Concept I: Writers use mentor text to study characteristics of Literary Essay writing and generate writing ideas.
Concept II: Writers generate and rehearse their literary essays.
Session 1 Writers ask significant questions about their stories to craft complex claims.
Session 2 Writers see all sides of a story to create complex claims.
Session 3 Writers test complex claims to choose their strongest interpretations.
Session 4 Writers develop support for their claims.
Session 5 Writers use boxes and bullets to help organize their ideas for literary essays.
Concept III Writers plan and draft literary essays.
Session 6 Writers write micro-stories as evidence to prove their support.
Session 7 Writers gather various forms of evidence to make their essays more convincing.
Session 8 Writers choose literary devices as evidence.
Session 9 Writers notice what authors do not include as evidence for their claims.
Session 10 Writers plan the essays they’ll draft.
Session 11 Writers draft by organizing their Boxes and Bullets into paragraphs.
Session 12 Writers use a checklist to look over their writing for revision needs and to set goals.
Session 13 Writers revise introductions and conclusions.
Session 14 Teacher’s choice based on students’ needs.
Concept IV Writers write compare and contrast literary essays.
Session 15 Writers use boxes and bullets structure to compare and contrast two objects.
Session 16 Writers study mentor texts to notice characteristics of compare and contrast literary essays.
Session 17 Writers look at themes and characters across text to compare and contrast.
Session 18 Writers find evidence to support their claims for a compare and contrast essay.
Concept V: Writers revise and edit to make their pieces more effective
Session 19 Writers use previous learning to draft and revise compare and contrast literary essay.
Session 20 Teacher choice based on student’s needs.
Session 21 Writers use words and phrases to link each part of the essay.
Session 22 Writers edit their writing with care.
Session 23 Writers use present tense when writing about literature.
Session 24 Writers revise introductions and conclusions for compare and contrast essays.
Concept V Writers independently plan and publish their literary essays.
Session 25 Teacher choice based on students’ needs.
Session 26 Celebration: Writers share their work with pride.
Session 27 Writers reflect on their writing growth.
Unit Wrap Up Session – Student reflection, goal setting and cleaning out folders
