Unit 1 Materials: Literacy Autobiography

1. Unit 1 Feeder Assignment (Handout)
2. Unit 1 Lesson Plans: A guide for class lessons for Unit 1. Note that Unit 1 is the only unit in which we have provided day-to-day lesson plans.
3. Essential Questions (Handout): Essential questions are a way to drive discussion and promote critical thinking skills
4. Demonstrating the Writing Process: This exercise is an effective way of introducing students to the writing process - and encouraging a student-centered classroom.
5. Writing Process: The Seven R's (Handout)
6. The Writing Process (Handout)
7. Organization Mystery Exercise: This exercise is a fun way to teach the importance of organization and encourage the students to work as a group.
8. Paper and Paragraph Organization (Handout)
9. Tips for Better Paragraphing (Handout)
10. Paragraphing Checklist (Handout)
11. Discourse Community Analysis Chart (Handout)
12. Introduction to Peer Response Work
13. Conferencing Tips
14. Sample Literacy Autobiography Essays (Strong and Weak)