Composition: listening, speaking, reading, writing, and thinking using multiple texts--genres. The student uses genre characteristics and craft to compose multiple texts that are meaningful. The student is expected to:
A worksheet to use in the classroom on St. Patrick's Day when talking to kids about lucky during social-emotional lessons.
A template for students to use when planning the plot structure of a narrative text.
Use this passage, second grade writing prompt, and worksheet to help students write a constructed response paragraph about Amelia Earhart.
A template for students to use when planning a narrative text.
Research and create an interactive biography for a historical figure.
A 2 page worksheet for students to use when learning how to write a limerick.
Have some fun adopting a digital chicken with this interactive Easter writing activity.
A template for students to use when writing their own Readers Theater script.
A graphic organizer for students to use when categorizing sensory details.
A planning template to use when writing a persuasive or opinion text.
A fun, hands-on activity using a die and a chart to create a creature to include in a narrative text or a comic strip.
A fun way to help your reluctant writers choose something to write about.
Display this poster in your room as a visual reminder of the structure of a narrative.
An assessment rubric designed to help teachers to assess students' narrative writing.
A set of 9 annotated poetry anchor charts to use when introducing structured forms of poetry.
A 10 slide editable PowerPoint template of story starters to use in narrative writing.
Guide students through the structure and elements included in biography writing.
Teach your students about the structure and language features of opinion texts with an interactive instructional slide deck.
Enhance your students' comprehension, vocabulary, and writing skills using a high-interest reading passage about Tornadoes.
A checklist for students to use when proofreading and editing their opinion pieces.
A set of opinion prompt cards that can be used in a multitude of ways.
A set of opinion prompt cards that can be used in a multitude of ways.
A checklist for students to use when proofreading and editing their narrative writing.
A worksheet to help teach students the author's craft of using modality words to persuade the reader.
A set of 5 opinion writing prompts, covering a variety of topics.
20 topic sentences to be used at the beginning of an informative paragraph.
Differentiate reading instruction with nonfiction texts, compare and contrast activities, and response to text writing opportunities.
A sequencing task using a simple opinion text.
Amazing Man helps students to learn what both direct and indirect speech entails as well as providing examples on how they can use it themselves.
A scaffolded writing task for students to complete when learning about the informative text type.
Brighten up your classroom narrative writing display with this set of narrative writing posters!