SANGER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
Academic Year 2015-2016
Writing Instructional Calendar
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Oct. 5
Oct. 12
Oct. 19
Oct. 26
Nov. 2
Nov.9
Writing SE:
TEK 2.17 E
Mentor Text:
A Personal
Narrative Example
Editing/Revising (Writing) Obj:
List of personal narrative ideas.
Writing SE: TEK 2.17 C
Mentor Text: How to Book
An Expository text, Giving info.
Or explaining
Editing/Revising (Writing) Obj:
Adding dialogs
Writing SE: TEK 2.21 AVii
Mentor Text: NA
Editing/Revising (Writing) Obj:
Transitional words to use instead
of “then”
Writing SE: TEK 2.17 E
Mentor Text: I’m in charge of
Celebrations
Editing/Revising (Writing) Obj:
Publishing Celebrations
Essential Vocabulary: Events,
experiences, emotions, ideas,
personal narrative.
Writing SE: TEK 2.17 E
Mentor Text:
Personal
Narrative Text
Editing/Revising (Writing) Obj:
Model the use of PN elements
chart to write a personal
narrative.
Essential Vocabulary: main
character, personal reaction,
setting, narrative.
Essential Vocabulary: dialogue,
quotation marks, exclamation,
punctuation.
Essential Vocabulary:
Essential Vocabulary:celebration
Writing SE: TEK 2.18 A
Mentor Text: My Mama had a
dancing heart. / Owl Moon /
Wondrous words
Editing/Revising
(Writing)
Obj:Create a picture for the
reader.
Essential Vocabulary: Adjectives,
verbs, details, picture, reader,
describing.
Writing SE:
TEK 2.17 E
Mentor Text: Fly Away Home
Editing/Revising (Writing) Obj:
Visually & orally plan personal
narrative.
Writing SE: TEK 2.17 E
Mentor Text: Three stories you
can read to your dog.
Editing/Revising (Writing)Obj:
Sketching instead of Drawing
Writing SE: TEK 2.17 B
Mentor Text: NA
Editing/Revising (Writing) Obj:
Use specific details.
Essential Vocabulary: Sketch,
draw.
Writing SE: TEK 2.17 E
Mentor Text: Punctuation takes
a Vacation.
Editing/Revising (Writing) Obj:
Punctuation/choosing a piece to
publish
Essential
Vocabulary:
punctuation, piece, publish,
spelling,
phonic,
spacing,
capitalization, grammar.
Writing SE: TEK 2.17 C
Mentor Text: NA
Editing/Revising (Writing) Obj:
Learning basics of Revision
Essential Vocabulary: Events,
experiences, emotions, ideas,
personal narrative.
Writing SE: TEK 2.17 C
Mentor Text: How to Book
An Expository text, Giving info.
Or explaining
Editing/Revising (Writing) Obj:
Internal vs. External story.
Essential
Vocabulary:feeling,
injecting, zoom in, focus,
internal, external story.
Essential Vocabulary: revision,
editing, details.
Essential Vocabulary: General,
especific
Writing SE: TEK 2.17 E
Mentor Text: The Relatives Came
Editing/Revising
(Writing)Obj:
Elements of personal Narrative
Writing SE: TEK 2.17 E
Mentor Text: Three stories you
can read to your dog.
Editing/Revising (Writing)Obj:
Staying on topic.
OCT 22/ Writing SE: TEK 2.17 C
Writing SE: TEK 2.17 E
Mentor Text: NA
Editing/Revising (Writing) Obj:
Capitalization
Writing SE: TEK 2.17 C
Mentor Text: NA
Editing/Revising (Writing) Obj:
Adding onto the middle of the
text. (Revising in the middle)
Writing SE: TEK 2.17 D
Mentor Text: N/A EXPOSITORY
Editing/Revising (Writing) Obj:
Show, not tell, to make writing
better.
Essential Vocabulary: Elements,
character,
setting,
event,
personal reaction.
Essential Vocabulary:
unfocused, re-read.
Essential
letters
Capital
Essential Vocabulary: middle,
revising, adding.
Essential Vocabulary: carets,
adjectives, descriptive, show,
not tell, revision strips, tools,
Writing SE: TEK 2.17 E
Mentor Text: The Relatives Came
Editing/Revising (Writing) Obj:
Use personal narrative chart to
plan.
Writing SE: TEK 2.17 C
Mentor Text: NA
Editing/Revising (Writing)Obj:
Learn to focus writing by
zooming in, most important
part by adding/deleting details.
Essential Vocabulary: Topic,
unfocused, re-read., Focus,
zoom in.
Writing SE: TEK 2.21 Vii
Mentor Text: A Story of a Bear
Editing/Revising (Writing) Obj:
Transitional words for Tell a
story word wall.
Writing SE: TEK 2.17 E
Mentor Text: NA
Editing/Revising (Writing) Obj:
Spelling
Writing SE: TEK 2.17 C
Mentor Text: Shorcut
Editing/Revising (Writing) Obj:
Adding dialogue
Writing SE: TEK 2.17 E
Mentor Text: EXPOSITORY
Editing/Revising (Writing) Obj:
Practice different ways of Show,
Not Tell.
Essential Vocabulary:
Essential Vocabulary:
Essential Vocabulary: dialogue,
revision strips, characters.
Essential Vocabulary:
Writing SE: TEK 2.17 B
Mentor Text: Owl Moon
Editing/Revising (Writing)Obj:
Adding details.
MID SIX WEEKS ASSESSMENT
Writing SE: TEK 2.17 C
Mentor Text: NA
Editing/Revising
(Writing)
Obj:Using Tell a Story Word Wall
Essential Vocabulary:
Writing SE: TEK 2.5 C
Mentor Text: Ten in a Bed.
Editing/Revising (Writing)Obj:
Synonyms for the word “said”
SIX WEEKS ASSESSMENT
Essential Vocabulary: Action
poem, rhyme, synonym.
Essential Vocabulary:
Essential Vocabulary: Elements,
character,
setting,
event,
personal reaction.
Friday
FAIR DAY
Essential Vocabulary:
Essential Vocabulary:
detail.
Topic,
add,
Mentor Text: WRITING PROMPT
Editing/Revising (Writing) Obj:
Write about a time when you
used your imagination to create
something special.
Essential Vocabulary:
Vocabulary:
PARADE OF CHARACTERS.
Essential Vocabulary:
Writing SE: TEK 2.17 E
Mentor Text: To inform or explain
Editing/Revising
(Writing)Obj:
identify purpose of a lead
SANGER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
Academic Year 2015-2016
Writing Instructional Calendar