Unidad de escritura: Redacción de textos informativos (horario flexible)

The instruction and interaction will take place through a series of video lessons on Zoom and Seesaw.  Students will be able to upload videos, pictures, files and comments for interaction with the teacher and other students.  I will comment on each activity that students complete in writing, audio, and video.  In some of my lessons, I will record videos giving feedback for student writing.  Students will be encouraged to comment and discuss the topics of the lessons.  This curriculum is very thought provoking, so I will be encouraging students to discuss their opinions with me and with each other.  
This class will focus on the following standards:
 - Write informative/explanatory texts to examine a topic and convey ideas, concepts, and information through the selection, organization, and analysis of relevant content.
 - Introduce a topic; organize ideas, concepts, and information, using strategies such as definition, classification, comparison/contrast, and cause/effect; include formatting (e.g., headings),
graphics (e.g., charts, tables), and multimedia when useful to aiding comprehension.
 - Develop the topic with relevant facts, definitions, concrete details, quotations, or other information and examples.

Week 1 Essential Questions:
What is informative/explanatory writing?
How can I organize ideas and information in a five-paragraph essay?
Students will:
- use a bubble map organizer to brainstorm ideas on the topic, "How I would change the world"
 - use a five-paragraph outline template to help them understand how
to organize, or structure, their ideas in a five-paragraph essay

Week 2 Essential Questions:
What is annotating text?
How do I extract the main idea and details from Informational Text?
Students will:
  - Study famous quotes by Martin Luther King Jr. and other famous leaders
- take notes, and categorize information into Topic and Supporting Facts.

Week 3 Essential Questions:
How do I develop the topic in my writing with concrete details?
How do I develop and organize my ideas to write a topic sentence?
Students will:
 - Read the book "March On! The Day my Brother Changed The World"
 - Take notes and learn how to use the "Boxes and Bullets" system to write a main idea and supporting details.

Week 4 Essential Questions:
How do I develop the topic in my writing with concrete details?
How do I develop and organize my ideas to write a paragraph?
Students will:
 - construct paragraphs that are organized to provide facts and supporting details about a given topic.
 - Practice writing "clincher" sentences to help with transitions

Week 5 Essential Questions:
How do I use quotes to support the topic sentence?
How do I revise my paragraphs to make them flow better?
Students will:
 - Practice writing a "hook" sentence to engage their audience.- learn how to develop the supporting detail sentences using quotes. 
 - Practice writing dress ups, sentence openers, and decorations to add more detail to their writing.
Week 6 Essential Question:
How do I edit my work for a final draft?
Students will:
Edit their Multiple Paragraph Essay correcting for grammar and spelling.