First & Second Quarter Writing Focus | Formal Writing Process | Informal Writing Process |
Nonfiction Writing Personal Narratives | asking questions, using resources, organizers organizers | orally organizing our thoughts |
| Summaries | drafts | drafts |
| Reading Responses | self, peer and teacher edits | self edited/revised |
| Editing: punctuation, capitalization, grammar, and sentence structure | revisions | |
| Revising: we worked on organizing the piece, using strong vocabulary and clarifying details through elaboration. | final copy | |
| Student Work |
When Building good grammar skills strengthens your writing. Houghton Mifflin's Education Place has lots of practice activities just for you at: http://www.eduplace.com/kids/hme/k_5/quizzes/index.html#4
Biographies can be tricky. Especially remembering those important details! Visit the International Reading Association's cool website. Their graphic organizer can be used to help organize your information. Then print out a biocube! Or write your own biography for an autobiography cube! Be sure to bring it into class so we can see your hard work! http://www.readwritethink.org/materials/bio_cube/
Sylvan's Book Adventure site will challenge your vocabulary and reading knowledge. Check it out at: http://bookadventure.org/ki/cs/ki_cs_content.asp
Contact Information: email ella_davani@mcpsmd.org School Number: 301-279-4980