Moose Productions announces . . .

Moose English!

ü 40 two-page cumulative distributive practice lessons (two lessons per week, spread over two or three days each, as your schedule permits) You are covered for the TAKS writing test! ü 5 review tests in TAKS format (monthly assessment, covering eight lessons each) ü Keyed to TEKS and TAKS objectives ü Spelling, capitalization, punctuation rules explained and immediate practice provided ü Inflectional endings, prefixes, and suffixes mini-lessons build strong spellers and develop context clues for reading ü Grammar and usage rules shown with graphic aids and followed with meaningful practice ü Editing, revising, and organization opportunities in every lesson ü Elaboration techniques built into every lesson ü Handwriting lines given on page two of each lesson to develop neatness and legibility ü Dear Journal develops fluency using the humorous moose to prompt students to write fun and inviting personal narratives. Dearly needed words provided to help students complete the webs and other graphic organizers printed on page two of every lesson!

PLUS . . .

A to Z spelling word lists with:

Ø High frequency words

Ø Colorful word choices

Ø Examples of figurative language, alliteration, and sound words

Ø Plurals and inflectional endings

Ø Math vocabulary words

AND . . .

Writer’s Checklist, Scoring Rubric,

Student Tracking Sheet

…and more!

P.O. Box 153062

Irving, TX 75062

Phone/Fax: (972) 255-6748

dianemckenzie@moosemath.com

www.moosemath.com

Note from the Author

Moose English comes on the heels of the success of the math series I developed called TEKSas Daily Moose. Providing quality materials that work, are teacher and student friendly, and reduce the preparation time required of busy teachers has become my contribution to education. After 29 years in the classroom, I have retired to write materials fulltime. So, I reHIRED myself, which means I am busier than ever, but I find my new role very rewarding. Helping teachers means helping students, so technically I haven’t left the classroom.

Having retired from fourth grade and experiencing the first year of the new TAKS writing test, I realized that there is a great need for an organized, sequential program for developing the skills needed in the writing process. I found myself still thinking in terms of TAAS with very few materials from which to provide help. With this thought in mind, I have spent months researching the writing process, examining the new writing TEKS and TAKS, and creating Moose English. What started out as a daily distributive practice book has evolved into one that you can pick up and use to establish the foundation for your writing program. Writing is a process, which makes it difficult to put it all together to teach it effectively. In addition, it is very time consuming to generate prompts, rubrics and mini-lessons.

MOOSE is an acronym for Makes Organizing Objectives So Easy, and the Moose English book lives up to the acronym. It’s all here for you—sequenced, cumulative, benchmarked, and ready to go! This book contains forty two-page lessons that will generate five pieces of TAKS writing, one every eight lessons. Plus, the editing and revising process is built into each lesson. Sequential, cumulative mini-lessons are right there, too. A sample story for each of the five prompts will show your students how to organize their writing so that it has focus and coherence, sequence, related details, and voice. You will also be able to assess and track your students’ progress using the five TAKS format tests and the class and individual tracking sheets.

Have fun setting the Moose English on the loose in your classroom!

Diane McKenzie

Moose Productions

Conventions/ Sentence Fluency Lesson Planner 1 to 8
Each lesson has several mini-lessons. These can be used as warm-ups, one or two at a time, or the whole page as a teaching tool/review. These lessons complement the TAKS writing prompt for the 8-lesson cycle, so they should be done in the same time frame as the writing prompt. The Night I Couldn’t Sleep
Lesson	Spelling/ Grammar	Capitalization/ Punctuation	Fragments/ Run-Ons
1	S--Drop final e before adding -ed, -ing G--Subject pronouns	C--Beginning of a sentence, pronoun I P--Statements (period) Questions (? mark)	F--Identify fragments R--Separate into 2 sentences
2	S--Double final cons. --ed, --ing G--Subject pronouns	C--Days, months, names of people P--Statements (period) Questions (? mark)	F--Identify fragments R--Separate into 2 sentences
3	S--Double final cons. -ed, -ing G--Subject pronouns	C--Days, months, names of people P--Statements, Quest., Exclamations	F--Identify fragments R--Separate into 2 sentences
4	S--Double final cons. -ed, -ing G--Subject pronouns	C--Special days, holidays P--Statements, Quest., Exclamations	F--Identify fragments R--Separate into 2 sentences
5	S--Review G--Object pronouns	C--Cities, states, countries, continents, oceans P--Commas city/state d.month/year	F--Identify fragments R--Separate into 2 sentences
6	S--Mixed Practice G--Pronouns Mixed Review	C--Cities, states, countries, continents, oceans P--Commas city/state d.month/year	F--Add a subject R--Separate using a comma with “and”
7	S--Mixed Practice G--Pronouns Mixed Review	C--Languages, citizens of a country P--Commas items in a series	F--Add a predicate R--Separate using a comma with “and”
8	S--Mixed Practice G--Replacing nouns with pronouns	C--Review P--Commas in a direct address	F--Add a subject or predicate R--Separate using a comma with “and”

