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| Unit 1: Crafting True Stories |
| Session 1: Starting the Writing Workshop |
| Session 2: Finding Ideas and Writing Up a Storm |
| Session 3: Drawing on a Repertoire of Strategies: Writing with Independence |
| Session 4: Writers Use a Storyteller’s Voice. They Tell Stories, Not Summaries. |
| Session 5: Taking Stock: Pausing to Ask, “How Am I Doing?” |
| Session 6: Editing as We Go: Making Sure Others Can Read Our Writing |
| Session 7: Rehearsing: Storytelling and Leads |
| Session 8: Writing Discovery Drafts |
| Session 9: Revising by Studying What Other Authors Have Done |
| Session 10: Storytellers Develop the Heart of a Story |
| Session 11: Paragraphing to Support Sequencing, Dialogue, and Elaboration |
| Session 12: Becoming One’s Own Job Captain: Starting a Second Piece, Working with New Independence |
| Session 13: Revision Happens throughout the Writing Process |
| Session 14: Drafting: Writing from Inside a Memory |
| Session 15: Revision: Balancing Kinds of Details |
| Session 16: Commas and Quotation Marks: Punctuating Dialogue |
| Session 17: Writers Revise in Big, Important Ways |
| Session 18: Revising Endings: Learning from Published Writing |
| Session 19: Using Editing Checklists |
| Session 20: Publishing: A Writing Community Celebrates |
| Unit 2: The Art of Information Writing |
| Session 1: Teaching Others as a Way to Prime the Pump |
| Session 2: The Power of Organizing and Reorganizing |
| Session 3: New Structures Lead to New Thinking |
| Session 4: Laying the Bricks of Information |
| Session 5: Organization Matters in Texts Large and Small |
| Session 6: Studying Mentor Texts in a Search for Elaboration Strategies |
| Session 7: Making Connections within and across Chapters |
| Session 8: Balancing Facts and Ideas from the Start |
| Session 9: Researching Facts and Ensuring Text Accuracy |
| Session 10: Resuing and Recycling in the Revision Process |
| Session 11: Creating Introductions through Researching Mentor Authors |
| Session 12: Taking Stock and Setting Goals |
| Session 13: Putting Oneself in Readers’ Shoes to Clear Up Confusion |
| Session 14: Using Text Features Makes It Easier for Readers to Learn |
| Session 15: Fact-Checking through Rapid Research |
| Session 16: Punctuating with Paragraphs |
| Session 17: Plan Content-Area Writing, Drawing on Knowledge from Across the Unit |
| Session 18: Revising from Self-Assessments |
| Session 19: Crafting Speeches, Articles, or Brochures Using Information Writing Skills |
| Session 20: Bringing All You Know to Every Project |
| Session 21: A Final Celebration: Using Knowledge about Nonfiction Writing to Teach Younger Students |
| Unit 3: Changing the World |
| Session 1: Practicing Persuasion |
| Session 2: Gathering Brave, Bold Opinions for Persuasive Writing |
| Session 3: Drawing on a Repertoire of Strategies for Generating Opinion Writing |
| Session 4: Considering Audience to Say More |
| Session 5: Editing as You Go: Making Sure Your Audience Can Always Read Your Drafts |
| Session 6: Taking Stock and Setting Goals |
| Session 7: Gathering All You Know about Your Opinion |
| Session 8: Organizing and Categorizing |
| Session 9: For Example: Proving by Showing |
| Session 10: By Considering Audience, Writers Select and Discard Material |
| Session 11: Paragraphing to Organize Our Drafts |
| Session 12: Choosing Words that Sound Right and Evoke Emotion |
| Session 13: Looking Back and Looking Forward: Assessing and Preparing for Mini-Publication |
| Session 14: Inquiry into Petitions |
| Session 15: Becoming Your Own Job Captain |
| Session 16: Gathering a Variety of Evidence: Interviews and Surveys |
| Session 17: Revising Your Introductions and Conclusions to Get Your Audience to Care |
| Session 18: Taking Stock Again: Goal Setting with More Independence |
| Session 19: Tackling a Cause |
| Session 20: Becoming Informed about a Cause |
| Session 21: Yesterday’s Revisions Become Today’s Drafting Strategies |
| Session 22: Getting Our Writing Ready for Readers |
| Session 23: Celebrating Activism |
| Unit 4: Once Upon a Time: Adapting and Writing Fairy Tales |
| Session 1: Adapting Classic Tales |
| Session 2: Writing Story Adaptations that Hold Together |
| Session 3: Storytelling, Planning, and Drafting Adaptations of Fairy Tales |
| Session 4: Writers Can Story-Tell and Act Out as They Draft |
| Session 5: Weaving Narration through Stories |
| Session 6: Mirror, Mirror on the Wall: Assessment Using Self-Reflection |
| Session 7: Goals and Plans Are a Big Deal |
| Session 8: Telling Stories that Make Readers Shiver |
| Session 9: Revising Early and Often |
| Session 10: When Dialogue Swamps Your Draft, Add Actions |
| Session 11: Painting a Picture with Words: Revising for Language |
| Session 12: The Long and Short of It: Editing for Sentence Variety |
| Session 13: Collecting Ideas for Original Fairy Tales |
| Session 14: From “This Is a Fairy Tale About” to “Once upon a Time” |
| Session 15: Tethering Objects to Characters |
| Session 16: Using Descriptive Language While Drafting |
| Session 17: Revising the Magic |
| Session 18: Revising for Readers |
| Session 19: Editing with an Eye Out for Broken Patterns |
| Session 20: Happily Ever After: A Fairy Tale Celebration |