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| Unit 1: Writing Realistic Fiction: Symbolism, Syntax, and Truth |
| Session 1: Imagining Stories from Everyday Moments |
| Session 2: Imagining Stories You Wish Existed in the World |
| Session 3: Developing Believable Characters through Scene Boot Camp |
| Session 4: Giving Characters Struggles and Motivations that Mirror Real Life |
| Session 5: Plotting with Tools: Story Arcs, Timelines, Lists, Mentor Texts |
| Session 6: From 2-D to 3-D: Planning and Writing Scenes by Including Evidence |
| Session 7: Stepping into the Drama of the Story to Draft |
| Session 8: Studying Published Texts to Write Leads |
| Session 9: Grounding Dialogue in Scenes |
| Session 10: Writing Endings that Make Readers Swoon |
| Session 11: Reading Drafts like Editors |
| Session 12: Revision: Weaving in Symbolism and Imagery to Bring out Meaning |
| Session 13: Conducting the Rhythm of Language Creating Cadence and Meaning through Syntax |
| Session 14: Using Mentor Texts to Help Match Authorial Intent with the Page |
| Session 15: Economizing on the Sentence and Word Level |
| Session 16: Editing with Lenses and Independence |
| Session 17: Publishing Anthologies: A Celebration |
| Unit 2: Writing About Reading: From Reader’s Notebooks to Companion Books |
| Session 1: Writing about Reading with Voice & Investment |
| Session 2: Using Graphics to Think and Rethink about Literature |
| Session 3: Thinking Big, Thinking Small: Ideas and Specifics |
| Session 4: Explaining Thinking |
| Session 5: Close Reading and Analytic Writing |
| Session 6: Letting the Book Teach You How to Respond |
| Session 7: Working Toward a Companion Book |
| Session 8: Incorporating Evidence from the Text as a Means to Elaborate |
| Session 9: Reflection and Goal-Setting Using the Information Writing Checklist– and a Mini-Celebration |
| Session 10: Reading Like Writers— and Writing About It |
| Session 11: Writing about Symbolism in Texts |
| Session 12: Analyzing Structure in a Text |
| Session 13: Writing Inside the Story: Improvisations and Fan Fiction |
| Session 14: Writing Inside Perspectives |
| Session 15: Writing Introductions and Conclusions |
| Session 16: Final Edits and a Celebration |
| Unit 3: The Art of Argument: Research-Based Essays |
| Session 1: Weighing Evidence to form Considered Positions |
| Session 2: Take Your Argument into a Scrimmage |
| Session 3: Bam! Bolstering Position by Adding Relevant Evidence |
| Session 4: Stay with Me Now: Balancing Evidence with Analysis |
| Session 5: Taking Stock |
| Session 6: Forming Coalition Groups |
| Session 7: Bringing a Critical Perspective to Your Research |
| Session 8: Debating to Prepare to Draft |
| Session 9: Introducing and Writing Your Argument |
| Session 10: Self-Assessment with an Eye toward Counterargument |
| Session 11: Studying Author’s Craft, Including Rhetorical Devices |
| Session 12: When Company Comes: Knowing When and How to Maintain a Formal Tone |
| Session 13: Celebration: Symposium |
| Session 14: Taking Opportunities to Stand and Be Counted |
| Session 15: Revising by Qualifying Your Claim |
| Session 16: Revising with Logical Fallacies in Mind: Evaluating Evidence |
| Session 17: Cyberactivism |