Standard/GLE

Alignment:

Students use prewriting, drafting, revising, editing and critiquing to produce final drafts of written products.

Students demonstrate command of the structure of sentences.

Students demonstrate use of narrative strategies by extending and elaborating ideas and using details.

Focus and /or

Essential Questions:

What are descriptive words and how can we use them to write about our observations of the sky at different times of day?

What is and why do we write friendly letters?

Skills:

Reading quality literature for fluency and expression. Answering questions and writing responses to literature.

Brainstorming adjectives that describe nouns and verbs that describe action. Prewriting and drafting simple sentences. Editing and revising sentences and adding detail.

Writing a final descriptive sentence with an adjective, a noun and a verb.

Writing a simple friendly letter with correct greeting and closing.

Writing a question with correct punctuation in their letter.

Addressing an envelope correctly with a name and street address.

Content:

Reading literature aloud for fluency and expression. Using the Picturing Writing curriculum, students will illustrate the sky at different times of day, using crayon resist and watercolor. As a whole class we will brainstorm describing words, both adjectives and verbs, to paint a picture of the sky using “silver dollar” words. Students will write descriptive sentences about their illustrations and complete a book.

Using The Jolly Postman books, students will read letters to fairytale and nursery rhyme characters, and then write a friendly letter to a character of their choice. Each student will ask a question in their letter. Students will address a self made envelope to their character.

Assessment:

Students will be assessed on their writing, with regard to creativity, use of descriptive language and correct use of punctuation and grammar. Emphasis will be placed on the correct writing of sentences, including interrogative sentences.

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