During this interactive writing class, students will start off with a quick greeting and will quickly move into a quick grammar mini-lesson which will then lead into our writing lesson of the day wherein we will begin our weekly writing project. Students will be given the opportunity to participate in a community of learners that support each other as they grow in their writing abilities. Each week, students will work through different parts of the writing process: brainstorming, planning, drafting, editing, revising, and publishing through a variety of writing genres. Students will be given feedback on their writing and independent learning goals by the teacher if they submit their work by the Friday after the class in the classroom. 
Students will learn grammar lessons through songs, chants, games, and color-coding parts of speech through an interactive whole group mini-lesson with a 2-3 minute independent practice to show what they have learned. Next, our class will then switch to our writing lesson wherein we will as a group begin the writing process with a mini-lesson on the genre or writing trait of focus to then move into brainstorming, planning, drafting, editing, revising, and/or publishing our work depending on where we are in the writing process in each class. Students will have the opportunity to share their own writing and learn how to support others by listening to their work with helpful or congratulatory comments.  

Weekly Schedule of Lesson Focus:
Week of August 5th: Compare and Contrast: Desert Animals
Use a Venn Diagram in your planning to help you write a paper where you compare and contrast two desert animals.
Week of August 12th: Story Writing: Science Fiction Story
Use a graphic organizer to help plan a story focusing on including details about the setting at each part of the story.
Week of August 19th: Persuasive Writing: Best Pet
Students will use a graphic organizer to help them describe what the best pet would be (they can do real animals or fictional ones).
Week of August 26th: Story Writing: Personal Narrative: Fun and Games
Write about a favorite memory of having fun or playing games.
Week of September 2nd: Class Break
Week of September 9th: Informational Writing: My Family
Use a graphic organizer to tell about your family members, pets, and favorite traditions.
Week of September: 16th: Story Writing:  A Hero’s Tale 
Creating a story with a hero with a transformation arc using a graphic organizer to tell the main parts of a story.
Week of September 23rd: Persuasive Writing: Comparing Weather
Describe two different types of weather and tell how they are similar and different.
Week of September 30th: Story Writing: An Unexpected Adventure
How to use a graphic organizer to help describe a time when you went or did something unexpected.
Week of October 7th: Informational Writing: Pick a Place
How to use a graphic organizer to tell about the location, climate, and landmarks of a particular place that you have been to or would like to visit.
Week of October 14th: Story Writing:  Personal Narrative: Amazing Autumn 
Write about a favorite fall memory.
Week of October 21st: Poetry Writing: Rhyme and Rhythm
We will learn about the parts of poems and practice writing different types of short poems.
Week of October 28th: Story Writing: Spooky Story
Write a story with suspenseful events and spooky characters.
Week of November 4th: Class Break
Week of November 11th: Informational Writing: Sequential Writing: Delicious Dessert Recipe
Write your own recipe that includes quantities of ingredients and step-by-step directions.
Week of November 18th: Story Writing: Setting the Scene
Use a graphic organizer to help you describe your setting using linking verbs that you will include in your story.
Week of November 25th: Fall Break/ No Class
Week of December 2nd: Persuasive Writing: Favorite Family Winter Tradition
Tell about a favorite family tradition that your family does in winter and why it is great with the goal of getting the reader to agree with you too! This can be a holiday or even a winter sport-based activity like sledding with a focus on word choice.
Week of December 9th: Story Writing: Happy Holidays
Write about characters celebrating a holiday and describe how they participate in the festivities.
Week of December 16th: Informational Writing: Informational Writing: Compare and Contrasting 
How to use a Venn diagram to help you compare and contrast two different toys or games that you enjoy.
Weeks of December 23-30th: Winter Break/ No Class
Week of January 6th: Story Writing: Creative Characters
Use a graphic organizer to help you create complex main characters that you will include in your story.