Beruflich Dokumente
Kultur Dokumente
Four Levels of 3 months each.
Level 1
1. Lesson One ‐ Prewriting
a. Right Brain/Left Brain Test
b. Prewriting Techniques – Brainstorming & Listing
c. Prewriting Techniques – Clustering & Outlining
d. Prewriting Techniques – Journaling & Freewriting
2. Lesson Two – Introduction to Peer Reviewing
a. Express Yourself!
b. Peer Review Response Sheet
3. Lesson Three – Journaling and the Writer’s Idea Notebook
a. What is a Journal?
b. Make Your Journal Personal!
c. Writer’s Idea Notebook
4. Lesson Four – Sentence Variety
a. Sentence Variety – Compound Sentences
b. Sentence Variety – Complex Sentences
c. Scrambled Sentences
5. Lesson Five – Collaborative Writing & The Portfolio
a. Portfolio Checklist
6. Lesson Six – Editing for Sentence Structure
a. Collaborative Writing
b. Express Yourself!
7. Lesson Seven – The Paragraph
a. Paragraph Roadmap Sample
b. Your Paragraph Roadmap
8. Lesson Eight – Paragraph Writing
a. Topic Sentences
b. Adding Supporting Details
9. Lesson Nine – Paragraph Writing, Peer Reviewing, and Revising
a. Writing Prompt for a Paragraph
b. Peer Review Response Sheet
c. Revise & Proofread Checklist
10. Lesson Ten – Essay Writing & Thesis Statements
a. The Triple Point Thesis Statement
11. Lesson Eleven – Planning the Essay
a. Your Essay Roadmap
12. Lesson Twelve – Essay Writing, Introductions & Conclusions
a. Introductions
b. Introduction Exercise
c. Conclusions
13. Lesson Thirteen – Essay Writing, Peer Reviewing, and Revising
a. Your Essay Roadmap
b. Write Your First Draft Here
c. Peer Review Response Sheet
d. Revise & Proofread Checklist
Level 2
1. Lesson One ‐ Poetry Writing
a. Sensory Imagery
b. 5 senses
c. Appositives
d. Figurative Language
e. Metaphors/Similies
f. Personification
2. Lesson Two –Music of Poetry
a. Rhyming practice
b. Repetition practice
c. Write a poem and share
3. Lesson Three – Structured Poetry
a. Sonnet exercise
b. Villanelle exercise
c. Write a poem and share
4. Lesson Four ‐ Free Verse. Revising and Publishing
a. Free verse exercise
b. Write a poem and share
c. Places to publish practice
d. Submission practice
5. Lesson 5 ‐ Non‐fiction Writing
a. Newspaper Writing
b. Parts of a Newspaper
c. Fact vs. opinion exercise
6. Lesson 6 ‐ Language of Journalism
a. Word choice exercise
b. Interviewing
c. interviewing exercise
7. Lesson 7 ‐ Editorials
a. persuasive writing exercise
8. Lesson 8 ‐ Advertising
a. exercise
9. Lesson 9 ‐ Writing reviews
a. exercise
10. Lesson 10 ‐ Writing How‐to's
a. exercise
11. Lesson 11 ‐ Creating a Newsletter
a. layout a newsletter
b. putting it together & publishing
12. Lesson 12 ‐ Letter Writing ‐ Business Letters
a. Sample Letter
b. letter writing exercise
13. Lesson 13 ‐ Article Writing
a. Leads
i. Exercise
ii. Writing Prompt
b. Revise
i. Revise and Proofread
c. Publishing
i. Submission Practice
Level 3
1. Lesson One ‐ Fiction Writing
a. Brainstorm Fiction Genres
b. Plot structure exercise
c. Characters
i. Create a Character
ii. Dialogue Exercise
2. Lesson Two
a. Setting
i. Exercise
b. Conflict: Internal/External
i. Exercise
3. Lesson Three
a. Story Map
b. Outline several short stories
c. Draft a story write
d. Revise Revise& Proofread
4. Lesson Four ‐ Point of View
a. Exercise
b. final draft & share
c. Places to publish
d. Submission practice
5. Lesson Five ‐ Children's Writing
a. Layout of a Children's Book
b. Exercise
c. Story Writing
d. Draft exercise
6. Lesson 6 ‐
a. Revise Revise& Proofread
b. Putting it all together
c. Layout of book with pictures
d. Places to publish
e. Share
f. Submission practice
7. Lesson 7 ‐ Novel Writing
a. Genres of novels
b. notes
c. Parts of the novel
d. Exercise
e. Finding Ideas
f. Exercise
g. Story Map
h. story map exercise
8. Lesson 8 ‐ Beginnings
a. write Chapter 1
b. Share and Revise
c. Revise & Proofread
d. Places to publish
e. Publishing
f. Submission practice
9. Lesson 9 ‐Science Fiction & Fantasy Writing
a. Characteristics of Sci‐Fi
b. notes
c. exercise ‐ your ideas
d. Characteristics of Fantasy
e. notes
f. exercise ‐ your ideas
10. Lesson 10
a. Places to find Ideas
b. notes
c. exercise
d. Draft a story
e. Draft exercise
11. Lesson 11
a. Share and Revise
b. Revise & Proofread
c. Publishing
d. Places to publish
Level 4
1. Lesson One ‐ Playwriting
a. Parts of a play notes
b. Places to find Ideas
c. notes
d. exercise
e. Dialogue in a play
f. exercise
2. Lesson Two ‐
a. Story Map
b. exercise
c. Draft a play
d. Draft exercise
3. Lesson Three
a. Share and Revise
b. Revise & Proofread
c. Places to publish
d. Publishing
e. Submission practice
4. Lesson Four
a. Perform a play
b. sample play bulletin
5. Lesson Five ‐ Personal Narrative
a. Autobiography
b. notes
c. Family exercise
6. Lesson Six
a. Memorable experience exercise
b. share & revise
7. Lesson Seven
a. Favorites exercise
b. share & revise
8. Lesson Eight
a. Firsts exercise
b. share & revise
9. Lesson Nine
a. Hopes & Dreams exercise
b. share & revise
10. Lesson Ten
a. Revising and Publishing
b. Places to publish practice
c. Submission practice