Month
of  Study

Length
of Study      

Units of Study

Genre,
Process or  Craft

Type of
Publication

Number
of Publications

Six Trait
Writing Focus

Habits of Mind & Key Ideas

Resources

September

2 weeks

How writers’

workshop

will go?

Process

  None

Management

Expectations-

Student Role/

Teacher Role

How writers’

workshop will

go

Lucy Calkins

*Nuts and Bolts  *Launching the writing workshop

~Significant Studies

Sept/Oct.

3 weeks

Becoming

Independent

Writers (pre-writing)

Process

* notebook of writing ideas

*heart map

*folder cover

*object/memory

time story-list

or sequential

      1

    *Ideas

*Where do writers ideas come from?

*What is pre-writing?

*Strategies to spell independently

*Four Square

*Launching writers wkshp

(L. Calkins)

*Rory/Writing

Packet

*Six Traits

workbook

Oct/ Nov.

4 weeks

Personal

Narrative

Genre

Story, Letter

Poem or picture book

       1

(must be a

narrative)

*Organization

* Ideas

*Presentation

Sticking to a topic (main idea)

drafting, basic

revision and some editing

focus on B,M,E

*Small moments (L.

Calkins)

*Six Traits

Kits

*Primary 6+1

(Ruth Culham)

*Variety of Read alouds

Month

Of Study

Length of

Study

Units of

Study

Genre, Process or

Craft

Type of Publication

Number

of Publications

Six Trait

Writing

Focus

Habits of Mind and Key Ideas

Resources

Nov./Dec.

2 weeks

    Voice

  Craft

*Show not

tell story

What are you passionate about?(revisit

Heart map)

*Point of View story

       1

*Sentence Fluency (flow~ long & short sentences,

questions)

*Voice

*Writing from the heart

*Show not tell

*Bring a story to life (by adding thoughts,

feelings, wonderings

*Craft Lessons

*Write Trait Lessons

*Passages from books with voice

Dec./Jan.

4 weeks

Non-Fiction

Genre

*How-to Book

*Poster

*Diagram

   1-2

*Organization

*Word Choice (transitional words)

*Ideas

*Presentation

*Synthesize

Non-fiction information

*Focus on

Clarity and organization

of information

*L. Calkins:

Non-fiction

Unit

*Rory~How to packet

*Thinking Maps

*Craft Lessons

*Significant

Studies –ch.6

Jan./ Feb.

To Winter

Break

 4 weeks

Letter writing

Genre

 Friendly Letter

to family member, friend or relative

  2 or more

*Ideas

*Organization

*Presentation

*Conventions

*Life Skill –

Purpose for writing

*Communication

*Schoolwide.catalog –mentor texts

*Jolly Postman

*Dear Mr. Blueberry

*Diary of a Worm

*Celebration Press-Think Aloud Charts

Month of Study

Length of

Study

Units of

Study

Genre, Process or

Craft

Type of

Publication

Number of

Publications

Six Trait

Writing Focus

Habits of Mind and Key Ideas

Resources

March/April

    6 weeks

Author Study~

Cynthia

Rylant

Craft

New Draft

(descriptive

narrative)

       1

*Sentence Fluency

*Word Choice

*Organization

*Reading like a writer

*Incorporate author’s technique

Into your own writing: repetition, sentence length,

leads

*Revision (organization,word

Choice)

*C. Rylant video

*Books by C. Rylant

*Six Traits overhead

*About the Authors

By Katie W. Ray

*Fresh Approach to

Punctuation by J. Angelilo  p.97

May/June

     5 weeks

    Poetry

Genre

Varied Forms

*simile

*color poems

     2+

 (varied)

  *Word Choice

*Sentence Fluency

*Presentation

*Ideas

Looking at world with

new eyes

*L.Calkins- Poetry

Unit of Study

*For Good of Earth and Sun (Georgia Heard)

*Varied poetry books