This module has been designed to work within the 6th grade TCWRP reading unit, Lifting the Levels of Reading Through Strong Partnerships, and Bend 1 of writing unit, Literary Analysis: Quick Lit Essays and Fan Fiction Scenes . Many of the mini-tasks in the module are based on specific TC instructional protocols and have been designed to streamline the process for the teacher. Each step of the module is designed around explicit modeling and guided practice by the teacher in both the reading and the writing processes.
Students are provided with the instructional support to develop their analytical reading and writing skills as well as their understanding of essay structure and author's craft.This module was written using Esperanza Rising as its anchor text but could be taught with any grade level appropriate novel or short story. Students would be introduced to the teaching task prior to starting their partnership book. The pacing guide provided for the Reading Process mini tasks is for the introduction of each strategy. The Reading Process mini-tasks would be taught during the partnership reading time to allow students to closely examine pivotal points in the book as they read. Based on what you are seeing in notebook entries and hearing in conversations, you may want to target key points in each book for students to revisit just prior to beginning the writing process.
The overall pacing of this module will be approximately 4-5 weeks.
