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In this SMALL ongoing class, students will grow into writers!

We will begin class by learning (or reviewing if they already know) about nouns, verbs, and adjectives. We will use this grammar to write or think of how to extend sentences to make it "juicy." 
Ex: The dog ran. >>> The fluffy dog ran fast because he didn't want to give up his bone.

Next, our weekly lesson will be taught. This will include things like: 
-Choosing and topic or writing about assigned topic
-Creating a hook
-Establishing literary elements (character, plot, setting, etc.)
-Writing and introduction
-Writing a body
-Writing a closing
-Using onomatopoeia and other literary devices (These will not be taught in depth due to age appropriateness, but I will teach what I think the students can understand.) 
-Using illustrations to support your writing
-Narrative, Informative, and Opinion writing
-Etc.
(see class schedule) 
***This class is ongoing. Students can join at any time. It is not expected for students to do all of these elements in one assignment. Each week we will be talking about a certain topic. Students who join from the beginning will be able to put the skills together, but it's not necessary to join at the beginning. Seldom will we carry over on writing a story from one class to another. New joiners will usually be able to jump in and write something during class.

Finally, we will practice the skills in a short writing assignment. Depending on the topic and day, I will either assign a topic or let students choose what they will write about. 
I will assist students as needed during this time. Students may not finish the final writing during class, but are encouraged to continue working on it after class. Of course, finishing outside of class is always optional and never mandatory.

**Please note that this class is NOT for learning how to write a sentence.  Students coming to this class should have a decent foundation of simple sentence structure. (Capital letter, spaces, punctuation.)  We may review spelling if the student needs, but overall this class will be for the students who may already know how to spell phonetically.
-If the above skills are some that your student needs to work on, please see my class before this one titled "Sentence Writing for Advanced Beginning Writers Using the Science of Reading"

Our writing schedule will be as follows:

1. Week of June 10
Using Adjectives to make "juicy" sentences.

2. Week of June 17
Editing sentences

3. Week of June 24
Define and write a topic sentence and 1 detail sentence.

4. Week of July 1
Define and write a topic sentence and 2 detail sentences. 

5. Week of July 8
Expand and edit topic sentence and detail sentences.

7. Week of July 15
Expand and edit topic sentence and detail sentences.

8. Week of July 22
Introduction to writing an Introduction

9. Week of July 29
Writing an introduction

10. Week of August 5
Using details to write a body

*****Transition from summer to school hours. Times and dates may change.

11. Week of September 9
Introduction to writing a Closing

12. Week of September 16
Writing an Introduction, Body, and Closing

13. Week of September 23
Revising and Editing written paper from September 18. (This class is one of the only "roll over" classes of this lesson.

14. Week of October 2
Writing an Introduction, Body, and Closing
Revising and editing

15. Week of October 9
Writing an Introduction, Body, and Closing
Revising and editing

16. Week of October 16
Writing an Introduction, Body, and Closing
Revising and editing

17. Week of October 23
Writing an Introduction, Body, and Closing
Revising and editing

***No class week of October 30. Happy Halloween!

18. Week of November 6
Writing a How- To paper

19. Week of November 13
Writing a How- To paper

20. Week of November 20
Writing a How- To paper

21. Week of December 4
Writing an informative paper

22. Week of December 11
Writing an informative paper

23. Week of December 18
Writing an informative paper

***No class from week of December 25- January 15 (subject to change) . Merry Christmas, New Years, and maternity leave.

24. Week of January 29
Writing a personal narrative

25. Week of February 5
Writing a personal narrative

26. Week of February 12
Writing a personal narrative

27. Week of February 19
Opinion Writing

28. Week of February 26
Opinion Writing

29. Week of March 4
Opinion Writing