept Drafting Revising Editing Publishing Std 1 BM 2; Std 2 BM 1; Std 1 BM 3; Std 3 BM 2; Std 1 BM 4; Std 3 BM 2; Std 1 BM 5 Std 3 BM 2; Std 3 BM 3; Std 3 BM 4; Std 3 BM 5 Std 3 BM 4; Std 3 BM 5 Std 3 BM 4 Writing Unit Overviews are organized according to the process approach of writing instruction. The process approach is a recursive rather than a linear process of drafting and refining text from prewriting to publication. Using the process approach, not every prewriting activity will lead to a published draft, but students understanding of the movement from generating ideas to finished product is essential. Lesson Essential Lesson Essential Lesson Essential Lesson Essential Lesson Essential Question(s) Question(s) Question(s) Question(s) Question(s) How do writers How do writers How do writers How do writers edit How do writers identify the qualities construct personal revise throughout their draft for create and publish a of strong narrative narratives based on the writing process? spelling, using final product to writing using mentor real ideas, events, spelling rules, share with an How do writers texts? or observations? orthographic intended audience? evaluate and revise patterns, and How do writers How do writers the draft for How do writers generalizations? generate ideas from develop interesting development of reflect on their personal interests or leads in a personal ideas and content, How do writers edit published writing to experiences to narrative by logical organization, for standard set attainable goals? convey the purpose? studying the leads and word choice? language How do writers use of authors in various How do writers convention, How do writers their reflection to mentor texts? subject/verb develop a prewriting create clarity by develop their next
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plan when developing a personal narrative? How do writers elaborate details within their personal narrative? deleting extraneous or repetitious information? How do writers include agreement in simple sentences and compound sentences? How do writers edit for capitalization, punctuation, and writing piece?

Unit 1: Personal Narrative (30 Days)


How do writers enhance their prewriting plan? Concept Assessments Students will submit their pre-writing plan (storyboard or timeline) to be evaluated for a logical sequence of events and ample supporting details. Instructional Suggestions Read aloud from narrative mentor texts and model how to generate ideas to include in the writers notebook. These entries are based on How do writers develop thoughtful endings in a personal narrative? Concept Assessments Students will select a draft to be evaluated for interesting leads, thoughtful conclusions, elaboration of detail, and a logical sequence of events. Instructional Suggestions Build students writing stamina throughout this unit, as well as future units by gradually increasing the amount of time that students will write transitional phrases to enhance organization? Concept Assessments Students will submit a revised draft with revisions highlighted to be evaluated for logical organization of ideas and transitions. Instructional Suggestions Read aloud from Fireflies by Julie Brinkloe. Highlight transitional phrases within this text and have students revise for transitions within their own writing. grammar?

Concept Assessments Students will use an editing checklist to evaluate their writing for spelling, capitalization, and punctuation. Instructional Suggestions Teach students common spelling patterns and strategies (word wall, studentcreated word study notebook) to help students edit.

Concept Assessments Students will complete a self-evaluation guide.

Instructional Suggestions Celebrate student writing. Have students self reflect about their writing and create attainable goals for improvement (reflection prompts,
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memories, experiences, and connections to literature. Letters Home from Yosemite provides an example of a memory of a vacation trip (refer to Reading Street, Unit 1 pp. 116-127). Have students write several entries in their own notebooks. Technology Integration: Consider creating an electronic writers notebook in an electronic independently each day. Have students create multiple drafts during this stage. Use mentor texts to demonstrate powerful leads, thoughtful conclusions, and elaboration of detail. One possible mentor text would be A Taste of Blackberries, which includes strong sensory details. Thundercake by Patricia Polacco includes Have students work with a writing partner or small group to gain feedback on their writing in order to set writing goals. Establish revision buddies to ask questions about confusing sections within their partners story. Technology Integration: Consider having students use a wiki to collaborate on rough draft of their personal narrative). Create an editing checklist for writers to use for editing their writing. Make sure to include spelling, capitalization, punctuation and grammar. Technology Integration: Read, Write, Think has electronic editing checklist). Teach! Strategies and Resources, pp.202-204). Have students complete a 45 minute timed writing based on a narrative prompt.Have students give descriptive/specific feedback, e.g., I like the way _____ and wish I knew more about ____.

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form such as word processing, a blog, or a wiki) Students will set specific personal goals identifying writing techniques they intend to incorporate in their writing. Technology Integration: Use Inspiration 9 Template in Think and Plan folder for Personal Goal) Students select an idea from their writers notebook to develop into a personal narrative. Teacher will model how to use an organizational tool to plan the development of their own personal narrative. Teacher will develop this narrative through all the stages of the writing process. Students use an organizational tool to map out their writing plan, e.g., a strong lead. Students evaluate leads and conclusions within their independent reading texts and real world sources (newspaper articles).

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using pictures and vivid descriptions within a storyboard that describe their memories

Unit 1: Personal Narrative (30 Days)


or personal interests. (Flowcharts and sequence maps are referenced in Teach! Strategies and Resources, pp.255-257). Technology Integration: Use Inspiration 9 Template in Language Arts folder for Personal Narrative. Vocabulary Personal narrative; Word choice; Ideas; Focus; Memoir; Prewriting Unit Assessment

Vocabulary Grabbers; Leads; Conclusion; Elaboration; Organization; Voice

Vocabulary Revision; Adding and deleting detail; Idea development; Repetition

Vocabulary Subject-verb agreement; Simple sentence; Compound sentence

Vocabulary Publish; Reflection; Goal setting

Students will select a draft to publish. Teacher will assess for narrative elements using the narrative rubric in Using Rubrics to Improve Student Writing p. 12.

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Resources Using Rubrics to Improve Student Writing Grade 4 pp. 9 35 Guide on the Side p. 166 Reading Street Connections, Unit 1 Teachers Edition pp. WA1-WA18 Teach! Strategies and Resources (TSR) pp.255-257 (Tools for Planning), pp.202-204 (Reflection Prompts) Recommended mentor texts: My Brother Martin: A Sister Remembers Growing Up with the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. by Christine King Farris, Letters Home from Yosemite by Lisa Halvorsen (Reading Street, Unit 1), A Taste of Blackberries by Doris Buchanan Smith, Thundercake by Patricia Polacco, All the Places to Love by Patricia MacLaughlan, Fireflies by Julie Brinkloe

Unit 1: Personal Narrative (30 Days)


Resources Websites: http://www.schoolwidefundamentals.com/Units/4HowWWork.aspx www.insidewritingworkshop.org Noyce Foundation and Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching on Writing Workshop) www.proteacher.net (site search for area of need, such as mentor text) http://rubistar.4teachers.org, (site for creating rubrics) www.thewritesource.com/studentmodels/#exp http://www.readwritethink.org/classroom-resources/printouts/editing-checklist-self-peer30232.html Read, Write, Think (Editing Checklist) https://plans.pbworks.com/academic/?utm_campaign=nav-tracking&utm_source=Home navigation Wiki (online collaboration tool) http://kidblog.org/home.php Blog (electronic journal)

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