Introduction to Middle School Writing: Artifact Bags, Writing Territories, and the Writing Process

This lesson serves as an introduction to the narrative writing process helping students to brainstorm ideas, produce organized, thoughtful drafts, and understand the writing process. Students will discover their writing territories by creating a list of ideas they will use as a basis for their writing by working with artifact bags (Ziplock bags filled with trinkets, toys, memorabilia, and items students are familiar with and can write about in a writer's workshop). They will also practice each stage of the writing process (brainstorming, drafting, revising, editing, and publishing) during writing workshop. Students will receive feedback from peer reviewers at each step of the way as they perfect their writer's craft. Students will produce a final narrative essay for the summative assessment.
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General Information

Grade Level(s): 7
Intended Audience: Educators educators
Suggested Technology: Computer for Presenter, Computers for Students, LCD Projector, Overhead Projector, Assistive Technology, Microsoft Office
Instructional Time: 7 Hour(s)
Resource supports reading in content area:Yes
Freely Available: Yes
Keywords: Artifact bags, body paragraphs, brainstorming, concluding paragraph, descriptive details, drafting, editing, final copy, graphic organizers, introductory paragraph, peer review, planning, pre-writing, revising, thesis statement, topic sentence, transition words, writer's craft, writing territories, writing workshop
Instructional Component Type(s): Lesson Plan,  Worksheet,  Assessment,  Instructional Technique,  Formative Assessment
Instructional Design Framework(s): Direct Instruction, Writing to Learn, Cooperative Learning
Resource Collection: CPALMS Lesson Plan Development Initiative

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