Now that the outline writing process is complete, students will move forward in the writing process. Next, this writing unit will introduce students to the fact that ideas for narrative, persuasive, and expository topics can be found everywhere especially from ordinary moments in time. They will first start with writing different types of poetry and creating a poetry book. The students will construct a birdhouse in maker space as our culminating project!įor the months of February and March the students will complete a writing unit. Provide a close-reading of the language used in a specific section of the novel to use as a fluency assessment. Explain how at least one other text, such as a poem or song, helps to develop the theme.ġ0. Describe the setting from the novel and explain how the writer made the setting come alive.ĩ.

Create a list of quotes which describe character, conflicts and themeħ. Make connections between the novel and student's personal world, and society.Ħ. Explain how the author develops the theme in the novel.ĥ. Describe how a character’s personality, attitudes, conflict and relationships change and explain why these changes are important to the novelģ. Tell the author’s purpose for writing this novel.Ĥ. (For example: How does character relate to setting or theme?)Ģ. Describe a character in-depth and explain how the character traits relate to other literary elements of the novel. The first is that he and his big brother, Ernie, are leaving Brooklyn for the very first time to spend the summer with their grandparents all the way in Virginia-in the COUNTRY!'Īs Brave As You by Jason Reynolds - Goodreadsġ.

'When two brothers decide to prove how brave they are, everything backfires-literally. I hope the students will continue the reading habit throughout the summer, and throughout their lifetimes.įor the month of April the students will read the online novel unit called As Brave as You, by Jason Reynolds. Hopefully, it will broaden their reading horizons in the future.

The author choices are classic ones like Poe, Hinton, Angelou, Hijuentes, Hong-Kingston to name a few. For the months of May and June the students will learn about Famous Authors! They will choose an author to research, using technology, encyclopedias, and biography books to gather information about their selected author.

As brave as you are