Gr4 Writing Workshop-Curriculum Map & Pacing Guide


1	Course Title/ Grade & Content:		4th Grade Writing Workshop
2	Week(s) of School Year		Module Topic	Essential Question(s)	Standard(s)
3	Start	End	Module Topic	Essential Question(s)	Standard(s)
4	1	2	Module 0: Launching a Writing Workshop	How can using a writer's notebook help us capture our greatest thinking and remember it forever?	4.W.1 Write routinely over a variety of time frames and for a range of discipline-specific tasks, purposes, and audiences; apply reading standards to support reflection and response to literature and nonfiction texts.
5					4.W.2.2 Students are expected to build upon and continue applying concepts learned previously.
6					4.W.4 Apply the writing process to – • Generate a draft by developing, selecting and organizing ideas relevant to topic, purpose, and genre; revise to improve writing, using appropriate reference materials (e.g., quality of ideas, organization, sentence fluency, word choice); edit writing for format and conventions (e.g., spelling, capitalization, usage, punctuation). • Use technology to interact and collaborate with others to publish legible documents.
7	3	6	Module 1: What Makes Us Who We Are?	How do your experiences help shape your identity?	4.W.3.3 Write narrative compositions in a variety of forms that – • Establish an introduction, with a context to allow the reader to imagine the world of the event or experience. • Organize events that unfold naturally, using meaningful paragraphing and transitional words and phrases. • Use dialogue and descriptive details to develop events and reveal characters’ personalities, feelings, and responses to situations. • Employ vocabulary with sufficient sensory (sight, sound, smell, touch, taste) details to give clear pictures of ideas and events. • Provide an ending that follows the narrated experiences or events.
8					4.W.4 Apply the writing process to – • Generate a draft by developing, selecting and organizing ideas relevant to topic, purpose, and genre; revise to improve writing, using appropriate reference materials (e.g., quality of ideas, organization, sentence fluency, word choice); edit writing for format and conventions (e.g., spelling, capitalization, usage, punctuation). • Use technology to interact and collaborate with others to publish legible documents.
9					4.W.6.1 Demonstrate command of English grammar and usage, focusing on: 4.W.6.1b Verbs – • Writing sentences that use the progressive verb tenses. • Recognizing and correcting inappropriate shifts in verb tense. • Using modal auxiliaries (e.g., can, may, must).
10					4.W.6.1e Usage – Writing correctly complete simple, compound, and complex declarative, interrogative, imperative, and exclamatory sentences, using coordinating and subordinating conjunctions (e.g., yet, nor, so).
11					4.W.1 Write routinely over a variety of time frames and for a range of discipline-specific tasks, purposes, and audiences; apply reading standards to support reflection and response to literature and nonfiction texts.
12					4.W.6.2b Punctuation – • Correctly using apostrophes to form possessives and contractions. • Correctly using quotation marks and commas to mark direct speech. • Using a comma before a coordinating conjunction in a compound sentence.
13	7	10	Module 2: Come to your Senses	How do people and animals use their senses to navigate the world?	4.W.3.2 Write informative compositions on a variety of topics that – • Provide an introductory paragraph with a clear main idea. • Provide supporting paragraphs with topic and summary sentences. • Provide facts, specific details, and examples from various sources and texts to support ideas and extend explanations. • Connect ideas using words and phrases. • Include text features (e.g., formatting, pictures, graphics) and multimedia when useful to aid comprehension. • Use language and vocabulary appropriate for audience and topic. • Provide a concluding statement or section.
14					4.W.4 Apply the writing process to – • Generate a draft by developing, selecting and organizing ideas relevant to topic, purpose, and genre; revise to improve writing, using appropriate reference materials (e.g., quality of ideas, organization, sentence fluency, word choice); edit writing for format and conventions (e.g., spelling, capitalization, usage, punctuation). • Use technology to interact and collaborate with others to publish legible documents.
15					4.W.6.1c Adjectives/ Adverbs –Writing sentences using relative adverbs (e.g., where, when) and explaining their functions in the sentence.
