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This writing program is designed to work in a third grade classroom.

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Objectives

Students will be able to:

• SWBAT write in a variety of different formats including personal narrative, informational, and opinion pieces. 
• SWBAT complete the writing process including; pre-writing, drafting, revising, and editing. 
• SWBAT use the seven traits of writing effectively, including; ideas, organization, sentence fluency, voice, word choice, conventions, and presentation .​
• SWBAT edit, revise, and provide feedback on peer's pieces. 
• SWBAT self reflect on their pieces.
• SWBAT conference and discuss their writing.
• SWBAT publish their work on the computer. 

Writing Standards

LAFS.3.W.1.1-Write opinion pieces on topics or texts, supporting a point of view with reasons

1. ​​Introduce the topic or text they are writing about, state an opinion, and create an organizational structure that lists reasons.
2. Provide reasons that support the opinion.
3. Use linking words and phrases (e.g., because, therefore, since, for example) to connect opinion and reasons.
4. Provide a concluding statement or section.

LAFS.3.W.1.2-Write informative/explanatory texts to examine a topic and convey ideas and information clearly.

1. Introduce a topic and group related information together; include illustrations when useful to aiding comprehension.
2. Develop the topic with facts, definitions, and details.
3. Use linking words and phrases (e.g., also, another, and, more, but) to connect ideas within categories of information.
4. Provide a concluding statement or section.

LAFS.3.W.1.3-Write narratives to develop real or imagined experiences or events using effective technique, descriptive details, and clear event sequences.

1. Establish a situation and introduce a narrator and/or characters; organize an event sequence that unfolds naturally.
2. Use dialogue and descriptions of actions, thoughts, and feelings to develop experiences and events or show the response of characters to situations.
3. Use temporal words and phrases to signal event order.
4. Provide a sense of closure.

LAFS.3.W.2.4-With guidance and support from adults, produce writing in which the development and organization are appropriate to task and purpose. 
LAFS.3.W.2.5-With guidance and support from peers and adults, develop and strengthen writing as needed by planning, revising, and editing.
LAFS.3.W.2.6-With guidance and support from adults, use technology to produce and publish writing (using keyboarding skills) as well as to interact and collaborate with others.
LAFS.3.W.4.10-Write routinely over extended time frames (time for research, reflection, and revision) and shorter time frames (a single sitting or a day or two) for a range of discipline-specific tasks, purposes, and audiences.

Language Standards

LAFS.3.L.1.1-Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English grammar and usage when writing or speaking.

1. Demonstrate beginning cursive writing skills.
2. Explain the function of nouns, pronouns, verbs, adjectives, and adverbs in general and their functions in particular sentences.
3. Form and use regular and irregular plural nouns.
4. Use abstract nouns (e.g., childhood, friendship, courage).
5. Form and use regular and irregular verbs.
6. Form and use the simple (e.g., I walked; I walk; I will walk) verb tenses.
7. Ensure subject-verb and pronoun-antecedent agreement.
8. Form and use comparative and superlative adjectives and adverbs, and choose between them depending on what is to be modified.
9. Use coordinating and subordinating conjunctions.
10. Produce simple, compound, and complex sentences.

LAFS.3.L.1.2-Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English capitalization, punctuation, and spelling when writing.

1. Capitalize appropriate words in titles.
2. Use commas in addresses.
3. Use commas and quotation marks in dialogue.
4. Form and use possessives.
5. Use conventional spelling for high-frequency and other studied words and for adding suffixes to base words (e.g., sitting, smiled, cries, happiness).
6. Use spelling patterns and generalizations (e.g., word families, position-based spellings, syllable patterns, ending rules, meaningful word parts) in writing words.
7. Consult reference materials, including beginning dictionaries, as needed to check and correct spellings.

LAFS.3.L.2.3-Use knowledge of language and its conventions when writing, speaking, reading, or listening.

1. Choose words and phrases for effect.
2. Recognize and observe differences between the conventions of spoken and written standard English.

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Writer's Workshop (Tentative) Daily Schedule

10-20  minutes                                                    Teacher Directed Mini Lesson 
45 minutes                                                            Student Directed Writing
10-15 minutes                                                     Student Sharing

*Schedule and ESOL information discussed further on Writer's Workshop tab.*