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Focus Statement: Students will write three types of paragraphs (narrative, descriptive, and expository) and two types of stories (fiction and personal narrative) utilizing grade-appropriate organization and content, style, fluency, and language usage.


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May || =4.5 Students will produce and self-evaluate a personal narrative. =

|| Produce a plan for a personal narrative complete with beginning, middle, and end, and the narrative elements of plot (Colorado Model Content Standard problem, steps to solve the problem, and solution) setting, and characters. || FA 5.1 ||  || Resources Books:
 * ^  ||^   || Utilizing the plan, compose a rough draft, which should include at least three paragraphs (Colorado Model Content Standard beginning, middle, and end), a title, and supporting details. || FA 5.2 ||   ||
 * ^  ||^   || Revise the rough draft, including sentence beginnings, sentence length and type, and word choice. || FA 5.3 ||   ||
 * ^  ||^   || Edit to correct capitalization, punctuation, usage, and spelling. || FA 5.4 ||   ||
 * ^  ||^   || Publish a final narrative. || FA 5.5 ||   ||
 * ^  ||^   || Evaluate and justify quality of the narrative using CSAP rubric, and attach to published narrative. || FA 5.6 ||   ||
 * ^  || **4.1** **Students will produce and self-evaluate an expository paragraph.** || Produce a plan for an expository paragraph complete with topic, main idea, supporting details, and sequence. || FA 1.1 ||   ||
 * ^  ||^   || Utilizing the plan, compose a rough draft, which should include a main idea, topic sentence, supporting details, a conclusion, and a title. || FA 1.2 ||   ||
 * ^  ||^   || Revise the rough draft, including sentence beginnings, length and type, as well as sequence, word choice (Colorado Model Content Standard especially verbs), and transitions. || FA 1.3 ||   ||
 * ^  ||^   || Edit to correct capitalization, punctuation, usage, and spelling. || FA 1.4 ||   ||
 * ^  ||^   || Publish a final expository paragraph. || FA 1.5 ||   ||
 * ^  ||^   || Evaluate and justify quality of paragraph using CSAP rubric, and attach to published paragraph. || FA 1.6 ||   ||
 * ^  || **4.4** ** Students will produce and self-evaluate a written, fictitious story. ** || Produce a plan for a fictitious story complete with beginning, middle, and end, and the narrative elements of plot (Colorado Model Content Standard problem, steps to solve the problem, and solution), setting, and characters. || FA 4.1 ||   ||
 * ^  ||^   || Utilizing the plan, compose a rough draft, which should include at least three paragraphs (Colorado Model Content Standard beginning, middle, and end), a title, and supporting details. || FA 4.2 ||   ||
 * ^  ||^   || Revise the rough draft, including sentence beginnings, sentence length and type, and word choice. || FA 4.3 ||   ||
 * ^  ||^   || Edit to correct capitalization, punctuation, usage, and spelling. || FA 4.4 ||   ||
 * ^  ||^   || Publish a final story. || FA 4.5 ||   ||
 * ^  ||^   || Evaluate and justify quality of written story using CSAP rubric, and attach to published story. || FA 4.6 ||   ||
 * ^  || 4.9 **Students will use commas correctly in series and dates.** || Punctuate a sentence containing a series of words//.// || FA9.1 ||   ||
 * ^  ||^   || Punctuate a sentence containing a series of phrases. || FA9.2 ||   ||
 * ^  ||^   || Punctuate a sentence containing a series of complete thoughts || FA9.3 ||   ||
 * ^  ||^   || Use a comma to separate the day from the year. || FA9.4 ||   ||
 * ^  || 4.7 **Students will correctly write street addresses, and abbreviations for the days of the week, the months of the year, and addresses.** || Capitalize and punctuate names of streets, towns, and states. || FA7.1 ||   ||