16					4.W.6.2c Spelling – Using spelling patterns and generalizations (e.g., word families, position-based spellings, syllable patterns, ending rules, meaningful word parts, homophones/homographs) in writing single and multisyllable words.
17	11	14	Module 3: Rise to the Occasion	What does it take to meet a challenge?	4.W.3.1 Write persuasive compositions in a variety of forms that – • In an introductory statement, clearly state an opinion to a particular audience. • Support the opinion with facts and details from various sources, including texts. • Use an organizational structure to group related ideas that support the purpose. • Connect opinion and reasons using words and phrases. • Provide a concluding statement or section related to the position presented.
18					4.W.4 Apply the writing process to – • Generate a draft by developing, selecting and organizing ideas relevant to topic, purpose, and genre; revise to improve writing, using appropriate reference materials (e.g., quality of ideas, organization, sentence fluency, word choice); edit writing for format and conventions (e.g., spelling, capitalization, usage, punctuation). • Use technology to interact and collaborate with others to publish legible documents.
19					4.W.6.1 Demonstrate command of English grammar and usage, focusing on: 4.W.6.1b Verbs – • Writing sentences that use the progressive verb tenses. • Recognizing and correcting inappropriate shifts in verb tense. • Using modal auxiliaries (e.g., can, may, must).
20					4.W.1 Write routinely over a variety of time frames and for a range of discipline-specific tasks, purposes, and audiences; apply reading standards to support reflection and response to literature and nonfiction texts.
21					4.W.3.1 Write persuasive compositions in a variety of forms that – • In an introductory statement, clearly state an opinion to a particular audience. • Support the opinion with facts and details from various sources, including texts. • Use an organizational structure to group related ideas that support the purpose. • Connect opinion and reasons using words and phrases. • Provide a concluding statement or section related to the position presented.
22					4.W.6.2b Punctuation – • Correctly using apostrophes to form possessives and contractions. • Correctly using quotation marks and commas to mark direct speech. • Using a comma before a coordinating conjunction in a compound sentence.
23	15	18	Module 4: Heroic Feats	What makes someone a hero?	4.W.1 Write routinely over a variety of time frames and for a range of discipline-specific tasks, purposes, and audiences; apply reading standards to support reflection and response to literature and nonfiction texts.
24					4.W.3.3 Write narrative compositions in a variety of forms that – • Establish an introduction, with a context to allow the reader to imagine the world of the event or experience. • Organize events that unfold naturally, using meaningful paragraphing and transitional words and phrases. • Use dialogue and descriptive details to develop events and reveal characters’ personalities, feelings, and responses to situations. • Employ vocabulary with sufficient sensory (sight, sound, smell, touch, taste) details to give clear pictures of ideas and events. • Provide an ending that follows the narrated experiences or events.
25					4.W.4 Apply the writing process to – • Generate a draft by developing, selecting and organizing ideas relevant to topic, purpose, and genre; revise to improve writing, using appropriate reference materials (e.g., quality of ideas, organization, sentence fluency, word choice); edit writing for format and conventions (e.g., spelling, capitalization, usage, punctuation). • Use technology to interact and collaborate with others to publish legible documents.
26					4.W.6.2a Capitalization – Capitalizing names of magazines, newspapers, works of art, musical compositions, organizations, and the first word in quotations, when appropriate.
27	19	22	Module 5: Art Everywhere	How far can your talents take you?	4.W.1 Write routinely over a variety of time frames and for a range of discipline-specific tasks, purposes, and audiences; apply reading standards to support reflection and response to literature and nonfiction texts.
28					4.W.3.2 Write informative compositions on a variety of topics that – • Provide an introductory paragraph with a clear main idea. • Provide supporting paragraphs with topic and summary sentences. • Provide facts, specific details, and examples from various sources and texts to support ideas and extend explanations. • Connect ideas using words and phrases. • Include text features (e.g., formatting, pictures, graphics) and multimedia when useful to aid comprehension. • Use language and vocabulary appropriate for audience and topic. • Provide a concluding statement or section.
