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1 September: Launching the Writing Workshop or Raising the Quality of Narrative Writing 4 CON:. Use correctly write plural possessive nouns (girls hats) 10 3 CON: Use conjunctions (and, or, but) 9 Shaded areas: standards addressed directly in Units of Study. *Resources available from Instructional Coach

2 From Step Up: use CUPS Tools (Capitalization, Usage, Punctuation, Spelling) October: Writing Fiction: Big Dreams/Tall Ambitions 4 CON:. Use correctly write plural possessive nouns (girls hats) 10 3 CON: Use conjunctions (and, or, but) 9

3 November: Expository Step Up to Writing Lessons 5-1 to 5-13, 5-17 to CON:. Use correctly write plural possessive nouns (girls hats) 10 3 CON: Use conjunctions (and, or, but) 9

4 December: Writing to the Prompt--Narrative 4 CON: Use correctly write plural possessive nouns (girls hats) 10 3 CON: Use conjunctions (and, or, but) 9

5 January: Writing to the Prompt: Expository, Fiction, Choice 4 CON:. Use correctly write plural possessive nouns (girls hats) 10 3

6 CON: Use conjunctions (and, or, but) 9 February: State Testing Imaginative (using Writing Fiction Strategies) 4 CON:. Use correctly write plural possessive nouns (girls hats) 10 3

7 CON: Use conjunctions (and, or, but) 9 March: Imaginative (continued), Breathing Life into Essays. 4 CON:. Use correctly write plural possessive nouns (girls hats) 10 3

8 CON: Use conjunctions (and, or, but) 9 April: Breathing Life into Essays (continued); Poetry 4 CON:. Use correctly write plural possessive nouns (girls hats) 10 3

9 CON: Use conjunctions (and, or, but) 9 May/June: Literary Essays 4 CON:. Use correctly write plural possessive nouns (girls hats) 10 3

10 CON: Use conjunctions (and, or, but) 9

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