ENG61: English Writing Workshop Grade 6

In this course, students will learn how to make their writing more effective. Students will learn how to analyze their writing to make sure key components are present and clear. These components will be made clear to them through numerous exercises they will complete throughout the course. By the end of the course, students will understand active voices, sensory details, descriptive writing, sequence of events, parts of a story, point of views, directions, and more.

Introduction
The Writing Process 
Purposes for Writing 
Audience
Write a Paragraph 
Main Ideas and Details
Staying on Topic
Active Voice

 Writing a Story
Lesson 1 Sensory Details 
Lesson 2 Adjectives and Adverbs 
Lesson 3 Describing Objects
Lesson 4 The Writing Process: Descriptive Writing 
Lesson 5 Personal Narrative 
Lesson 6 Sequence of Events 
Lesson 7 The Writing Process: Personal Narrative
Lesson 8 Parts of a Story
Lesson 9 Setting
Lesson 10 Characters 
Lesson 11 Dialogue
Lesson 12 Point of View 
Lesson 13 Story Ideas 
Lesson 14 The Writing Process: Story


 Writing to Inform
Lesson 1 Explanatory Writing 
Lesson 2 Directions 
Lesson 3 The Writing Process: How-to Instructions 
Lesson 4 Cause-and-Effect Relationships 
Lesson 5 Report an Event 
Lesson 6 Spatial Organization
Lesson 7 The Language of Comparison
Lesson 8 Comparing Characters
Lesson 9 The Writing Process: Comparing Literature
Lesson 10 Informational Writing
Lesson 11 Reliable Sources 
Lesson 12 Summaries, Quotes, and Paraphrases 
Lesson 13 Taking Notes 
Lesson 14 Using an Outline 
Lesson 15 Works Cited
Lesson 16 Graphics and Visual Aids 
Lesson 17 The Writing Process: Informational Writing


 Writing an Argument
Lesson 1 Persuasive Writing 
Lesson 2 Facts and Opinions 
Lesson 3 Emotional Appeals
Lesson 4 Advertising 
Lesson 5 Facts, Opinions, and Bias
Lesson 6 Order of Importance
Lesson 7 Writing About Problems and Solutions 
Lesson 8 Identifying and Making a Claim 
Lesson 9 The Writing Process: Argument