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[[image:file:images.jpeg]] G/T Curriculum Extension Unit Description
The Writers Guild is an extension of the middle school writing program and is offered in collaboration with middle school G/T English teachers. It provides talented writers with the opportunity to produce authentic writing based on their individual interests and to have a clear understanding of the elements that constitute compelling writing. The G/T Writers Guild, set in a Writing Workshop format, provides instruction by exposing highly able students to exemplary techniques and tools and offers opportunities for talented, motivated writers to excel and to develop their unique voices. Throughout the workshop, students will maintain a portfolio of polished work to be submitted for publication.

National Association for Gifted Children** • Curriculum and Instruction: Guiding Principle #3: Instructional pace must be flexible to allow for the accelerated learning of gifted learners as appropriate. • Curriculum and Instruction: Guiding Principle #5: Learning opportunities for gifted learners must consist of a continuum of differentiated curricular options, instructional approaches, and resource materials.
 * National and State Standards

• Students adjust their use of spoken, written, and visual language (e.g. conventions, style, vocabulary) to communicate effectively with a variety of audiences and for different purposes. • Students employ a wide range of strategies as they write and use different writing process elements appropriately to communicate with different audiences for a variety of purposes. • Students apply knowledge of language structure, language conventions (e.g. spelling and punctuation) media techniques, figurative language, and genre to create, critique, and discuss print and non-print texts. • Students develop an understanding of and respect for diversity in language use, patterns, and dialects across cultures, ethnic groups, geographic regions, and social roles. • Students participate as knowledgeable, reflective, creative, and critical members of a variety of literacy communities. • Students use spoken written, and visual language to accomplish their own purposes (e.g. for learning, enjoyment, persuasion, and the exchange of information
 * National Council of Teachers of English**

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