Goals and Objectives

I can't help but think of being evaluated by my principal as I typed the title of this post.  I am being evaluated this year by the way, but that is a post for another time.  Tonight's writing focus was on the Goals and Objectives of my writing instructional plan.  I have never had to really put it into writing before, as so much of that is done for us by the district, but it was interesting to do it for this entry.  Here is what I came up with...


My writing instructional plan:

Utilizing the 6+1 Traits model of teaching writing in conjunction with the Open Court Reading language arts curriculum, I will develop the innate desire to write that all children possess, giving them a strong foundation by teaching the traits of writing so that they are able to think and write for different audiences and purposes.


Goals of my writing instructional plan:
 
My students will:
Create a paragraph that has a topic sentence, supporting facts and details

Progress through the stages of the writing process

Write compositions that describe and explain familiar objects, events, and experiences

Use grammatically correct sentences and proper conventions in writing and speaking

Understand and use a variety of complete, correct sentences in both writing and speaking (e.g., interrogative, declarative, exclamatory) 

I feel some more goals are in order as I think on what my students need in writing as a whole.  And you can't have goals without objectives, so those of course are still missing.  But it is a start I am feeling good about, it is something I can work with.  I look forward to what the new day brings.  I am hoping for the less resistive and angry mood of this evening to carry over.  For now I must rest and dream of teaching writing and writing a fabulous report on how I teach writing...