WRITER'S WORKSHOP

FICTION ESSAYS! Over the next 6 weeks the class will work on writing realistic fiction stories. At the end of this unit students will have published 2 realistic fiction pieces of writing!

During this unit students will

• plan their story by developing believable characters
• create a story arc
• give their characters struggles and motivations
• imagine stories from ordinary moments
• work through the writing process using envisioning to "show" not tell 
• bring out the "heart" or message of their story
• understand the importance of setting
• write the most powerful ending they can
• edit with various lenses
• use mentor texts to understand important character development
• make connections between reading realistic fiction and writing it themselves

There will be no writing homework during this unit.