BALANCED LITERACY

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)