Mrs. West's Upper El. Bugs
4th Grade-Writer's Workshop
Writing Rubrics
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Writing Checklists
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Writing Samples
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Unit 1: Arc of Story: Writing Realistic Fiction
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Unit 2: Boxes and Bullets: Personal and Persuasive Essays
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Students learn that the lenses they bring to reading fiction can also be brought to writing fiction, as they develop believable characters with struggles and motivations and rich stories to tell.
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Students learn the value of organization and form as they gather evidence to support and express an opinion on topics they know well.
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Unit 3: Bringing History to Life
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Unit 4: The Literary Essay: Writing About Fiction |
Students are ready to tackle historical research in which they collect evidence and use details to vividly describe people and events long ago and far away.
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Students build on their learning of essay writing and apply it with increasing sophistication to a unit on literary essays—that is, writing about fiction.
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American Revolution Websites & Resources
Sons of Liberty
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The French & Indian War
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Battles
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British-
Strengths & Weakness
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American Colonists--
Strengths & Weakness
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Day in the Life of
a Loyalist |
A Day in the Life of
a Patriot |
Compare & Contrast
Loyalists & Patriots |
Setting Up a New Government-Democracy
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Spies
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