The Art of Writing and Revision

CONTENTS OF CURRICULUM UNIT 25.02.09

  1. Unit Guide
  1. Demographics
  2. Rationale
  3. Content
  4. Teaching Strategies
  5. Classroom Activities
  6. Appendix on Implementing District Standards
  7. Sources
  8. Notes

My Voice: The Making of Me

Perrine Punwani

Published September 2025

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Notes

1“School Profiles Home.” 2017. Dc.gov. 2017. https://profiles.dcps.dc.gov/MacFarland+Middle+School.

2Ibid.

3“§ 38–2901. Definitions.” D.C. Law Library. Accessed July 13, 2025. https://code.dccouncil.gov/us/dc/council/code/sections/38-2901.

4“School Profiles Home.”

5Clark, Christina, and Anne Teravainen-Goff. 2018. “Mental Wellbeing, Reading and Writing How Children and Young People’s Mental Wellbeing Is Related to Their Reading and Writing Experiences.” https://files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/ED593894.pdf.

6Glatch, Sean. “Get Literary: How to Read like a Writer.” Writers.com, June 16, 2023. https://writers.com/how-to-read-like-a-writer.

7Bunn, Mike. “How to Read Like a Writer.” Essay. In Writing Spaces: Readings on Writing 2, edited by Charles Lowe and Pavel Zemliansky, 2:71-86. (Anderson, South Carolina: Parlor Press, 2011), 72.

8Klinkenborg, Verlyn. Several short sentences about writing. (New York: Vintage Books, a division of Random House, Inc, 2013), 19.

9Hammond, Zaretta. Culturally Responsive Teaching and the Brain: Promoting Authentic Engagement and Rigor Among Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Students. (Thousand Oaks, CA: Corwin, 2015), 43.

10Ibid, 43.

11Culham, Ruth. 6 + 1 traits of writing: The Complete Guide. (New York, New York: Scholastic Professional Books, 2003), 21.

12 Ibid, 11.

13 Ibid, 35.

14 Ibid, 37.

15 Ibid, 11.

16 Ibid, 72.

17 Ibid, 71.

18 Ibid, 72.

19 Ibid, 91-92.

20 Ibid, 90.

21 Ibid, 12.

22 Ibid, 178.

23 Ibid, 178-179.

24Klinkenborg, Verlyn. Several short sentences about writing. (>New York: Vintage Books, a division of Random House, Inc, 2013), 54-56.

25Culham, Ruth. 6 + 1 traits of writing: The Complete Guide. (>New York, New York: Scholastic Professional Books, 2003), 12.

26 Ibid, 102.

27 Ibid, 103.

28 Ibid, 105.

29 Ibid, 142.

30 Ibid, 143-144.

31 Ibid, 158.

32 Ibid, 214.

33 Ibid, 215.

34 Ibid, 216-217.

35 Ibid, 217.

36 Ibid, 218.

37 Zamora, Javier. Solito: A Memoir. (London: Hogarth, 2023), 5.

38 Ibid, 83-88.

39 Ogle, Rex. Free Lunch. (New York, New York: W. W. Norton & Company, Inc, 2021), 6.

40 Ibid, 6.

41 Ibid, 14.

42 Ibid, 14.

43 Davis, Viola. Finding me. (New York, New York: HarperOne, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, 2023), 86.

44 Culham, Ruth. Traits of writing: The Complete Guide for Middle School. (New York, NY: Scholastic, 2010), 49.

45 Ibid, 49.

46 Ibid., 49

47 Ibid, 50.

48 Ibid, 50.

49 Ibid, 50.

50 Ibid, 50.

51 Christensen, Linda. Reading, writing, and rising up: Teaching about social justice and the power of the written word. (Milwaukee, Wisconsin: Rethinking Schools, 2017), 17.

52 Ibid, 18.

53 Ibid, 18.

54 “Expanding and Strengthening Vocabulary and Word Knowledge.” WIDA, January 2024. https://wida.wisc.edu/resources/resource-snapshot/expanding-and-strengthening-vocabulary-and-word-knowledge.

55 Ibid.

56 Ibid.

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