Name: ________________________________

Group: ________

Unit Arc #5
ELA and WRITING

By the end of this unit, I CAN:

Provide feedback to peers regarding their writing piece(W6.5)

Formulate several drafts in order to improve my final writing piece (W6.1,6.4)
Use mentor texts annotations to support my final published piece(W6.8)
Create and Solve breaches about how the theme develops in the novel I am reading (RL6.2)
Cite textual evidence to support analysis of various mentor texts (RI6.1)
Summarize key ideas and details of readworks related in-class quizzes (RI6.2)
Create and share a social studies resource about any time period that I choose (WHST68.2,.4,.7,.9)

Measuring Progress

Measuring Performance

These activities make up 60% of my grade.

These activities make up 40% of my grade.

Artifacts of Learning:

Planning page/planning graphic organizer

Evidence of annotations of mentor texts
Proof of peer editing
Participation in a table share (use feedback in your

final piece)
Evidence of resources used in my writing piece

( works cited page, bibliography etc)

Attend a table share or learning group
Annotate information about social studies resource
Breach logs ( at least 5 entries per week)
In class quizzes
MAZE passages
Partner Reading or Book Club
Oral Reading Fluency
Progress check in
Writing Proposal due
First draft check in
Breach Logs
(Wednesdays)
Writing prompt

Date
3/23/15
4/1/15
weekly

Activity

Due
Date

Writing piece (See back for

details)

4/27/15

Mentor AND Research text

annotations (at least one of
each)

3/30/15

In-class quizzes

4/27/15

Ready New York book (Select

at least 2 passages and
answer all questions)

3/30/15

Social Studies Resource

4/20/15

Social Studies assessment

Newsela quizzes (at least 3)
OTHER RESPONSIBILITIES:
Format Responsibilities

1+ Conference
1+ Share
4+ Unison Reading
Calendar Planning
1+ Table Share

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Writing Piece task:

Must Be One of the Following:
- Writing piece analyzing the theme/meaning of a song, movie, or book
- Writing piece on a social studies topic
- Writing piece informing/explaining a current event
- Writing piece on a special issue (a country, disease, etc)
- Writing piece that will create change
- Other teacher-approved proposal
Piece MUST have a real audience to submit to. Peers cannot be the main/only audience.
Piece must also show that you are challenging yourself as an academic writer.
Your final piece MUST include the following:
-

PTAG paper

Drafts/brainstorm

Final finished published piece