Unit: Narrative Writing: Holocaust Writing
Lesson Topic: Brainstroming
Standard:
W.6.3 Write narratives to develop real or imagined experiences or events using effective technique, relevant descriptive details, and well-structured event sequence.
W.6.5 Develop and strengthen writing as needed with some guidance and support from peers and adults, by planning, revising, editing, rewriting, or trying a new approach.
Prior Knowledge
Lesson Topic: Post-Assessment Final Writing
Standard:
W.6.3 Write narratives to develop real or imagined experiences or events using effective technique, relevant descriptive details, and well-structured event sequence.
W.6.6 Use technology, including the Internet, to produce and publish writing as well as to interact and collaborate with others; demonstrate sufficient command of keyboarding skills to produce writing in a single sitting.
Actvity:
Assessment
Lesson Topic: Elements of Narrative Writing
Standard:
W.6.3 Write narratives to develop real or imagined experiences or events using effective technique, relevant descriptive details, and well-structured event sequence.
W.6.3.A Engage and orient the reader by establishing a context and introducing a narrator and/or characters; organize an event sequence that unfolds naturally and logically.
W.6.3.B Use narrative techniques, such as dialogue, pacing, and description, to develop experiences, events, and/or characters.
W.6.3.E Provide a conclusion that reflects on the narrated experiences or events.
W.6.4 Produce clear and coherent writing in which the development, organization, and style are appropriate to task, purpose, and audience.
Assessment:
Lesson Topic: Make ID
Standard:
6.SL.5 Include multimedia components (e.g., graphics, images, music, sound) and visual displays in presentations to clarify information.
Objective:
The students will create a character based on a photo analysis to use in their narrative writing, scoring at least a 3/4 on the rubric.
Activity:
The students will create a Holocaust character identification card using a given photo. The identification card will include a name, birth date, age, address, and ID number.
Assessment:
The students ID card will be graded according to a rubric
Lesson Topic: Pre-Assessment Writing
Standards:
W.6.3 Write narratives to develop real or imagined experiences or events using effective technique, relevant descriptive details, and well-structured event sequence.
W.6.4 Produce clear and coherent writing in which the development, organization, and style are appropriate to task, purpose, and audience.
Objective:
Prior Knowledge:
Activity:
Assessment:
The students will be graded according to a sixth grade narrative writing rubric.
