7+8+SSE


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 * WRITING**

**Argument:**

**Information/** **Expository:**

**Narrative:**

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‍** POWER STANDARDS **
**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. Be more specific: Writing is inherently connected to reading so I think it is important to have the students writing frequently in and out of class.

**4.** Produce clear and coherent writing in which the development, organization, and style are appropriate to task, purpose, and audience. (Grade-specific expectations for writing types are defined in standards 1–3 above.) Assessment: Summarizing unit - what formal writing?

3. Write narratives to develop real or imagined experiences or events using effective technique, relevant descriptive details, and well-structured event sequences. a. Engage and orient the reader by establishing a context and point of view and introducing a narrator and/or characters; organize an event sequence that unfolds naturally and logically. b. Use narrative techniques, such as dialogue, pacing, and description, to develop experiences, events, and/or characters. c. Use a variety of transition words, phrases, and clauses to convey sequence and signal shifts from one time frame or setting to another. d. Use precise words and phrases, relevant descriptive details, and sensory language to capture the action and convey experiences and events. e. Provide a conclusion that follows from and reflects on the narrated experiences or events Assessment: In the "visualization" unit we work writing our own visuals based on character and setting. We incorporate descriptive details, author's diction,and sensory language. I incorporate sequencing and transition words particularly in the "summarizing" unit.

**6.** Use technology, including the Internet, to produce and publish writing and link to and cite sources as well as to interact and collaborate with others, including linking to and citing sources. Assessment: There are some great programs such as Prezi, Glogster, Google Docs, and others that I am interested in incorporating into the curriculum.