Description
WriteShop II Course Description
WriteShop II sets teens (grades 7 – 9) on a course for success as they learn to write concretely and concisely through creative, varied lessons. WriteShop II covers advanced description and narration and emphasizes development of persuasive writing and essay skills. Students will work with brainstorming, pre-writing activities, outlining, drafting, and editing to develop and organize well-written compositions. Each week will focus on building specific skills to incorporate into their creations.
Grade Levels
- 7th – 9th grade
Prerequisites
Curriculum
- WriteShop II Student Workbook
WriteShop II Course Outline
- Week 1 – Descriptive Writing (object): Reviewing Concreteness, Paired Adj., Similes, Present Participles
- Week 2 – Descriptive Writing (place): Reviewing Sensory Details, Prepositional Phrases, Adverbs, Appositives
- Week 3 – Report Writing: Outlining, Reviewing Personification, Using Past Participles as Adjectives
- Week 4 – Exaggeration: Descriptive/Informative/Persuasive, Communicating Clearly; Incorrect Word Usage; Overly Descriptive Writing
- Week 5 – Point of View, 1st Person: Limited Omniscience, Descriptive Narration
- Week 6 – Point of View, 1st Person: Limited Omniscience, Changing Points of View, Descriptive Narration
- Week 7 – Narrative Voice: 1st and 3rd Person Narration
- Week 8 – Writing an Ad: Persuasive Writing
- Week 9 – Opinion Essay: Developing Points through Outlining, Using Parallelism
- Week 10 – Letter to the Editor: Developing Points through Outlining
- Week 11 – Compare or Contrast Essay: Organizing Information
- Week 12 – Compare or Contrast Essay: Organizing Information
- Week 13 – Essays that Describe or Define: Developing Points through Outlining
- Week 14 – Timed Essays: Writing within a Time Limit
- Week 15 – Creative Freedom: Personal Plan using above Skills
Estimated Workload
- 30 min. daily, 4-5 days/week
