Curriculum Unit
Click! Snapshots of Our Lives
Beth Wagner
Title Author
KEY LEARNING, ENDURING UNDERSTANDING, ETC.
This unit, Click! Snapshots of Our Lives, lessons are thoughtfully planned to teach narrative writing. Students will share personal experiences, common experiences, and write about their lives. Prompts and writing ideas are provided in the unit. Mini-lessons are included between some of the lessons to address writing effective and engaging introductions and to tackle making revisions that add more description and imagery to a text.
ESSENTIAL QUESTION(S) for the UNIT
CONCEPT A CONCEPT B CONCEPT C
Writing an Introduction/Topic Sentence
Writing a Narrative
Revising My Writing
ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS A ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS B ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS C
How can I revise my writing to make it more effective?
What words are most effective to describe my experience?
How do I write a personal narrative?
How can I revise my writing to make it more effective?
How can I script a topic sentence so that the reader is intrigued and engaged?
VOCABULARY A VOCABULARY B VOCABULARY C
Revise
Effective
Word Choice
Imagery
Introduction/Topic Sentence
Engaging
Hook
Revise
Narrative
Paragraph
Introduction/Topic Sentence
Details
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION/MATERIAL/TEXT/FILM/RESOURCES
Mentor Texts “Fireflies” by Julie Brinckloe, “The Relatives Came” by Cynthia Rylant, “Jabari Jumps” by Gaia Cornwell, “Hello Harvest Moon” by Ralph Fletcher, “Walter, the Farting Dog” by Ralph Fletcher
Videos Access to www.youtube.com