TAKS Writing Piece 1 Lesson Planner 1 to 8
Each lesson will take one to two days, so plan time needed according to the difficulty of the lesson. Lesson 8 will take two to three days. TOTAL estimated time: 10 to 12 days The Night I Couldn’t Sleep
Lesson No.	Webbing and Writing	Transitions	Revising and Editing
1	Paragraph 1 Web the central idea Write the introduction		Word choice/thesaurus Adding details Topics Sentence variety
2	Paragraph 2 Web the first idea Write the first idea	(If you have taught transition, you may want students to do transitions as they go.)	Word choice/thesaurus Adjectives Topics, Simile Sentence variety, details
3	Web the second idea	Paragraph 1 to 2 from the introduction... …to the first idea	Word choice/thesaurus Adjectives Transition, Simile Sentence variety, details
4	Paragraph 3 Write the second idea Paragraph 4 Write the conclusion	Paragraph 2 to 3 from the first idea… …to the second idea	Word choice/thesaurus Adjectives, Simile Transition, S. variety, det. Sample concl./choose one
5	Revise the introduction to grab the reader’s attention		Word choice/thesaurus Adjectives, Simile Transition, S. variety, det. Sample intro./choose one
6	Check paragraph 2 for sticking to the topic/main idea.		Word choice/thesaurus Adjectives, Simile Transition, S. variety, det. Web main idea-good stud.
7	Check paragraph 3 for sticking to the topic/main idea. Check the conclusion.		Word choice/thesaurus Adjectives, Simile Topics, S. variety, details
8	Check overall writing, make necessary revisions. Edit Make final copy/publish		Smooth fluency and correct conventions checklist (Writer’s checklist)

Conventions/ Sentence Fluency Lesson Planner 9 to 16
Each lesson has several mini-lessons. These can be used as warm-ups, one or two at a time, or the whole page as a teaching tool/review. These lessons complement the TAKS writing prompt for the 8-lesson cycle, so they should be done in the same time frame as the writing prompt The New Kid in Class
Lesson	Spelling/ Grammar	Capitalization/ Punctuation	Fragments/ Run-Ons
9	S--Plurals vowel y; cons. y G--Replacing nouns with pronouns	C--Review, proofread sentences P--Commas in a direct address, end punct.	F--Add a subject or predicate R--Separate using a comma with “or” sentences
10	S--Plurals Mixed Practice G--Subject/verb agreement	C--Titles in names P--Commas in an appositive, end punct.	F--Add words or phrases R--Separate using a comma with “but”
11	S--Changing plurals back to sing. nouns G--Subject/verb agreement	C--Rivers, lakes, mountains P--Commas in an appositive, end punct.	F--Add words or phrases R--Review “and”, “or”, “but”
12	S--Plurals Mixed Practice G--Subject/verb agreement	C--Monuments, parks, businesses P--Statements, Quest., Exclamations	F--Add words or phrases R--Identify correctly written sentences
13	S--Contractions--form from two words G--Past tense--verbs with correct spelling	C--Contractions with pronoun “I” P--Commas after dependent clause	F--Identify fragments (w. dep. clauses) R--Identify correctly written sentences
14	S--Contractions identify cor. spelling G--Past tense--verbs with correct spelling	C--Rewrite contractions with “I” (as 2 words) P--Commas (dep. cl.) Apostrophes in contr.	F--Identify fragments (w. dep. clauses) R--Identify correctly written sentences
15	S--Contractions identify cor. spelling G--Past tense--verbs irregular verbs	C--Rewrite contractions with “I” (as 2 words) P--Commas items in a series	F--Identify fragments R--Identify correctly written sentences
16	S--Nouns--irregular plurals G--Past tense--verbs irregular verbs	C--Review P--Review	F--Identify fragments, make one complete R--Identify correctly written sentences

TAKS Writing Piece 2 Lesson Planner 9 to 16
Each lesson will take one to two days, so plan time needed according to the difficulty of the lesson. Lesson 16 will take two to three days. TOTAL estimated time: 10 to 12 days The New Kid in Class
Lesson No.	Webbing and Writing	Transitions