Lessons tagged with "composition"
Write a Concluding Paragraph for Expository Text
- Grade:
- 5
- Subject:
- English Language Arts
This writing strategies lesson focuses on writing a concluding paragraph for expository text. The lesson includes research-based strategies and strategic questions that prepare students for assessments. In this lesson, students read the text, noting the bold main idea and the underlined important details. Then in complete sentences, they re-word the main idea and important details as well as develop a lasting impression by asking why the main idea is important. Finally, they write a concluding paragraph. In addition to the lesson, there are four pages of Independent Practice and review with text and organizers provided.
Write a Narrative (Multi-Paragraph Composition)
- Grade:
- 5
- Subject:
- English Language Arts
This writing strategies lesson focuses on writing a multi-paragraph narrative composition. The lesson includes research-based strategies and strategic questions that prepare students for assessments. In this lesson, students create a graphic organizer that describes the introduction, the body, and the conclusion of their composition based on a given prompt. Then, they use the organizer to write a four-paragraph composition. In addition to the lesson, there are eleven pages of Independent Practice and review with prompts and organizers provided.
Use Outlining to Analyze a Composition
- Grade:
- 7
- Subject:
- English Language Arts
This writing strategies lesson focuses on clarifying text by creating outlines. The lesson includes research-based strategies and strategic questions that prepare students for assessments. In this lesson, students read a passage and fill out a corresponding outline. They identify the missing main topic, subtopics, and details and fill them into the correct places on the outline. Eventually, the student will fill in an entire empty outline. In addition to the lesson, there are four pages of Independent Practice and review with questions modeled after current adaptive testing items.
Write a Multiple-Paragraph Narrative Composition
- Grade:
- 7
- Subject:
- English Language Arts
This writing strategies lesson focuses on writing a multi-paragraph narrative composition. The lesson includes research-based strategies and strategic questions that prepare students for assessments. In this lesson, students create a graphic organizer that describes the introduction, the body, and the conclusion of their composition based on a given prompt. Then, they use the organizer to write a four-paragraph composition. In addition to the lesson, there are eleven pages of Independent Practice and review with prompts and organizers provided.
Create a Composition
- Grade:
- 8
- Subject:
- English Language Arts
This writing strategies lesson focuses on creating a composition. The lesson includes research-based strategies and strategic questions that prepare students for assessments. In this lesson, students choose a topic and write their controlling impression (their opinion). Then, they research to find three broad reasons for that support their impression. Then, they write the thesis statement with a controlling impression, followed by elaboration on the reasons in the body, and a summary or final appeal for the conclusion. In addition to the lesson, there are three more graphic organizers for planning and writing the composition as well as a page of possible topics.
Write a Narrative (Multi-Paragraph Composition)
- Grade:
- 8
- Subject:
- English Language Arts
In this writing lesson, students will plan and write a narrative composition.
Write a Narrative (Multi-Paragraph Composition)
- Grade:
- Subject:
- English Language Arts
This writing strategies lesson focuses on writing a multi-paragraph narrative composition. The lesson includes research-based strategies and strategic questions that prepare students for assessments. In this lesson, students create a graphic organizer that describes the introduction, the body, and the conclusion of their composition based on a given prompt. Then, they use the organizer to write a four-paragraph composition. In addition to the lesson, there are eleven pages of Independent Practice and review with prompts and organizers provided.