29					4.W.6.1 Demonstrate command of English grammar and usage, focusing on: 4.W.6.1b Verbs – • Writing sentences that use the progressive verb tenses. • Recognizing and correcting inappropriate shifts in verb tense. • Using modal auxiliaries (e.g., can, may, must).
30					4.W.4 Apply the writing process to – • Generate a draft by developing, selecting and organizing ideas relevant to topic, purpose, and genre; revise to improve writing, using appropriate reference materials (e.g., quality of ideas, organization, sentence fluency, word choice); edit writing for format and conventions (e.g., spelling, capitalization, usage, punctuation). • Use technology to interact and collaborate with others to publish legible documents.
31					4.W.6.1c Adjectives/ Adverbs –Writing sentences using relative adverbs (e.g., where, when) and explaining their functions in the sentence.
32	23	26	Module 6: Marvels of Nature	What makes Earth's natural wonders exciting and unique?	4.W.1 Write routinely over a variety of time frames and for a range of discipline-specific tasks, purposes, and audiences; apply reading standards to support reflection and response to literature and nonfiction texts.
33					4.W.4 Apply the writing process to – • Generate a draft by developing, selecting and organizing ideas relevant to topic, purpose, and genre; revise to improve writing, using appropriate reference materials (e.g., quality of ideas, organization, sentence fluency, word choice); edit writing for format and conventions (e.g., spelling, capitalization, usage, punctuation). • Use technology to interact and collaborate with others to publish legible documents.
34					4.W.6.1d Prepositions – Writing sentences that include prepositions, explaining their functions in the sentence.
35	27	30	Module 7: Tricksters and Tall Tales	What lessons can you learn from characters in traditional tales?	4.W.1 Write routinely over a variety of time frames and for a range of discipline-specific tasks, purposes, and audiences; apply reading standards to support reflection and response to literature and nonfiction texts.
36					4.W.3.3 Write narrative compositions in a variety of forms that – • Establish an introduction, with a context to allow the reader to imagine the world of the event or experience. • Organize events that unfold naturally, using meaningful paragraphing and transitional words and phrases. • Use dialogue and descriptive details to develop events and reveal characters’ personalities, feelings, and responses to situations. • Employ vocabulary with sufficient sensory (sight, sound, smell, touch, taste) details to give clear pictures of ideas and events. • Provide an ending that follows the narrated experiences or events.
37					4.W.6.1e Usage – Writing correctly complete simple, compound, and complex declarative, interrogative, imperative, and exclamatory sentences, using coordinating and subordinating conjunctions (e.g., yet, nor, so).
38					4.W.4 Apply the writing process to – • Generate a draft by developing, selecting and organizing ideas relevant to topic, purpose, and genre; revise to improve writing, using appropriate reference materials (e.g., quality of ideas, organization, sentence fluency, word choice); edit writing for format and conventions (e.g., spelling, capitalization, usage, punctuation). • Use technology to interact and collaborate with others to publish legible documents.
39					4.W.6.1 Demonstrate command of English grammar and usage, focusing on: 4.W.6.1b Verbs – • Writing sentences that use the progressive verb tenses. • Recognizing and correcting inappropriate shifts in verb tense. • Using modal auxiliaries (e.g., can, may, must).
40	31	34	Module 8: Food For Thought	What can we do to make more healthful food choices?	4.W.1 Write routinely over a variety of time frames and for a range of discipline-specific tasks, purposes, and audiences; apply reading standards to support reflection and response to literature and nonfiction texts.
41					4.W.3.1 Write persuasive compositions in a variety of forms that – • In an introductory statement, clearly state an opinion to a particular audience. • Support the opinion with facts and details from various sources, including texts. • Use an organizational structure to group related ideas that support the purpose. • Connect opinion and reasons using words and phrases. • Provide a concluding statement or section related to the position presented.
42					4.W.5 Conduct short research on a topic. • Identify a specific question to address (e.g., What is the history of the Indy 500?). • Use organizational features of print and digital sources to efficiently to locate further information. • Determine the reliability of the sources. • Summarize and organize information in their own words, giving credit to the source. • Present the research information, choosing from a variety of formats.
