About this Course
Course Objectives
• 3.RW.1 Produce writing plans using graphic organizers.
• 3.RW.2 Identify facts and opinions within a paragraph.
• 3.RW.3 Identify main ideas and distinguish from supporting details in short passages.
• 3.RW.4 Produce descriptive and opinion paragraphs that include topic sentences, detailed supporting sentences, effective
transitions, concluding sentences, and proper punctuation and capitalization.
Learning modules
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Week 1
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L3/4 Students interviewed a partner, took notes, and wrote a descriptive paragraph about the classmate. Discussed revisions and edits.
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L3/4 Read ESL Library articles, completed vocabulary exercises, and responded to comprehension questions.
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Ss rewrote their descriptive paragraphs with correct format and revisions.
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Week 2
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L3/4 Students wrote a descriptive paragraph focusing on the 3 parts of a paragraph.
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L3 Students read an ESL Library article and highlighted facts vs. opinions. Students also answered comprehension questions using simple past verbs.
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L4 Students reviewed and wrote sentences using level adjectives with antonyms and synonyms.
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L4 EAW2: Students practiced identifying topics and controlling ideas and supporting sentences in a paragraph.
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L3/4 Students practice and produce topic sentences and identify support sentences using supplemental worksheets.
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L3 Writing; Students wrote a descriptive paragraph using good formatting and parts. They revised and edited their paragraphs.
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L4 Writing: Students wrote a 4 paragraph essay using good formatting and parts.
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L3/4 Students identified and wrote concluding sentences for a paragraph.
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Week 3
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L3 Students read a short story and identified all of the Simple Past verbs.
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L4 Students read "The Panama Canal" and identified vocabulary i- context and anwered T/F and Comprehension questions.
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L3 Ss wrote an opinion paragraph using ideas from a planned graphic organizer.
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L3 Ss wrote the final draft of an opinion paragraph.
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L4 Ss prepared an outline for an opinion essay.
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L4 Writing Exam: Ss wrote an opinion essay using an outline.
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L3 Students rewrote the final draft of an opinion paragraph about their country.
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L3/4 Students practiced identifying meanings and using the correct transitional word(s) in sentences.
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L4 Students wrote adjectivies with synonyms and antonyms.
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Week 4
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L4 Students wrote the final draft of the opinion essay about big cities.
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L4 Students wrote sentences using target adjectives with syn/ant.
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L3/4 Students wrote and read a "Finish the Story".
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L4 Final Exam
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L3 Final Exam
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L3/4 Students completed and corrected their Study Guides.
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