6+Writing

 **2013-2014 Common Assessment for Writing:**  We are going to stick with the same writing assignment we had for our 1st assessment last year, but extend on it. The same standards will apply, but instead of a single descriptive paragraph we are asking students to complete a five paragraph composition. Due to the fact that it will be very early in the year we will be providing students with the introductory and concluding paragraph and students will have to compose the 3 body paragraphs. #5 With some guidance and support from peers and adults, develop and strengthen writing as needed by planning, revising, editing, rewriting, or trying a new approach. (Editing for conventions should demonstrate command of Language standards 1–3 up to and including grade 6 on page 65.) Common assessment: Describe a picture using a single or multi- paragraph composition. Scheduled: October

     

 **DRIVING QUESTION: //How do organization, conventions, good word choices and sentence fluency help writers express their ideas more clearly?//**

**Argument: Essay: what makes a good teacher?**

**Informative** **/** **Explanatory: MCAS packets, describe a picture**

**Narrative:**

**Research:**

**POWER STANDARDS**
<span style="color: #003cff; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12px;">Common assessment: Multi-paragraph essay : What makes a good teacher? Scheduled: April
 * 1) 4 <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12px;">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.)

<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12px;">#5 <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12px;">With some guidance and support from peers and adults, develop and strengthen writing as needed by planning, revising, editing, rewriting, or trying a new approach. <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12px;">(Editing for conventions should demonstrate command of <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12px;">Language standards 1–3 up to and including grade 6 on page 65.) <span style="color: #003cff; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12px;">Common assessment: Describe a picture using a single or multi- paragraph composition. Scheduled: October

a. Apply //grade 6 Reading standards// to literature (e.g., “Compare and contrast texts in different forms or genres [e.g., stories and poems; historical novels and fantasy stories] in terms of their approaches to similar themes and topics”). <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12px;">b. Apply //grade 6 Reading standards// to literary nonfiction (e.g., “Trace and evaluate the argument and specific claims in a text, distinguishing claims that are supported by reasons and evidence from claims that are not”). <span style="color: #003cff; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12px;">Common assessment: Choose one of the open responses from the packet or from classroom instruction. Scheduled:
 * 1) 9 Draw evidence from literary or informational texts to support analysis, reflection, and research.