43					4.W.4 Apply the writing process to – • Generate a draft by developing, selecting and organizing ideas relevant to topic, purpose, and genre; revise to improve writing, using appropriate reference materials (e.g., quality of ideas, organization, sentence fluency, word choice); edit writing for format and conventions (e.g., spelling, capitalization, usage, punctuation). • Use technology to interact and collaborate with others to publish legible documents.
44					4.W.6.1e Usage – Writing correctly complete simple, compound, and complex declarative, interrogative, imperative, and exclamatory sentences, using coordinating and subordinating conjunctions (e.g., yet, nor, so).
45					4.W.6.2b Punctuation – • Correctly using apostrophes to form possessives and contractions. • Correctly using quotation marks and commas to mark direct speech. • Using a comma before a coordinating conjunction in a compound sentence.
46	35	37	Module 9: Global Guardians	What can people do to care for our planet?	4.W.1 Write routinely over a variety of time frames and for a range of discipline-specific tasks, purposes, and audiences; apply reading standards to support reflection and response to literature and nonfiction texts.
47					4.W.5 Conduct short research on a topic. • Identify a specific question to address (e.g., What is the history of the Indy 500?). • Use organizational features of print and digital sources to efficiently to locate further information. • Determine the reliability of the sources. • Summarize and organize information in their own words, giving credit to the source. • Present the research information, choosing from a variety of formats.
48					4.W.6.2a Capitalization – Capitalizing names of magazines, newspapers, works of art, musical compositions, organizations, and the first word in quotations, when appropriate.
49					4.W.3.2 Write informative compositions on a variety of topics that – • Provide an introductory paragraph with a clear main idea. • Provide supporting paragraphs with topic and summary sentences. • Provide facts, specific details, and examples from various sources and texts to support ideas and extend explanations. • Connect ideas using words and phrases. • Include text features (e.g., formatting, pictures, graphics) and multimedia when useful to aid comprehension. • Use language and vocabulary appropriate for audience and topic. • Provide a concluding statement or section.
50					4.W.4 Apply the writing process to – • Generate a draft by developing, selecting and organizing ideas relevant to topic, purpose, and genre; revise to improve writing, using appropriate reference materials (e.g., quality of ideas, organization, sentence fluency, word choice); edit writing for format and conventions (e.g., spelling, capitalization, usage, punctuation). • Use technology to interact and collaborate with others to publish legible documents.
51	ELA Summer Camp		Module 10: Communication Nation	What forms can communication take?	4.W.1 Write routinely over a variety of time frames and for a range of discipline-specific tasks, purposes, and audiences; apply reading standards to support reflection and response to literature and nonfiction texts.
52					4.W.3.2 Write informative compositions on a variety of topics that – • Provide an introductory paragraph with a clear main idea. • Provide supporting paragraphs with topic and summary sentences. • Provide facts, specific details, and examples from various sources and texts to support ideas and extend explanations. • Connect ideas using words and phrases. • Include text features (e.g., formatting, pictures, graphics) and multimedia when useful to aid comprehension. • Use language and vocabulary appropriate for audience and topic. • Provide a concluding statement or section.
53					4.W.5 Conduct short research on a topic. • Identify a specific question to address (e.g., What is the history of the Indy 500?). • Use organizational features of print and digital sources to efficiently to locate further information. • Determine the reliability of the sources. • Summarize and organize information in their own words, giving credit to the source. • Present the research information, choosing from a variety of formats.
54					4.W.4 Apply the writing process to – • Generate a draft by developing, selecting and organizing ideas relevant to topic, purpose, and genre; revise to improve writing, using appropriate reference materials (e.g., quality of ideas, organization, sentence fluency, word choice); edit writing for format and conventions (e.g., spelling, capitalization, usage, punctuation). • Use technology to interact and collaborate with others to publish legible documents.
55					4.W.6.2c Spelling – Using spelling patterns and generalizations (e.g., word families, position-based spellings, syllable patterns, ending rules, meaningful word parts, homophones/homographs) in writing single and multisyllable words.