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Class Date
Week 1
9 - 17
Week 2
9-24
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Weekly Topics with pg.
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In Class Activities
Homework
Due Next Class
Period
Unit 1: Keyword Outlines
 Structure
 Style
 Lesson 1
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Intro to the Class
What is structure and style
Review of a Keyword outline
Intro to the vocabulary
Explain how to turn KWO into a
paragraph writing in your own words
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Unit 2: Writing from KWO
 Style: fun with –ly words
 Dress-ups
 Lesson 2
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Share oral reports of chosen
paragraph
Vocab words
Style: what are –ly words
Playing and Practice with –ly words
Using your KWO from last
week…begin to write into paragraph
into own words
Go over Checklist on page 21..what is
expected
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Intro lesson 3 vocab and challenge
words
Play vocab around the world
KWO for pg. 24 “The Lost Colony”
Brainstorm –ly words pg. 25
Go over the checklist on pg. 27 for
what is expected
Explain the CHALLENGE on page28
(for all IEW students that were in
class last year)
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10-1
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Unit 2: Writing from KWO
 -ly words
 Challenge vocabulary and
writing
 Lesson 3
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Create KWO using
paragraph of pg.
16
Choose 1
paragraph to
present oral
paragraph in your
own words
Finish writing your
paragraph that
you began in class
Your paragraph
should be typed
and include all
items on checklist
Parents should
review your essay
before bringing to
class
Study vocab words
for quiz next week
(Lessons 1-3)
Finish writing your
paragraph on “The
Lost Colony” in
your own words
Don’t forget to
type it and
underline or
highlight the items
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Week 4
10-8
Unit 2: Writing from KWO
 Lesson 4
 Who/which clause
 Adding –ly words
 Creating title
 Final clincher
Week 5
10-15
Unit 2: Writing from KWO
 Lesson 4 continued
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Vocab quiz 1
Review vocab lesson 4
Intro to the who which clause
Practice who/which clause pg 34
KWO pg 34-35
Pg 36 brainstorm/practice who which
clause, adding –ly words
If time begin writing your paragraph
Peer edit paragraph 1
Did you add vocab words?
Brainstorming title ideas
Final Clincher
KWO for 2nd paragraph pg 38-39
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Week 6
10-22
Unit 2: Writing from KWO
 Lesson 5
 Five Senses Words
 Showing emotions in your
writing
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How to create an intriguing title
5 senses writing
KWO pg 42-43
Pg 44 brainstorming ideas for
description
Pg 45 showing emotion and using 5
senses in writing
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on the checklist
you are expected
to include
Finish your
paragraph
Add your title
Print out a copy of
your paragraph
and bring to class
Edit your 1st
paragraph
Add your 2nd
paragraph to the
first
Add your title and
final clincher
Complete your
final draft and
have your parent
grade your essay
Bring the graded
essay to class with
the checklist
attached
Using your KWO,
create your
paragraphs using
your own words.
You should include
dress –ups, , no
banned words,
and for those that
have done IEW
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Week 7
10-29
Unit 2: Writing from KWO
 Lesson 6
 Strong verbs
 Who/which clause
 Banned verbs
 Strong verbs
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Review vocab words from lessons 1-5
Complete review
What is a strong verb?
What are banned verbs?
Practice strong verbs pg. 48
KWO pg. 50-51
Brainstorming pg 52
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Week 8
11-5
Unit 2: Writing from KWO
 Lesson 7
 Action verbs
 poems
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Quiz 2 vocab words
Review vocab
Review (see teachers guide)
Action verb poems pg 55
Review poem model on pg 56
Brainstorming ideas on pg 57
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Week 9
11-12
Unit 2: Writing from KWO
 Lesson 8
 Because clause
 Proof reading marks
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Review
New vocab words
Proofreading marks – what are they?
KWO pg 60-61
New dress-up “because clause” pg.
62
Brainstorming pg. 63
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before…your
challenge is to
include vocab
words, 5 senses
words, and show
emotion in your
writing
Study vocab words
from lesson 1-5
Create your
paragraph from
your KWO – using
your own words
and the checklist
pg 53
Create your poem
on explorers and
the native
American poem
using your
brainstorming
ideas
Make sure that
you have all the
important parts of
the structure.
Checklist on page
58
Using your KWO –
create your
paragraph IN
YOUR OWN
WORDS
Review checklist
on pg. 64 to make
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Week 10
11-19
Unit 3: Narrative Stories
 Lesson 9
 Story sequence chart
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Week 11
12-3
Unit 3: Narrative Stories
 Lesson 10
 Elements of Story
Sequence Chart
 Quality adjectives
 Banned adjectives
 5-senses adjectives
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Week 12
12-10
Unit 3: Narrative Stories
 Lesson 11
 Dialogue
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What is alliteration…CHALLENGE pg.
63
Review vocab words
Review parts of a story pg. 65
KWO pg 68-69
Students practice orally telling
partner the story back in their own
words
Brainstorming pg 70-71
Review dress ups in your writing
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Review vocab (up to lesson 9)
Complete review
Quality adjectives pg 75
Banned Adjectives pg.75
KWO pg. 78-79
Brainstorm elements of style pg. 8081
Review checklist pg. 82
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Review
New vocabulary
Decoration: Dialogue (look in SRN on
page 67 explains rules for dialogue)
Pg 68 of SRN to practice punctuating
dialogue
KWO pg 86-87 (only section 1 and 2)
Brainstorming pg. 88-89
Go over rough checklist pg. 90
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sure you have
everything
Using your KWO
and brainstorming
ideas…write your
own story. Add
PLENTY of
description but do
not change
historical facts
Each of the 3
sections should
have all the dressups
Using your KWO
and brainstorming
ideas…write your
own story. Add
PLENTY of
description but do
not change
historical facts
Each of the 3
sections should
have all the dressups
Study for vocab
quiz (lesson 1-9)
Using your KWO
and brainstorming
ideas…write
paragraphs 1 and
2. Add PLENTY of
description but do
not change
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Week 13
12-17
Unit 3: Narrative Stories
 Lesson 12
 Allitertion
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Vocab quiz
Re read story on pg. 86
Complete KWO pg. 87 (section 3)
Brainstorm style: pg 92
What is alliteration?
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historical facts
You should have 2
paragraphs when
you are finished.
We will be adding
a third paragraph
in the next lesson
This is a rough
draft for this
week. Bring a
typed copy of your
2 paragraphs to
class next week
DON’T FORGET TO
ADD DIALOGUE
Using your KWO
and brainstorming
ideas…write
paragraph 3. Add
PLENTY of
description but do
not change
historical facts
You should have 3
paragraphs when
you are finished.
Edit your rough
draft at home at
least once. Bring a
printed copy to
class for peer
editing
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Lesson 13
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Peer editing stories
Writing your own story – see
example on pg. 228 of the appendix
What is the www.asia.b clause pg. 96
Brainstorm ideas for your own story
pg. 98 (work as a groups)
Brainstorm ideas to add dress ups in
your story (share aloud)
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Week 15
1-14
Unit 3: Narrative Stories
Lesson 14
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Game with vocab words if time
Bring your stories to class and we are
going to have you present them to
the class.
Using your outline
and some of your
own ideas, create
your own story.
Make sure each
element of the
story sequence
chart is present
Make sure you
have all the dressups pg. 99
Bring typed, final
draft to class to
share orally
Review vocab
words for game
next week