Reading for Writing: Modeling the Modern Essay

CONTENTS OF CURRICULUM UNIT 19.01.09

  1. Unit Guide
  1. Introduction
  2. Content Objectives
  3. Teaching Strategies
  4. Activities
  5. Resources
  6. Notes
  7. Bibliography
  8. Appendix

Personal Essays and Storytelling: Trevor Noah, Nelson Mandela, and Nadine Gordimer

Akela M Leach

Published September 2019

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Appendix

Oklahoma Academic Standards

5.3.W.1 NARRATIVE Students will write narratives incorporating characters, plot, setting, point of view, conflict (i.e., internal, external), and dialogue.

5.2.W.1 Students will apply components of a recursive writing process for multiple purposes to create a focused, organized, and coherent piece of writing.

5.2.W.2 Students will plan (e.g., outline) and prewrite a first draft as necessary.

5.2.W.4 Students will edit and revise multiple drafts for intended purpose (e.g., staying on topic), organization, and coherence.

5.3.R.4 Students will evaluate literary devices to support interpretations of literary texts: simile, metaphor, personification, onomatopoeia, hyperbole,  imagery, symbolism, and tone. Students will find textual evidence when provided with examples.

5.3.W.4 Students will show relationships among facts, opinions, and supporting details.

Common Core Standards

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.5.3 Write narratives to develop real or imagined experiences or events using effective technique, descriptive details, and clear event sequences.

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.5.3.A Orient the reader by establishing a situation and introducing a narrator and/or characters; organize an event sequence that unfolds naturally.

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.5.3.B Use narrative techniques, such as dialogue, description, and pacing, to develop experiences and events or show the responses of characters to situations.

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.5.3.C Use a variety of transitional words, phrases, and clauses to manage the sequence of events.

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.5.3.D Use concrete words and phrases and sensory details to convey experiences and events precisely.

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.5.3.E Provide a conclusion that follows from the narrated experiences or events.

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.5.4 Produce clear and coherent writing in which the development and organization are appropriate to task, purpose, and audience. (Grade-specific expectations for writing types are defined in standards 1-3 above.)

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.5.5 With guidance and support from peers and adults, develop and strengthen writing as needed by planning, revising, editing, rewriting, or trying a new approach. (Editing for conventions should demonstrate command of Language standards 1-3 up to and including grade 5 here.)

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