 * ^  ||^   || Capitalize and punctuate abbreviations of streets and states//.// || FA7.2 ||   ||
 * ^  ||^   || Capitalize and punctuate abbreviations for days of the week: //Sun., Mon., Tues., Wed., Thurs., Fri., Sat//. || FA7.3 ||   ||
 * ^  ||^   || Capitalize and punctuate abbreviations for months of the year: //Jan., Feb., Apr., Aug., Sept., Oct., Nov., Dec.// || FA7.4 ||   ||
 * ^  || 4.2 **Students will produce and self-evaluate a descriptive paragraph.** || Produce a plan for a descriptive paragraph complete with topic, main idea, supporting details, sensory words, and figurative language. || FA2.1 ||   ||
 * ^  ||^   || Utilizing the plan, compose a rough draft, which should include a main idea, topic sentence, supporting details, sensory words, figurative language, a conclusion, and a title. || FA2.2 ||   ||
 * ^  ||^   || Revise the rough draft, including sentence beginnings, length, and type, as well as word choice and organization. || FA2.3 ||   ||
 * ^  ||^   || Edit to correct capitalization, punctuation, usage, and spelling. || FA2.4 ||   ||
 * ^  ||^   || Publish a final descriptive paragraph. || FA2.5 ||   ||
 * ^  ||^   || Evaluate and justify quality of paragraph using CSAP rubric, and attach to published paragraph. || FA2.6 ||   ||
 * ^  || 4.6 **Students will categorize the tense of action verbs as present, past, or future and use correct tense in writing.** || Define the term //tense// and list the three tenses: present, past, or future. || FA 6.1 ||   ||
 * ^  ||^   || Categorize the action verbs in given sentences as present, past, or future. || FA 6.2 ||   ||
 * ^  ||^   || Use correct tense in the writings of outcomes LA4.1-LA4.5 || FA 6.3 ||   ||
 * ^  || 4.3** Students will produce and self-evaluate a narrative paragraph. ** || Produce a plan for a narrative paragraph complete with topic, main idea, and supporting details. || FA 3.1 ||   ||
 * ^  ||^   || Utilizing the plan, compose a rough draft, which should include a main idea, topic sentence, supporting details (Colorado Model Content Standard organized in a logical sequence), a conclusion, and a title. || FA 3.2 ||   ||
 * ^  ||^   || Revise the rough draft, including sentence beginnings, length and type, as well as word choice and organization. || FA3.3 ||   ||
 * ^  ||^   || Edit to correct capitalization, punctuation, usage, and spelling. || FA3.4 ||   ||
 * ^  ||^   || Publish a final narrative paragraph. || FA3.5 ||   ||
 * ^  ||^   || Evaluate and justify quality of paragraph using CSAP rubric, and attach to published paragraph. || FA 3.6 ||   ||
 * ^  || 4.8 **Students will correctly write titles of short stories and books.** || Capitalize titles of short stories written by students//.// || FA 8.1 ||   ||
 * ^  ||^   || Capitalize and punctuate titles of books in sentences. || FA 8.2 ||   ||
 * ^  ||^   || Capitalize and punctuate short story titles in sentences. || FA 8.3 ||   ||
 * ^  ||^   || Revise the rough draft, including sentence beginnings, length and type, as well as word choice and organization. || FA3.3 ||   ||
 * ^  ||^   || Edit to correct capitalization, punctuation, usage, and spelling. || FA3.4 ||   ||
 * ^  ||^   || Publish a final narrative paragraph. || FA3.5 ||   ||
 * ^  ||^   || Evaluate and justify quality of paragraph using CSAP rubric, and attach to published paragraph. || FA 3.6 ||   ||
 * ^  || 4.8 **Students will correctly write titles of short stories and books.** || Capitalize titles of short stories written by students//.// || FA 8.1 ||   ||
 * ^  ||^   || Capitalize and punctuate titles of books in sentences. || FA 8.2 ||   ||
 * ^  ||^   || Capitalize and punctuate short story titles in sentences. || FA 8.3 ||   ||
 * ^  ||^   || Capitalize and punctuate short story titles in sentences. || FA 8.3 ||   ||

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