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2010

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Who Are You? Who, Who! Who, Who! [7th Grade], Kara Brown, Jean Yang Jun 2010

Who Are You? Who, Who! Who, Who! [7th Grade], Kara Brown, Jean Yang

Understanding by Design: Complete Collection

The goal of this unit is for students to write their own personal narrative. Students will understand that writing a personal narrative is not only applicable to the classroom. They will understand the value of reflecting on past experiences and use that knowledge in the future.

They will take an essay through all five steps of the writing process (pre-writing, drafting, revising, editing, and publishing). Throughout the unit, students will be introduced to and apply new strategies to their own writing to help with pre-writing, revising and editing. These strategies will improve their writing, and students will be able to …