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Writing the IEW Way: Fables, Myths, and Fairy Tales With Greek Mythology

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IEW's "Fables, Myths, and Fairy Tales" curriculum helps elementary students improve their writing skills through engaging stories and classic tales from various cultures.

Class Experience

US Grade 3 - 5
Follows Institute for Excellence in Writing (IEW) Curriculum
60 lessons//30 Weeks
 Week 1
Lesson 1
Taking Notes
Using keyword outlines to take notes for road map when writing
Lesson 2
Taking Notes
A continuation of learning to take notes
 Week 2
Lesson 3
Writing From Notes
Using the keyword outline, or KWO, to write paragraphs
Lesson 4
Ly Adverb Dress Up
Adding style to writing with the Ly Adverb Dress Up
 Week 3
Lesson 5
Writing From Notes
Continuing to practice using the KWO to write from
Lesson 6
Title Rule
Learning to add catchy titles to writing
 Week 4
Lesson 7
Writing From Notes
Writing 2 paragraph papers using the KWO as a guide
Lesson 8
Who/which Clause Dress Up
Adding the who/which clause to our tools of stylistic techniques
 Week 5
Lesson 9
Writing From Notes
Writing a 2 or 3 paragraph paper from notes
Lesson 10
Dress Up Review
A review of dress ups thus far
 Week 6
Lesson 11
Narrative Writing
Using the story sequence structure to guide KWO making for narrative writing
Lesson 12
Strong Verb Dress Up
Learning to add vivid verbs to writing for interest
 Week 7
Lesson 13
Narrative Writing
Continuing to use the story sequence chart to write 3 paragraph narrative retells
Lesson 14
Banned Words
Banning boring words and creating a list of exciting verbs to pull from when writing
 Week 8
Lesson 15
Narrative Writing
Continuing to write narrative retells using the structure introduced
Lesson 16
Because Clause Dress Up
Adding reasons to writing using the because clause
 Week 9
Lesson 17
Narrative Writing
A continuation of narrative writing lessons with additional practice
Lesson 18
Alliteration
Introducing alliteration to writing for additional stylistic techniques
 Week 10
Lesson 19
Personal Narrative
Writing a 1-2 paragraph personal narrative using the writing skills learned in this unit
Lesson 20
Dress Up Review
Reviewing and adding dress ups to personal narrative paragraphs
 Week 11
Lesson 21
Summarizing a Reference
Learning to use topic sentence and important facts to write summary paragraphs
Lesson 22
Summarizing a Reference
Choosing facts that pertain to the topic and are important and interesting
 Week 12
Lesson 23
Summarizing a Reference
Continuing to practice using the topic/clincher rule and fact choosing standards to write a quality summary of information
Lesson 24
Quality Adjective Dress Up
Adding quality adjectives to the list of dress ups used in writing
 Week 13
Lesson 25
Summarizing a Reference
Using summary skills to write a 1 paragraph report
Lesson 26
WWW.ASIA Dress Up
Adding www.asia clauses as the 6th and final dress up
 Week 14
Lesson 27
Summarizing a Reference
Continuing to summarizing references based on the topic chosen and choosing appropriate facts to match the topic
Lesson 28
Dress Up Review
A Review of all 6 dress ups
 Week 15
Lesson 29
Summarizing a Reference
Writing a 2 paragraph Summary
Lesson 30
Dress Ups and Vocab Discussion
Adding Dress ups and vocab to the 2 paragraph summary
 Week 16
Lesson 31
Writing From Pictures
Writing notes for narrative stories that don't have a source text, using questions to write notes from the brain and plan a story before writing it using a picture for each paragraph
Lesson 32
Sentence Starters
Different Sentence Starters to use in writing for variety, specifically sentence starter #1 and #2, the subject opener and the prepositional opener
 Week 17
Lesson 33
Writing From Pictures
Practicing Notes From the Brain when making a KWO for a creative narrative story
Lesson 34
Sentence Starters
#3 ly Adverb Opener
 Week 18
Lesson 35
Writing From Pictures
Continuing to practice writing from pictures using notes from the brain
Lesson 36
Sentence Starters
A review of Sentence Starters #1-#3
 Week 19
Lesson 37
Writing From Pictures
Creating learner pictures for some of the writing to develop their own narrative story
Lesson 38
Sentence Starters
Sentence Starter #4, the -ing opener
 Week 20
Lesson 39
Writing From Pictures
Writing narratives from the brain and using your own story pictures or the ones provided
Lesson 40
Sentence Starters
Sentence Starter #5, the clausal opener
 Week 21
Lesson 41
Summarizing Multiple References
Taking information from multiple sources pertaining to one topic and making notes with a KWO
Lesson 42
Fused Outlines
Using the notes about one topic to create a fused outline for a final paragraph about the topic
 Week 22
Lesson 43
Summarizing Multiple References
Taking notes from multiple sources and synthesizing information into one final fused outline for writing
Lesson 44
Sentence Starters
Sentence Starter #6, the V.S.S., or Very Short Sentence
 Week 23
Lesson 45
Summarizing Multiple References
Writing introductions
Lesson 46
Summarizing Multiple References
Writing conclusions
 Week 24
Lesson 47
Summarizing Multiple References
Putting it altogether to write a final report
Lesson 48
Summarizing Multiple References
A continuation of report writing
 Week 25
Lesson 49
Summarizing Multiple References
A continuation of report writing
Lesson 50
Sentence Starter Review
A review of all 6 sentence starters
 Week 26
Lesson 51
Inventive Writing
Using prompts to make a KWO and write paragraphs pertaining to the prompt
Lesson 52
Dress Ups and Sentence Starters
Adding dress ups and sentence starters to prompt writing
 Week 27
Lesson 53
Inventive Writing
Using prompts to make a KWO and write paragraphs pertaining to the prompt
Lesson 54
Dress Ups and Sentence Starters
Adding dress ups and sentence starters to prompt writing
 Week 28
Lesson 55
Inventive Writing
Using prompts to make a KWO and write paragraphs pertaining to the prompt
Lesson 56
Dress Ups and Sentence Starters
Adding dress ups and sentence starters to prompt writing
 Week 29
Lesson 57
Essay Writing
Writing an essay modified for younger learners
Lesson 58
Essay Writing
Writing an essay modified for younger learners
 Week 30
Lesson 59
Review!
A review of all stylistic techniques and vocabulary words for the year
Lesson 60
Celebration!
A time to celebrate and share writer accomplishments this year
  • Students will improve their understanding of narrative and summary writing styles through studying and retelling other texts, utilizing keyword outline to guide the writing process and adding stylistic techniques to further enhance final writing pieces.
This teacher is an IEW registered or certified instructor.
0 - 1 hours per week outside of class
Homework
Frequency: Available upon request
Feedback: Available upon request
Details: Homework will be assigned if writing assignments are not finished in class. Turning in homework is optional, but if learners turn in homework, it will be returned with a rubric and notes for correction.
Students will be required to purchase the Fables, Myths, and Fairy Tales Student IEW book from the IEW site.
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