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Welcome to Writing Class!. Mrs. Hickner-Johnson 7 Gold. Units of Study 1 st Quarter. 6 Traits of Writing Writing Preassessment Interview/Journalism. Journalism/Interview Unit. Units of Study 2 nd Quarter. Proper Grammar Usage Assessment Final Conventions Writing Piece
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Welcome to Writing Class! • Mrs. Hickner-Johnson • 7 Gold
Units of Study 1st Quarter 6 Traits of Writing • Writing Preassessment • Interview/Journalism Journalism/Interview Unit
Units of Study 2nd Quarter Proper Grammar Usage Assessment Final Conventions Writing Piece Sentence FluencyAssessment Eight Parts of Speech • Nouns • Verbs • Pronouns • Adjectives • Adverbs • Prepositions and Prepositional Phrases • Interjections • Conjunctions
3rd Quarter Units of Study Speech Unit • How-to • Descriptive • Persuasive *District Common Assessment* Research Social Studies Project (Cause and Effect Essay) • MLA in-text citations and Works Cited Page • Thesis Statement • Compare/contrast usage • Analyzing informational texts • Note-taking strategies • Plagiarism laws • Drafting process • Revising Process
4th Quarter Units of Study • Bronx Masquerade • Prose and Poetry Writing • Poetic Terms • Imagery • Tone • Figurative Language • Sound Devices • Symbolism • 55-fiction *District Common Assessment*
Work Expectations • Writing assignments will be posted on the classroom calendar. • Students will be required to use Google Docs to write their papers – every student has a school Google account. • Students will be required to turn-in three creative writing pieces a quarter. These will come from their Wednesday Writing Workshop Notebook.