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Share your hopes and dreams with your family. Talk about how you can and will reach your goals!

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Students will learn to articulate their academic and social goals in a clear and organized paragraph format by brainstorming, planning, drafting, and publishing their ideas.

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Students will practice identifying personal goals that are specific and achievable, fostering both self-awareness and critical thinking skills.

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What are two hopes and dreams for this school year? Be sure to write about one academic hope and one social hope. How can you work towards achieving these goals?

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Students will create a list of personal academic and social goals they want to achieve by the end of 5th grade. Encourage them to think deeply about their aspirations. Use Padlet to collaborate and share ideas as a class.

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Setting Writing Goals with Students — TeachWriting.org

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Set writing goals with students to help them grow as writers all year long!

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Introduce a graphic organizer to help students structure their writing. The organizer includes sections for an introduction, academic goal, social goal, and conclusion.

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Students will begin drafting their paragraphs using their brainstorming notes and the graphic organizer.

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Students will swap drafts with a partner to give and receive constructive feedback. Use a checklist to guide their evaluation, focusing on clarity and organization.

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Each essay is made up of multiple parts. In order to have a strong essay each part must be logical and effective. In many cases essays will be written with a strong thesis, but the rest of the paper will be lacking; making the paper ineffective. An essay is only as strong as its weakest point.

One of the most important steps for creating a strong essay is to have others review it. By completing a peer review you will be able to create a better thesis statement and supporting arguments.

Using a checklist to complete your review will allow you to rate each of the parts in the paper according to their strength. There are many different peer review checklists, but the one below should be helpful for your assignment.

1. Is the thesis clear?

2. Does the author use his or her own ideas in the thesis and argument?

3. Is the significance of the problem in the paper explained? Is the significance compelling?

4. Are the ideas developed logically and thoroughly?

5. Does the author use ethos effectively?

6. Does the author use pathos effectively?

7. Are different viewpoints acknowledged?

8. Are objections effectively handled?

9. Does the author give adequate explanations about sources used?

10. Are the sources well-integrated into the paper, or do they seem to be added in just for the sake of adding sources?

11. Is the word choice specific, concrete and interesting?

12. Are the sentences clear?

13. Is the overall organization of the argument effective?

14. Are the transitions between paragraphs smooth?

15. Are there any grammatical errors?

Sources

Based on the rubric found at: Grading Rubric Template (Word)

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Each essay is made up of multiple parts. In order to have a strong essay each part must be logical and effective. In many cases essays will be written with a strong thesis, but the rest of the paper will be lacking; making the paper ineffective.

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Students will revise, edit, and neatly publish their final paragraphs on colorful paper to display in the classroom or upload to Padlet as a virtual gallery.

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Observe and provide feedback during brainstorming, planning, and drafting activities to check student progress.

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Use a self-assessment or peer-assessment checklist to ensure students include all necessary components in their writing.

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Browse writing checklist resources on Teachers Pay Teachers, a marketplace trusted by millions of teachers for original educational resources.

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Collect and evaluate the published paragraphs to assess students' articulation of their hopes and dreams and adherence to structure and clarity.

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Have a class discussion where students reflect on their hopes and dreams and what they learned from this writing activity.

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Reflective writing assignment – EXACTLY what to write, with examples!

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Students will write one sentence about what they found challenging and one thing they are proud of in their writing.

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Create a simple tracking chart to monitor your academic and social goals throughout the year.