Maegan Jenks READ 7140 1 Running Head Interdisciplinary Writing Interdisciplinary Writing Unit Partial Unit Maegan Jenks READ 7140 Maymester 2008 Dr Tonja Root Maegan Jenks READ 7140 2 Grade Fifth Content Area Social Studies Genre Persuasive Form Essay Maegan Jenks READ 7140 3 Interdisciplinary Writing Unit School and Student Characteristics and Individual Differences School System and School o Your name and grade level Maegan Jenks 5th grade o Name of school system Pierce County schools o Name of School Blackshear Elementary School s Student Characteristics o Students 592 Number of boys 650 Number girls 4 12 Age range o Ethnicity number of students 548 African American 48 Asian American Native American 43 Hispanic 585 Caucasian 18 Other o Reading Achievement Based on CRCT 11 Above average or advanced skill level 71 Average or intermediate skill 18 Below average skill level o Writing Achievement Based on CRCT 18 Above average or advanced skill level 68 Average or intermediate skill 14 Below average skill level Classroom s Student Characteristics o Students 8 Number of boys 12 Number of girls 10 12 Age range o Ethnicity number of students 4 African American 1 Asian American Native American 3 Hispanic 12 Caucasian Other Maegan Jenks READ 7140 4 o Reading Achievement Based on CRCT 9 4 Above average or advanced skill level 67 2 Average or intermediate skill 17 0 Below average skill level o Writing Achievement Based on CRCT 31 7 Above average or advanced skill level 7 0 Average or intermediate skill 11 2 Below average skill level o Classroom Organization check as many as apply Homogeneous Heterogeneous Self Contained Team Teaching Departmentalized Parallel Block List other programs Individual Differences o Students Attending Pull Out or Supplementary Programs number of students All Title I Reading Gifted Early Intervention Program Safety Net List other programs o Language Proficiency number of students 20 English language 1 Bilingual Other languages List other languages o Students with Individual Education Plans IEP number of students Blind or visually impaired Deaf or hearing impaired 2 Developmentally delayed Emotionally or behaviorally disordered 1 Learning disabled MiMH OHI Physically disabled Speech Other Maegan Jenks READ 7140 5 Maegan Jenks READ 7140 6 Beginning of Writing Units I Genre of Writing Persuasive Writing Essay II Content Area Connection A Content Area Social Studies B Topic and or Concept Voting The US Constitution C Previous Content Area Lessons a Students have previously been learning about The United States Constitution and the different parts of it They have been talking about the rights and responsibilities of US citizens They have been learning about the importance of voting III English Language Arts GPS ELA5W2 The student demonstrates competence in a variety of genres Critical Component The student produces a narrative that a Engages the reader by establishing a context creating a point of view and otherwise developing reader interest b Establishes a plot point of view setting and conflict and or the significance of events c Creates an organizing structure d Includes sensory details and concrete language to develop plot and character e Excludes extraneous details and inconsistencies f Develops complex characters through actions describing the motivation of characters and character conversation g Uses a range of appropriate narrative strategies such as flashback foreshadowing dialogue tension or suspense h Provides a sense of closure to the writing i Lifts the level of language using appropriate strategies including word choice ELA5W4 The student consistently uses a writing process to develop revise and evaluate writing The student a Plans and drafts independently and resourcefully b Revises manuscripts to improve the meaning and focus of writing by adding deleting consolidating clarifying and rearranging words and sentences c Edits to correct errors in spelling punctuation etc IV Content Area GPS SS5CG1 The student will explain how a citizen s rights are protected under the U S Constitution a Explain the responsibilities of a citizen Maegan Jenks READ 7140 7 Explanation of Terms 1 Drafting Stage This is the second stage of the writing process This stage is where the students compile their information into a rough draft The content is more emphasized rather than the mechanics 2 Editing Stage This is the fourth stage of the writing process During this stage the students will read their own story and also proofread classmate s stories The focus during this stage is finding and correcting their own mechanical errors Afterwards the student and teacher will talk about final editing 3 Prewriting Stage This is the first stage of the writing process and is often referred to as the gettingready to write stage During this stage the writer determines a topic form purpose and audience for what he she is writing The students will put his her ideas into a graphic organizer 4 Publishing Stage This is the final and fifth stage of the writing process where the students will write their final paper The students can then read the story to the class or maybe put the writing into a contest 5 Revising Stage This is the third stage of the writing process During this stage the students will reread what they have written The author might also choose to have another classmate read the story The author may want to add delete change or arrange words within the story When this is done the author writes the new story 6 Persuasive Writing Writing that attempts to convince the reader that the point of view or course of action recommended by the writer is valid 7 Shared Writing The students and teacher work together to compose a piece of writing The children say what they would like to be written down and the teacher serves as a recorder to write down the information 8 Writing Process The writing process consists of five stages This is done so the students can take steps instead of just writing one paper and expecting it to be perfect the first time Tompkins G E 2005 Language Arts Patterns of Practice Upper Saddle River N J Pearson Prentice Hall Maegan Jenks READ 7140 8 th Grade level 5 Grade Content area connection Social Studies and Language Arts Content area Topic and or concept The United States Constitution Voting Previous content area lessons o Students have previously been learning about The United States Constitution and the different parts of it They have been talking about the