If I Built a School

if I built a school is going to be our

first writing unit of the semester and it is going

to be a creative writing piece.

So new creative writing unit.

Um it has a mentor text by Mr Chris Van

Dusen. Um The video off to the side has a

read aloud on here for you to go listen to.

Otherwise the text can be found out to be uh

in front of the room and you can read it

yourself. Okay?

This mentor texas to be a guideline of what you're

writing is going to be.

Now when you write you do not have to write

about a school, it could be a new planet, you're

a house of football stadium, a factory etcetera.

Okay. Be creative as Mr Van Dusen was very creative.

Here's the video for you to access.

We're going to do this in three steps.

Um each step has its own list for you to

accomplish. So we'll start with step one Step one is

listen or read mentor text and then research other mentor

texts if needed.

Okay um there is a book out there that's like

if I built a school um and there's also another

one I think that's uh if I built a car

very similar setups, okay.

Use multiple mentor tex if needed to kind of get

your brain flowing.

Now these mentor texts are not copied there just there

for examples.

Okay so keep that in mind.

Every time you read a new one as well, step

two you're going to create an outline.

What about your writing that you're going to submit?

Okay. Your outline has to be approved.

And then when your outline is approved you can start

writing a rough draft.

Step three.

When you're rough draft is you feel is done, you

need to find someone in the class to peer edit

your rough draft.

Now whoever you find has to be able to give

you their rough draft as well.

So you will switch drafts, you'll go through and you'll

edit and then you'll switch back, okay?

You uh you'll when you switch back you will read

your peers edits, change anything that they that you feel

that you need to change because of what they said.

And then give mrs Bentley an updated copy for her

to edit.

And then after I edit um as well, you will

create a final submission to put on google classroom.

That's going to be our process, how we're going to

accomplish this, writing music.

After our process comes our timeline, August 30.

Your outline needs to be approved by now.

This is going to be involved in your Uh huh

Final grade.

So if you don't have your outline approved by August

30, there's potential little loose points.

Okay September seven is when you need to begin thinking

about peer reviews.

If you're not close to having a peer review um

what you've got so far then you need to kick

it in gear a little bit, maybe take home your

writing. Oh once or twice a week and work at

it on it at home.

Okay Then September 10 or 12th.

I'm Gonna split the class into two groups And one

group will be have to have the rough draft to

me by September 10 And one group will have to

have their rough draft to me by September 12.

Now I'm doing it this way because I don't want

to be taking 15 to 30 rough drafts home for

me to complete in one night, I just know that

that's not realistic.

Okay so we're gonna draw sticks or out of a

hat or do a randomised uh Spinner to decide which

group will be witch, but just know that you're either

going to have September 10 or September 12 And then

September 18 is when your final draft is due to

me on Google Classroom, your assessment is going to be

a rubric and I have not um created that so

far, but I will have that rubric to you by

the time you uh give to your periods.

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