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Inspired by the work of Matt Glover

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Grade 2 Projecting a Writing Unit of Study Process

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TKS Writing Unit Launch - Projecting a Unit TEMPLATE

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Serravallo (2017)

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Next steps? Needs? Interests? After you have shared, what trends have emerged?

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"When you create a unit of study, it's tempting to think you know exactly what will happen on day 5, 13, or 18. But you can't know. As soon as a unit starts, we begin making adjustments. This book shares a process for projecting a unit of study so you can make decisions as you respond to students each day." Matt Glover and Mary Alice Berry

As a teacher, you value instructional flexibility because, after all, nearly anything can happen-and does! Yet you still have to plan instruction that helps your writers meet curricular objectives. Helping you solve this dilemma is what Projecting Possibilities for Writers is all about.

You can't know exactly when in a unit of study students will need extra support or be ready for a particular minilesson. That's why Matt Glover and Mary Alice Berry show how to project rather than plan-to design a sequence of instruction that not only supports deep understanding but gives you the agency to respond to individual needs and meet key writing standards.

Projecting Possibilities for Writers shares how to determine what to teach during a unit, how to teach it, and why to teach it-as well as when to make the crucial adjustments that this flexible approach makes possible. You'll look over Mary Alice's shoulder as she plans a unit for her writing workshop, while "Try It Out" suggestions lead you to project your own units.

Solve the flexibility vs. planning dilemma! Trust Projecting Possibilities for Writers and learn to teach with a roadmap rather than a rigid set of directions as you create learning experiences for classes of individual students with individual needs.

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Projecting Possibilities for Writers: The How, What, and Why of Designing Units of Study, K-5

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Amazon.com: Projecting Possibilities for Writers: The How, What, and Why of Designing Units of Study, K-5: 9780325041926: Glover, Matt, Berry, Mary Alice: Books

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Craft and Process Studies: Units That Provide Writers with Choice of Genre

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Craft and Process Studies: Units That Provide Writers with Choice of Genre

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If you believe that all students should have opportunities to write in genres of their choice but aren't sure how, Matt Glover is here to help. In Craft and Process Studies, Matt makes a compelling case for raising student engagement and writing quality by allowing students to choose the genre they want to write in. Then he shows you how with 17 possible units, divided into craft and process studies, that teach important writing skills while also providing opportunities for choice of genre. Matt uses a predictable structure for each unit that includes suggestions for:
- applicable grade ranges
- time of year to try
- key unit goals and questions
- mentor texts
- minilesson topics
- conferring goals.

With key teaching points, ideas for how to fit the units into your existing curriculum, and strategies to overcome common roadblocks, Matt gives you all the specific how-to's for implementing the studies even in school settings where writing units are already set. And with 40 classroom videos, you'll see the power of this work in action.

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Craft and Process Studies: Units That Provide Writers with Choice of Genre

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Amazon.com: Craft and Process Studies: Units That Provide Writers with Choice of Genre: 9780325099736: Glover, Matt: Books

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doing
- writing complete sentences that make sense
- using descriptive language
- can follow a structure
- committed to making edits

almost doing
- being mindful of vocabulary they are using
- playing around with sentence length
- exploring different types of punctuation

next steps
- be purposeful with vocabulary and explain word choice
- recognize audience

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doing
- following a structure
- using appropriate key words
- most can write in sentences that mostly make sense

my wish
- that they are more independent (spelling unknown words)
- read more to get ideas that would support them as writers

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doing
- follow structure
- use complete sentence
- know how to edit and what to look for when they are editing

almost
- adding more details independently

next steps
- identify transition words and use them more independently
- finishing their writing -- developing their endings

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doing
- struggling writers are using classroom resources and knowledge to spell unknown words
- editing with more independence
- using capital letters more consistently

next steps
- try to organize their writing in paragraphs
- be more mindful of word choice in their writing (maybe use more descriptive words

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Doing
- structure writing
good understanding of basic transition words
write in complete sentence

next step
- add more details, using descriptive words, better word choice
- expanding their sentences
- use resources in the classroom to support word choice

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doing
- growing more independent in spelling and using personal dictionaries

Almost
- using punctuation correctly
- seeing the importance of adding details

Next steps
- see the connection between reading and writing

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ELL students
- making great efforts to write
- try to follow the structure
- sill building knowledge of sounds in order to support them as writers

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Inspired by the work of Matt Glover

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Grade 2 Projecting a Writing Unit of Study Process

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TKS Writing Unit Launch - Projecting a Unit TEMPLATE