Welcome Instructional Writing:1st Quarter

Teacher Info:

Stephanie Nuspl, 8AA LBS

phone: 847/512-6716

email: nuspls@wilmette39.org

office: rm 233 (science wing)

 

Homework for 10/8/09:

Research your Russian Counterpart and fill in the Who?, What? Why?

Website for link for good sources on Russian Revolution:

http://www.kn.sbc.com/wired/fil/pages/listrussiandh.html

  

 

Week 1:

8/27: Thursday Agenda 

Opening day of school

Introductions

Snowball Fight Writing (Sequential writing)

  

Fri. 8/28/09:

 Journaling (5 min)

 Procedural info

 Persuasive Writing

 

Week 2:

Mon. 8/31:

Grammar Assessment

Tuesday 9/1- Wednesday 9/2:

Introduction:

Persuasive Essay Unit: Who do you honor?

• Pre-Writing Activities
• Brainstorming either an event in honor of the person or a pastage stamp.
• rough draft

 

Thursday 9/3- Friday 9/4: Rough draft revisions

Final draft due Tuesday 9/8

 

Week 3:

Tuesday 9/8- Friday 9/11: Campaign of Truth

Introduce techniques of advertising

Review Print Ads

Rough Draft (in-class work)

 

Week 4:

Monday 9/14/09:

Rough Draft: Peer Editing

Homework: 2nd rough draft

Tuesday: 9/15/09:

Paragraph Lesson

Key Point of your AD

Homework: Paragraph Unscramble worksheet

                   Key Point Brainstorm

 

Wednes. 9/16- 9/18th:

Campaign of Truth Part Two: Re-design

 Decieving Ad .doc

 

Week 5: Short Story : We couldn't stop laughing....

Students had to use the 5 elements of a short story and be creative in the plot and conclusion. Students worked on this all week. Final due 9/29.

 

Week 6:9/29- 10/7

Introduction to Expository Writing (Tuesday/Wednesday)

Students will be given a character on Thursday to research or Friday and create 3-4 parallels to the real life character or event in the Russian Revolution. (Cross Curriculum assignment)