Launching the
Process
Genre Review Routines for:
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Listening
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Speaking
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Viewing
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Reading
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Writing
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Thinking
All literacy practices and applications include multiple genres and subgenres.
Making
Meaning
Theme, message, author's purpose, controlling idea, thesis, claim, and audience are learned, practiced and applied using a scaffold process and previously learned literacy routines. The lesson frameworks include:
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Fiction
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Poetry
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Informational
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Argumentative
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Connected texts
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Research
Exploring Deeper
Students engage in analysis to make deeper meanings and to better appreciate and apply the technical and creative process of writing. Learning will be applied to all genres in both reading and writing.
Exploring deeper analyzes:
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Literary elements
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Organizational patterns
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Argumentative techniques
Investigating the Craft
This is the last step in the literacy process. Craft analysis focuses on the creative and appropriate use of structure and language. Through the lens of an author, students analyze authors' crafts and examine the "What" and the "Why".
Students apply their learning to create thoughtful and engaging writing using literary, informational and argumentative purposes.
