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Plan powerful units

Grades 3-12 | ML Levels 3-5 | HANDOUT

Factor in 4 principles when planning units in grades 3-12

FACTORS #1-2 Plan practice before the end-of-unit product

End writing units with a from-scratch product.

General-Knowledge
Writing Topics

FACTOR #3 Identify 3 “topics” for each day of the unit

Master the 4-step mini-lesson.

Grades 3-12 Book

Target grammar skills within writing units.

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FACTOR #4 Plan You-do tasks to mirror I-do models

Scaffold writing experiences.

Make room to revise & edit.

Launch a digital writer’s notebook.

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