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BALANCED LITERACY BLOCK

LITERARY COMPONENTS:

READERS' WORKSHOP

LITERATURE
POETRY 
DRAMA
NON-FICTION
LITERATURE CIRCLES
INDEPENDENT STUDY

RESEARCH
POINT OF VIEW
TECHNICAL 

WRITERS' WORKSHOP

JOURNAL WRITING
THEMES/PROMPTS
SIX TRAIT WRITING
IDEAS
ORGANIZATION
VOICE
WORD CHOICE
SENTENCE FLUENCY
CONVENTIONS
(RUBRIC)

WORD WORK

VOCABULARY
WORD ORGINS
WORD PATTERNS

PROOFREADING
EDITING
FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE
GRAMMAR
CONTEXT CLUES

PRESENTATION

TECHNOLOGY
SPEECH
CHORAL
DRAMA
FORENSICS
DEBATE

MARKETING
ART / MUSIC

ASSESSMENT

SURVEYS
PORTFOLIOS
RUBRICS
PROJECT BASED
PERFORMANCE TASK
DAILY OBSERVATIONS
CONFERENCING
MAPS

DRA  /  FLUENCY 
FEEDBACK EVERYDAY

SCHEDULE COMPONENTS:  (FACTORS: PRIMACY-RECENCY EFFECT/ CIRCADIAN RHTHYM -SOUSA)

BIG IDEA

COMMON CORE TARGET
DAY'S THEME
DAY'S MESSAGE

(10-15 MINUTES)

REHEARSAL

GUIDED ACTIVITY
HANDS ON
TECHNOLOGY BASED
MATCH LEARNING STYLES
OBSERVATIONS

(10-15 MINUTES)

COOPERATIVE LEARNING

LIT CIRCLES
WRITERS FORUM
PEER EDITING
READING PARTNERS
ONE ON ONE CONFERENCING

(15-20 MINUTES)

INDEPENDENT STUDY

PLP WORK
RESEARCH
WRITING
READING
SKILL CHECK
SMALL GROUP INTERVENTIONS
SMALL GROUP ENRICHMENT

(15-20 MINUTES)

CLOSURE/
PRESENTATION

FINAL REHEARSAL
STUDENT PRESENTATIONS
CLOSURE
GALLERY WALKS
PORTFOLIO UPDATES

EXIT CARD

(15-20 MINUTES)

BALANCED LITERACY RESOURCES

HELPFUL LINKS 

Differentiation (Click)
Project Guide (Click)
Project Proposal Rubric (Click)
Common Core Standards (Click)
Balanced Literacy Resource (Click)
Balanced Literacy Example Resources (Click)
Grammar and Sentence Resource (Click)
Student Surveys (Click)
Writing Resources (Click)
20 % Projects (Click)
Service Language (Click) (Click)

LITERARY PROJECT SAMPLES
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STUDENT ESSAYS
HERO PROJECT
PROJECT PAGE
STUDENT PAGE
HOLIDAY!
PROJECT PAGE
STUDENT PAGE
STATE FAIR
PROJECT PAGE
STUDENT ESSAYS
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STUDENT CONTRIBUTIONS!

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THINK! CREATE! SHARE!

WRITERS' INSPIRATION!

PEOPLE, PROJECTS, AND INSPIRATIONS!

HEROES FINISH THE RACE!

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