ESSAYS: How to Write Informational Essays ~ It Begins Here...
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Description
A HOW-TO for writing strong essays for students in grades 5–10.
Students research using two paired, high-interest, leveled articles.
- "The Life in Antarctica"
- "The Marvelous Manta"
This is your definitive guide for
- teaching how to research and write essays and paragraphs;
- using a step-by-step process;
- building strong, independent writers.
Do your students need a little more work on stand-alone paragraphs? This guide also explains how to write strong paragraphs.
This writing resource has:
- 125 pages of process-based teaching and learning
- anchor texts
- examples
- handouts
It also includes:
- a teaching timeline
- a process for teaching paragraphs
- a step-by-step process for teaching essays
- a visual checklist--color coding
- anchor essays and paragraphs
A PROCESS for writing:
- thesis statements
- topic sentences
- hooks
- evidence
- elaboration
- transitions
- conclusions
- and making text-to-text, text-to-self, and text-to-world connections to show a deep understanding of the texts.
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