May 23, 2018 - Publishing Historical Fiction Narratives In this lesson student use a computer to correct edits and add revisions as they publish their final narrative for their performance task.

May 23, 2018 - Peer Critique for Organization and Style In this lesson students will engage in a peer critique session focused on strong introductions and conclusions and then annotate their drafts for revisions.

May 23, 2018 - Revising for Organization and Style: Bold Beginnings In this lesson students learn to write a strong introduction to their narrative by examining mentor texts, practice revising the wheelwright...

May 23, 2018 - Planning for When to Include Dialogue: Showing Characters’ Thoughts and Feelings In this lesson students examine mentor texts to learn how dialogue is used to show characters' thoughts and feelings...

May 23, 2018 - Peer Critique: Historical Accuracy of Ideas and Vocabulary  In this lesson students engage in a peer critique session of their first draft narratives for historical accuracy of ideas and vocabulary.

May 23, 2018 - Planning a Historical Fiction Narrative Based on Expert Trades In this lesson students plan their own historical fiction narratives based on their research about their selected colonial trade from...

May 23, 2018 - Practice Planning a Historical Narrative: The Wheelwright In this lesson students learn to plan a historical fiction narrative as a class through a shared writing experience with the wheelwright.

May 23, 2018 - Preparing to Write Historical Fiction: Determining Characteristics of the Genre This lesson begins with an activity in which students deduce how to title the Elements of Fiction chart. Therefore,...

May 23, 2018 - END OF UNIT 2 ASSESSMENT: WORKING WITH TWO TEXTS—READING, LISTENING, SUMMARIZING, AND SYNTHESIZING This test will assess students on the following learning targets: “I can gather and sort information...

May 23, 2018 - SUMMARIZING AND SYNTHESIZING: PLANNING FOR WRITING AN APPRENTICE WANTED AD This lesson is the first of two lessons that build up to students’ Apprentice Wanted ads. Be sure that students understand...

May 23, 2018 - LISTENING CLOSELY AND TAKING NOTES: COLONIAL TRADE PODCAST ABOUT THE WHEELWRIGHT To prepare for this lesson, download the following podcast for students to listen to as a whole class: http://podcast....