Skill plan for Units of Study for Teaching Writing - 6th Grade
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Unit 1
Personal Narrative: Crafting Powerful Life Stories
Bend I - Launching Independent Writing Lives and Generating Personal Narratives
Session 1:  Setting Up to Write
Session 1:  Setting Up to Write
Session 2:  Calling On All Strategies to Write Up a Storm
Session 2:  Calling On All Strategies to Write Up a Storm
Session 3:  Writing from Moments that Really Matter
Session 3:  Writing from Moments that Really Matter
Session 4:  Telling the Story from the Narrator's Point of View
Session 4:  Telling the Story from the Narrator's Point of View
Session 5:  Reading Closely to Learn from Other Authors
Session 5:  Reading Closely to Learn from Other Authors
Session 6:  Taking Stock: Pausing to Assess and Set Goals
Session 6:  Taking Stock: Pausing to Assess and Set Goals
Bend II - Moving Through the Writing Process and Toward Our Goals
Session 7:  Rehearsing Experimenting with Beginnings
Session 7:  Rehearsing Experimenting with Beginnings
Session 8:  Flash-Drafting: Getting the Whole Story on the Page
Session 8:  Flash-Drafting: Getting the Whole Story on the Page
Session 9:  Using Writer's Notebooks for Mindful, Goal-Driven Work
Session 9:  Using Writer's Notebooks for Mindful, Goal-Driven Work
Session 10:  Re-Angling and Rewriting to Convey What a Story is Really About
Session 10:  Re-Angling and Rewriting to Convey What a Story is Really About
Session 11:  Elaborating on Important Scenes and Adding New Ones from the Past
Session 11:  Elaborating on Important Scenes and Adding New Ones from the Past
Session 12:  Using All Available Resources to Aid with Final Touches
Session 12:  Using All Available Resources to Aid with Final Touches
Bend III - Writing a Second Personal Narrative with New Independence
Session 13:  Taking charge of the Writing Process
Session 13:  Taking charge of the Writing Process
Session 14:  Slowing Down and Stretching out the Story's Problem
Session 14:  Slowing Down and Stretching out the Story's Problem
Session 15:  Ending Stories in Meaningful Ways
Session 15:  Ending Stories in Meaningful Ways
Session 16:  Editing Sentences for Rhythm and Meaning
Session 16:  Editing Sentences for Rhythm and Meaning
Session 17:  Publishing and Celebrating as a Community of Writers
Session 17:  Publishing and Celebrating as a Community of Writers
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Unit 2
The Literary Essay
Bend I - Writing Strong Literary Essays
Session 1:  Essay Boot Camp
Session 1:  Essay Boot Camp
Session 2:  Growing Ideas from Details about Characters
Session 2:  Growing Ideas from Details about Characters
Session 3:  Writing to Discover what a Character Really Wants
Session 3:  Writing to Discover what a Character Really Wants
Session 4:  Crafting Claims
Session 4:  Crafting Claims
Session 5:  Conveying Evidence: Summarizing, Storytelling, and Quoting
Session 5:  Conveying Evidence: Summarizing, Storytelling, and Quoting
Session 6:  Studying a Mentor Text to Construct Literary Essays
Session 6:  Studying a Mentor Text to Construct Literary Essays
Session 7:  Revising Essays to be Sure You Analyze as well as Cite Text Evidence
Session 7:  Revising Essays to be Sure You Analyze as well as Cite Text Evidence
Bend II - Elevating the Complexity of Literary Essays
Session 8:  Looking for Themes in the Trouble of a Text
Session 8:  Looking for Themes in the Trouble of a Text
Session 9:  Drafting Using all that You Know
Session 9:  Drafting Using all that You Know
Session 10:  First Impressions and Closing Remarks
Session 10:  First Impressions and Closing Remarks
Session 11:  Quoting Texts
Session 11:  Quoting Texts
Session 12:  Editing Inquiry Centers
Session 12:  Editing Inquiry Centers
Bend III - Writing Compare-and-Contrast Essays
Session 13:  Building the Muscles to Compare and Contrast
Session 13:  Building the Muscles to Compare and Contrast
Session 14:  Comparing and Contrast Themes across Texts
Session 14:  Comparing and Contrast Themes across Texts
Session 15:  Applying what you Have Learned in the Past to Today's Revision Work
Session 15:  Applying what you Have Learned in the Past to Today's Revision Work
Session 16:  Identifying Run-Ons and Sentence Fragments
Session 16:  Identifying Run-Ons and Sentence Fragments
Session 17:  Celebrating Literary Essays
Session 17:  Celebrating Literary Essays
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Unit 3
Research-Based Information Writing
Bend I - Writing Research-Based Informational Essays
Session 1:  Becoming Engaged with a Topic
Session 1:  Becoming Engaged with a Topic
Session 2:  Reading for a Wide View of a Topic: Teen Activism
Session 2:  Reading for a Wide View of a Topic: Teen Activism
Session 3:  Preparing to Write Informational Essay: Finding & Supporting Key Points
Session 3:  Preparing to Write Informational Essay: Finding & Supporting Key Points
Session 4:  Structure Sets You Free: Using Prior Knowledge to Flash-Draft Essays
Session 4:  Structure Sets You Free: Using Prior Knowledge to Flash-Draft Essays
Bend II - Drafting and Revising Information Books on More Focused Topics
Session 5:  The Trail of Research: Pursuing Information and Focusing in on Topics
Session 5:  The Trail of Research: Pursuing Information and Focusing in on Topics
Session 6:  Envisioning Structures to Plan an Information Book
Session 6:  Envisioning Structures to Plan an Information Book
Session 7:  Constructing Texts with Solid Bricks of Information
Session 7:  Constructing Texts with Solid Bricks of Information
Session 8:  Gathering Specific Information and Creating Meaning
Session 8:  Gathering Specific Information and Creating Meaning
Session 9:  Writing with Detail
Session 9:  Writing with Detail
Session 10:  Lifting the Level of Sentence Complexity
Session 10:  Lifting the Level of Sentence Complexity
Session 11:  Using Text Features to Strengthen Writing
Session 11:  Using Text Features to Strengthen Writing
Session 12:  Planning Ready-to-Go Chapters
Session 12:  Planning Ready-to-Go Chapters
Session 13:  Quoting with a Purpose in Mind
Session 13:  Quoting with a Purpose in Mind
Session 14:  Celebrating with a Book Exhibit Tour
Session 14:  Celebrating with a Book Exhibit Tour
Bend III - Digital Writing Projects: Sharing Expertise Online
Session 15:  Studying Digital Mentor Texts
Session 15:  Studying Digital Mentor Texts
Session 16:  Revising to Fit Digital Formats: Determining Importance
Session 16:  Revising to Fit Digital Formats: Determining Importance
Session 17:  Pouring into Digital Forms... and Publishing
Session 17:  Pouring into Digital Forms... and Publishing
Session 18:  Celebration: Presentations, Feedback, Reflection
Session 18:  Celebration: Presentations, Feedback, Reflection
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