Lessons tagged with "concluding+paragraph"
Create Supporting and Concluding Paragraphs
- Grade:
- 4
- Subject:
- English Language Arts
This writing strategies lesson focuses on creating supporting and concluding paragraphs. The lesson includes research-based strategies and strategic questions that prepare students for assessments. In this lesson, students read an introductory paragraph and identify the main idea. Then, they identify supporting sentences and create a supporting paragraph for each one. Last, students write a concluding paragraph. In addition to the lesson, there are four pages of Independent Practice and review with questions modeled after current adaptive testing items.
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 Concluding Paragraph for Expository Text
- Grade:
- 6
- 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 a passage and identify the main idea and supporting details. Then, they select the best sentence to add to the end of the text to build a better conclusion and write a conclusion. In addition to the lesson, there are six pages of Independent Practice and review with questions modeled after current adaptive testing items.