This ongoing full curriculum class will be taught by a certified teacher, focusing on TWO literacy skills each week. Reading and writing together! Our first day will focus on reading comprehension. Our second day will focus on learning  criteria for writing an essay with genres such as informative, persuasive, or opinion to name a few. The reason reading and writing should be taught together is so that the reading comprehension skill is reinforced in their writing. Students get a chance to practice that same reading skill while it’s fresh in their mind as they become the author the next class time.  In this class students will see that there are many reasons for writing and that writing has different criteria. They will also learn research-based strategies for practicing reading comprehension skills.

Although this class is designed as a full-curriculum class, learners can join the class and leave the class at their convenience.  Each class is a stand alone class, so no need to attend all of the classes listed.  Learners can come and go as they please.

CLASS OUTLINE
       Day 1: 
*Mini-lesson on the reading comprehension skill of the week.
*Read a fiction or nonfiction passage and practice the reading comprehension skill for the week with document for the week (guided questions or graphic organizer)
       Day 2:
*Mini-lesson on the writing skill or genre of the week
*Students use a graphic organizer to plan and draft their writing genre of the week
*Teacher provides feedback and guidance to support the writing skill of the lesson

LITERACY CALENDAR 
Week 1 
     Reading: Character Mapping
    Writing: Short Story focusing on introducing the main character.

Week 2
     Reading: Character Traits
     Writing: Short story focusing on character's actions and dialogue. 

Week 3
     Reading: Character Perspective
     Writing: Opinion with authors perspective using strong reasons.

Week 4
     Reading: Story Elements and Plot
     Writing: Personal Narrative focusing on a short memory with descriptive details.

Week 5
     Reading: Theme/Lesson of Text
     Writing: Descriptive writing 

Week 5
     Reading: Summary 
    Writing: Informative with organized supporting facts.

Week 6
     Reading: Inferences and Drawing Conclusions
     Writing:  Criteria for answering to a given writing prompt

Week 7
     Reading: Context Clues
     Writing: Descriptive Writing Skills

Week 8
     Reading: Figurative Language
      Writing: Poetry

Week of 9
         Reading: Text Evidence: Respond to Reading Questions
        Writing: Revise and Edit***  
     *****prior to class, students will get a sample work to revise and edit

Week 10
     Reading: Inquiry and Questioning Nonfiction
     Writing: Using research for informative writing.

Week 11
     Reading: Paraphrase Nonfiction
     Writing: Expository Genre

Week 12
     Reading: Cause and Effect Nonfiction
    Writing: Procedural Writing

Week 13
     Reading: Compare and Contrast Nonfiction
     Writing: Persuasive

Week 14
     Reading: Author's Purpose Nonfiction
    Writing: Opinion    

Week 15
     Reading: Identify Supporting Details Nonfiction
     Writing: Letter Writing with organized paragraphs

Week 16
     Reading: Main Idea Nonfiction
     Writing: Use facts to support opinion.


**A NEW SEMESTER and calendar of literacy will start.