Seasonal Genre Writing: Personal Narrative, Opinion, Informational, and Creative Writing

This is an ongoing class that covers one genre over 2 days each week, rotating genres each week of the month.  We will work together to plan, organize, write, and edit personal narrative, opinion, informational, and creative writing pieces.  We will use songs/movement, visual anchor charts, and teacher modeling/directing to add visual, auditory, and kinesthetic modalities to the learning process.  I keep my class size low for writing, so I can offer support appropriately. Here is what you can expect during each meeting:

Day 1:  We will learn the elements of the genre, we will complete our graphic organizer, we will begin with a strong topic sentence, and we will start on our body paragraphs.
Day 2: We will complete our body paragraphs and end our story with a closing sentence; we will revise and edit, focusing on capital letters, punctuation, and finger spaces; we will add illustrations that match our words; and we will practice listening and speaking skills as we share our writing with our friends.

This is an ongoing class, so students are welcome to join at the beginning of any week, but they will need to be present for each class within that given week in order to work through the two-day writing process fully.  

Here is a schedule of what will be covered each week:

Week of August 19th: {INFORMATIONAL} All About the Ocean
Week of August 26th: {CREATIVE} Create a New Holiday
Week of September 2nd: {NARRATIVE} My First Day of School
Week of September 9th: {OPINION} The Best Pet
Week of September 16th: {INFORMATIONAL} All About Apples
Week of September 23rd: {CREATIVE} Invent a New Subject
Week of September 30th: {NARRATIVE} Fall Fun
Week of October 7th: {OPINION} The Best Candy
Week of October 14th: {INFORMATIONAL} All About Spiders
Week of October 21st: {CREATIVE} A Magic Pumpkin
Week of October 28th: {NARRATIVE} A Family Gathering
Week of November 4th: {OPINION} Turkey Disguise
Week of November 11th: {INFORMATIONAL} All About Owls
Week of November 18th: {CREATIVE} Thanksgiving Roll-A-Story
Week of November 25th: {CREATIVE} Thanksgiving Roll-A-Story
Week of December 2nd: {NARRATIVE} My Favorite Gift
Week of December 9th: {OPINION} The Best Holiday
Week of December 16th: {INFORMATIONAL} All About Igloos
Week of December 23rd: **QUARTERLY BREAK**
Week of December 30th: {CREATIVE} My Trip to the North Pole