(Re)designing Narrative Writing Units for Grades 5-12 ((Create a Plan for Teaching Narrative Writing Skills That Increases Student Learning and Literacy))

Readers can complete exercises that equip them to create a comprehensive narrative unit of instruction that is ready to pilot. It also provides narrative activities, assessments, sample tasks, rubrics, checklists, writing sample resources, and more for fifth grade through high school.

Learn how to design and maintain a unit that improves students' narrative writing skills:

• Learn a sequential approach to building a narrative writing unit.
• Review how to structure a narrative.
• Reflect on past approaches to teaching writing skills and revise for future narrative writing lesson plans.
• Download free templates, checklists, rubrics, and narrative writing activities useful for designing a narrative writing plan and guiding lessons.
• Access professional and student resources in print and online for understanding and teaching narrative writing skills.

Contents:
Introduction
Chapter 1: Building a Narrative Unit Map
Chapter 2: Formulating a Pre- and Culminating Assessment and Establishing Criteria for Success
Chapter 3: Using Gradual Release of Responsibility for Lesson Design
Chapter 4: Designing Lessons
Chapter 5: Examining Text to Appreciate Content
Epilogue
Appendix A: Narrative and Descriptive Characteristics and Genre
Appendix B: Elements of Literature
Appendix C: Literacy Devices and Figurative Language
Appendix D: Sentence Structure -- Complex Sentences
Appendix E: Professional and Student Resources
Appendix F: List of Figures and Tables
Index

Teaching writing skills is a powerful and effective means for learning across all grade levels and disciplines. This user-friendly resource provides practical recommendations, strategies, and assessments for designing units of study that center on both narrative nonfiction and creative writing. Throughout the book

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