Grade 4 Writing

Nonfiction text features enhance our understanding of nonfiction text if used in a purposeful way.

The purpose of nonfiction text and text features is to teach concepts and not just facts.

Produce clear and coherent writing around a specific subject

Use technology effectively to write, revise and publish nonfiction text

Group facts and content in a logical manner, utilizing paragraphs, sections and chapters, where applicable

Use text features appropriately to deliver meaning

Writers workshop is a way to build a community of writers in our class.

Writing notebooks are tools that writers use.

The writing process helps writers write.

Realistic fiction arises from real life.

Characters in stories, like us in real life, evolve over time.

Characters, in stories, like us in real life, learn lessons.

Follow the writing process (rehearsing, drafting, conferring, revising, editing, publishing)

Revise stories through the use of elaboration techniques (description, dialogue

Build realistic fiction from real-life event

Authors use figurative language to best deliver their message to their intended audiences.

Discussing poetry with others helps readers better understand the author's message, theme, and what figurative language represents.

Produce clear and coherent writing in which the development, organization, and style are appropriate to task, purpose, and audience

Use line breaks in a way that seems purposeful and thought out, after editing by reading out loud

Separate ideas by creating different stanzas in at least one poem in a way that seems purposeful and thought out, after editing by reading out loud

Use words in poems in a way that seems purposeful and thought out. I attempted to really

Create a vivid mental picture for an audience or to evoke a feeling

There are common patterns in literature.

Literature helps us to make sense of the world around us.

Literature from the past influences our current lives and contemporary stories.

Writers need to think about who will tell the story they write & why.

When writing a fantasy story, writers need to create a fantastical world that seems real enough that the reader can get lost in the story & believe that it could actually happen ("suspended disbelief").

There are specific characteristics of the fantasy genre. (make believe world, alien species, make believe language, etc.).

Identify similarities and differences between a text and a DVD version of the same story

Identify how point of view can affect how a story is told

Conduct discussions about the book they are reading, citing evidence to support their ideas

Write a short fan fiction fantasy story that builds off ofThe Lightning Thief.

Effective writers communicate their ideas in multiple ways.

Effective writers make choices about the language they use.

Writing should be purposefully focused, detailed, organized, and sequenced in a way that clearly communicates the ideas to the reader.

Effective research presents an answer to a question, demonstrates understanding of the inquiry, and properly cites information from multiple sources.

Comprehension is enhanced through a collaborative process of sharing and evaluating ideas.

State their opinion in the form of a thesis statement

Support their opinion using evidence from surveys and/or factual text, personal experience, etc.

Cite evidence used in a bibliography

Demonstrate organizational structures (paragraphing, sub-headings, transitions) appropriate to the task and purpose

Writers engage in a process to continually improve their writing.

Writing for Readers Theater requires attention to task, purpose, and audience.

Draw evidence from literary or informational texts to support analysis, reflection, and research

Apply grade 4 Reading standards to literature (e.g., “Describe in depth a character, setting, or event in a story or drama, drawing on specific details in the text [e.g., a character’s thoughts, words, or actions].”)