My Writing Curriculum
by Jessica Fellwock
1. Genre
1.1. Mystery
1.2. Tall Tale
1.2.1. Paul Bunyan
1.2.2. Johnny Appleseed
1.2.3. Pecos Bill
1.2.4. Davey Crockett
1.3. Historical Fiction
1.3.1. Beginnings to 1620
1.3.2. Colonization and Settlement
1.3.3. Revolution
1.4. Poetry
1.4.1. Concrete
1.4.2. Acrostic
1.4.3. Verse
1.4.4. Narrative
1.5. Research
1.5.1. Animals
1.5.2. Historical Figure
1.5.3. Author Study
2. Process
2.1. Pre-writing strategies
2.2. Drafting
2.3. Revision
2.4. Editing
2.5. Audience
2.6. Purpose
3. Handwriting
3.1. Neat
3.2. Legible
4. Writing Attitude
4.1. Enthusiastic
4.2. Motivated
5. Personal Style
5.1. Narrative
5.1.1. Humor
5.1.2. Element of Surprise
5.1.3. Emotional Appeal
5.1.4. Personification
5.2. Informative
5.2.1. Strong Opinion
5.2.2. Credible Support
6. Grammar and Usage
6.1. Compound Subjects
6.2. Predicates
6.3. Proper Nouns & Pronouns
6.4. Commas
6.5. Hyphens
6.6. Colons
7. Spelling
7.1. Frequently Encountered Words
7.2. Less encountered
7.2.1. Structural Cues
7.2.1.1. Letter/sound
7.2.1.2. Rime
7.2.1.3. Morphemic
7.2.2. Environmental Sources
7.2.2.1. Word Walls
7.2.2.2. Word Lists
7.2.2.3. Dictionaries