Description
WriteShop I Course Description
The WriteShop I course is designed to help middle school students gain the skills and confidence needed to become strong writers. According to WriteShop.com, “Assignments give [students] a chance to practice various kinds of writing, including creative, expository, narrative, and persuasive. With each lesson, they’ll learn new skills, apply them to their current writing project, and edit and revise the composition several times. By the end of the lesson — after brainstorming, writing, editing, and revising — they’ll have a polished paper to be proud of!” This course will contain editing practice and grammar skill practice that apply directly to writing. Students should leave this course with a strong grasp of the importance of the writing process.
Grade Levels
- 6th – 8th grade
Prerequisites
- None
Curriculum
- WriteShop I student workbook
WriteShop I Course Outline
- Week 1 – Introduction to WriteShop: Concrete Writing
- Week 2 – Descriptive Writing: Conciseness and synonyms
- Week 3 – Descriptive Writing: Paired adjectives and editing
- Week 4 – Descriptive Writing: Concrete writing and topic sentences
- Week 5 – Descriptive Writing: Sensory details
- Week 6 – Descriptive Writing: Similes/limiting narration
- Week 7 – Descriptive Writing: Present participles
- Week 8 – Expository Writing: Exploring a process
- Week 9 – Informative Writing: Writing an informational report and avoiding plagiarism
- Week 10 – Biographical Writing: Conciseness, appositives, and adverb phrases
- Week 11 – Introduction to journalism: Writing a news article
- Week 12 – Narrative Writing: Writing about an emotional event and prepositions
- Week 13 – Narrative Writing: Writing a narrative of another person’s experience
- Week 14 – Focus on point of view: First person point of view/explore literary analysis
- Week 15 – Focus on point of view: Third person point of view/explore literary analysis
Estimated Workload
- 15-30 minutes, 3-5 days a week
