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Building Writing Skills: Receiving Feedback and Varying Sentence Structures Lesson PlanBuilding Writing Skills: Receiving Feedback and Varying Sentence Structures Lesson Plan
Publisher
EngageNY
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Grade
6th
Subjects
English Language Arts
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Resource Type
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Duration
1 hr
Instructional Strategy
Direct Instruction
Year
2014
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Building Writing Skills: Receiving Feedback and Varying Sentence Structures

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This Building Writing Skills: Receiving Feedback and Varying Sentence Structures lesson plan also includes:
  • Grade 6 ELA Full Module 1 (.pdf)
  • Grade 6 ELA Module 1 Updates: June 2015 (.pdf)
  • Grade 6 ELA Full Module 1, Unit 2 (.pdf)
  • Grade 6 ELA Module 1: Unit 2, Lesson 14 (.html)
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Everyone is good at something. Scholars receive their mid-unit assessments with feedback. They look over their papers and write their strengths as a writer and goals on index cards. The class then has a mini lesson in using sentence variety and complete Sentence Complexity and Variety: Keeping Readers Engaged worksheet.

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CCSS: Designed

Concepts

writing structure, constructing sentences, the writing process

Additional Tags

english language arts

Instructional Ideas

  • Read a poorly written paragraph without variety and a well written paragraph with variety for students to hear the differences

Classroom Considerations

  • Uses index cards
  • Lesson 14 of 20 in Grade 6 ELA Module 1, Unit 2
  • Requires completing lessons in order

Pros

  • Includes a lesson outline with time suggestions for each activity
  • Encourages pupils to think positively about themselves and work

Cons

  • None

Common Core

W.6.2.a W.6.2.b W.6.2.c W.6.2.d W.6.2.e W.6.2.f L.6.3.a L.6.3.b

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