Course Schedule

2020-2021 Writer’s Workshop Schedule By Month

• September Learning Schedule
• October Learning Schedule
• November Learning Schedule
• December Learning Schedule
• January Learning Schedule

Goals By Week:

Week 1: Course Introduction & Resources, Life in a Sentence, Create Blog

Week 2: Practice Blog Post – How to Write a Blog Post, Intro to Brush Strokes & Real World Writing, Participles, Brainstorm for RWW

Week 3: Blog Post 1 – Show, Don’t Tell, Appositives & Gerunds, RWW Rough Draft #1

Week 4: Blog Post 2 – Paint with Brush Strokes, Absolutes and Review ALL, RWW Peer Edit #1/Revise/Turn in for Formal Conference

Week 5: Blog Post 3 – Find your Voice, Review ALL Brush Strokes and TEST, RWW Formal Teacher Conferences

Week 6: Blog Post 4 – Bird by Bird Intro, Clause Scavenger Hunt & Clause Teacher Notes, RWW Formal Teacher Conferences/Peer Edit #2

Week 7: Blog Post 5 – Bird by Bird 1.1, Clause Teacher Notes, Final RWW Paper Due, Introduce Alternative Styles Paper & Brainstorm

Week 8: Blog Post 6 – Bird by Bird 1.2, Clause Review, First Draft of AS & Peer Edit #1

Week 9: Blog Post 7 – Bird by Bird 2.1, Clause Test, AS Formal Teacher Conferences

Week 10: Blog Post 8 – Bird by Bird 2.2, AS Formal Teacher Conferences/Peer Edit #2

Week 11: Blog Post 9 – Bird by Bird 3, Final AS Paper Due

Week 12: Blog Post 10 – Bird by Bird 4, Introduce Academic Modes Paper & Brainstorm

Week 13: Blog Post 11 – Bird by Bird 5, First Draft of AM & Peer Edit #1

Week 14: Blog Post 12 – Grammar Girl, AM Formal Teacher Conferences

Week 15: Blog Post 13 – On Writing Well Excerpt, AM Formal Teacher Conferences/Peer Edit #2

Week 16: Blog Post 14 – , Final AM Paper Due

Week 17: Introduce “The Fall of the House of Usher” Literary Analysis, Read and Discuss (Three Days), Thesis, Begin Body Paragraphs

Week 18: Intro/Conclusion, MLA Formatting, Final Group Literary Analysis Paper Due