This is a collection of resources for writing instruction.
The purpose of this lesson is to explore how to write a name poem.
Included:
-YouTube video to support DLC ELA Grade 2: Unit 1 Lesson 5 - Writing a Name Poem
The purpose of this lesson is to provide graphic organizers to support students in writing an adventure story.
Included:
- Handouts:
HO-19 Planning an Adventure Story Unit 4
HO-20 Adventure Story DRAFT Unit 4
HO-21 Adventure Story Final-Polished Copy Unit 4
This resource provides a step-by-step overview of the writing process.
Included:
A YouTube video that outlines the writing process
Handout: HO-4 The Writing Process Unit 1 (overview sheet)
This resource provides students with an overview of how to write a postcard and the opportunity to create one of their own. Included:
YouTube video - How to Write a Postcard
Handout - HO-20 Write a Postcard
This resource provides students with an overview of how to write a friendly letter and the opportunity to create one of their own. Included:
YouTube video - How to Write a Friendly Letter
Handout - HO-9 - Friendly Letter Template
This resource includes 5 videos for each of 5 weeks to assist students in developing writing trait skills in the following areas:
-Ideas
-Organization
-Word Choice
-Sentence Fluency
-Voice
**Please note: Conventions is embedded throughout
The resource offers video lessons on the three of the writing traits at the grade 3 level, using the resource "Write Traits Student Traitbook" Grade 3, by V. Spandel and J. Hicks.
The traits covered include:
- organization
- word choice
- sentence fluency
Curt, a young Tewa Indian, and his grandfather, Andy, prepare for Feast Day. They enjoy the good food, beautiful dances, colorful costumes and the time they spend together celebrating the traditions of their ancestors
This lesson provides teachers with support for using text-dependent questions to help students derive big ideas and key understandings while developing vocabulary from the series of poems, Danitra Brown Leaves Town. Danitra and Zuri are two city-girls and best friends, and Danitra goes away to her auntĺäĄ_s house for the summer. These poems tell a story about how the girls stayed in touch by writing letters to each other, and how they discovered that they could have fun apart from one another while still remaining friends.
The students at Riverside Elementary School are excited about a visit from a real author. The class has been reading books by the author to get ready for her visit. No one was as excited as Eddie.
Juno receives a letter from his grandmother who lives in Seoul, Korea. Even though he cannot read the Korean-language text, she is able to communicate with her grandmother through letters that include pictures and objects.
This lesson provides teachers with support for using text-dependent questions and other CCSS instructional shifts to help students derive big ideas and key understandings while developing vocabulary from the text Dear Mrs. LaRue. Mrs. LaRue sends her dog, Ike, to obedience school because of a series of inappropriate behaviors that he displays toward everyone. Ike feels he has been wrongly sent to the school and writes letters to explain his perspective on what actually happened in each situation, trying to persuade Ms. LaRue to come and get him.
A mentor text students can use to explore the concept of a personal essay. The text provides strong examples of imagery, symbolism, and narrative elements.
The following are a list of resources to help with descriptive writing.
' Listen to the audio file... The first reading will be at normal conversational speed; the second reading will be slower so that you may properly [record] the sentence.
'Record your dictation in the text field...
'When you are finished, click the button at the bottom of the page to submit your finished text for automatic evaluation.
'The evaluation will check and correct your text, if needed.'
*The reading speed can be adjusted on all parts of the site where oral readings are available (mostly the Listening and Dictation exercises).*
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« Ecoutez le document audio. L'orateur français effectue une première lecture du texte à une vitesse normale. Il fait ensuite une lecture plus lente, en dictant les mots.
« Ecrivez ce que vous entendez dans le champ de texte...
« Une fois que vous avez terminé, vous pouvez envoyer votre texte...
« Vous obtiendrez immédiatement la correction de votre dictée, vous pourrez ainsi repérer vos erreurs et voir votre note finale. »
*Le débit de lecture peut être réglé pour tous les extraits lus à l'oral (qui se trouvent principalement parmi les exercices d'Écoute et de Dictée).*
If your student/child is not sure what they can write, use this handy chart from Scholastic to get them started. There are so many choices!
Dogzilla is a fantasy story of mice who protect their city, Mousopolis, from being destroyed by Dogzilla. The mice come up with a plan to give Dogzilla a bath, which scares him away.
First, we studied fairytales and fractured fairytales. We learned about the elements of each story and compared them. During the learning process students were practicing a variety of reading comprehension strategies: predicting, inferring, compare and contrast, main idea, theme etc. After learning about all the elements of fractured fairytales my students took their shot at writing them. They were split into partners based on the fairytale that they wanted to fracture. Then they had to work through the five stages of the writing process. First, the partners had to plan their fractured fairytale. They were given the choice of what kind of graphic organizer to use to begin their planning and brainstorming. They had to plan their plot, setting, problem and solution. Then the students worked through the rough draft, editing and revising stages of the writing process. Throughout those phases they were completing self-assessment checklists to keep on track with their work. Lastly, they wrote a good copy of their fractured fairytale and illustrated it. This also included a cover page and a back page. The back page included a teaser to hook the reader.
These 4 point rubric exemplars were developed to provide a consistent and common resource that aligns with the Saskatchewan curriculum and provide opportunities for transfer of responsibility between educator and student. These rubrics are designed to be edited by educator and student.
We decided it would be fun to make a creative diorama book report. A diorama is the three dimensional re-creation of a scene. They are created inside of a box. The student was to choose a book he/she had recently read and create a diorama using a shoe box. A written report was also part of the book report.