Mentor Texts/Writing weekly schedule MondayRead Mentor TextDiscuss Author’s Moves TuesdayWrite WednesdayPeer Feedback Groups ThursdayRevise FridaySubmit (revise, resubmit, as needed)
Week 1“This Cold House” by Elizabeth GilbertWrite about a favorite memory from your life with as much sensory detail as possible.
Week 2“I Live on the Edge” by Tillena TreboneWrite about two worlds that you balance between.
Week 3“My Secret Pepsi Plot” by Boris FishmanWrite about an insignificant moment that says something significant about you or your background.-stay in the moment
Week 4“A Slacker of Jakarta” by Eka KurniawanWrite about a piece of advice that you were given that you may or may not have followed. Include the context and outcome!
Week 5: AssessmentAnnotated by the AuthorStudents create their own video in Flipgrid, explaining the author choices and moves they made in their favorite piece that they wrote in this unit.