ELAR 5.12
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:
- (1) compose literary texts such as personal
narratives, fiction, and poetry using genre
characteristics and craft;
- (A) compose informational texts, including brief compositions that convey information about a topic, using a clear central idea and genre characteristics and craft;
- (B) compose argumentative texts, including opinion essays, using genre characteristics and craft; and
- (C) compose correspondence that requests information.
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Writing a Speech Poster
A poster highlighting the main parts to a speech.
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Improving Opinion Texts Worksheets
3 pieces of text for students to rewrite in order to make them more persuasive.
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Biography Writing Template
Guide students through the structure and elements included in biography writing.
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Gemstones Fact File and Report Writing Scaffold
Support your students in writing an expository text about gemstones with this fact file and writing scaffold.
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Cars Fact File and Report Writing Scaffold
Support your students in writing an expository text about cars with this fact file and writing scaffold.
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Lucky Me! - Saint Patrick's Day Worksheet
A worksheet to use in the classroom on St. Patrick's Day when talking to kids about lucky during social-emotional lessons.
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Sports Themed Writing Prompts
Ten sports themed writing prompts for the middle and upper grades.
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Procedural Recount Text Structure Anchor Chart - With Annotations
A poster about the procedural recount text type, including an annotated example.
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Factual Recount Text Type Poster - With Annotations
A poster about the factual recount text type, including an annotated example.
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Athlete Profile Template
A worksheet to use in the classroom when writing athlete profiles.
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Fairy Tales Text Type Poster With Annotations
A poster about fairy tales, including an annotated example.
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Narrative Writing Poster
A poster to encourage your students to think about narrative writing.
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Fairy Tales Narrative Writing Pack
A fairy tale themed narrative writing teaching pack containing 8 worksheets and posters.
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Paragraph of the Week PowerPoint - Literary Paragraphs
A Paragraph of the Week PowerPoint presentation to use when setting up this writing strategy in your classroom.
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Writing Narrative Texts Unit Plan - Year 5 and Year 6
This English unit addresses the narrative text type; specifically, how to write an engaging narrative text.
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Writing an Opinion Piece Unit Plan - Grade 5 and Grade 6
This English unit addresses the genre of opinion writing; specifically, how to write an effective opinion piece.
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Writing Informative Texts Unit Plan - Year 5 and Year 6
This English unit addresses the informative text type; specifically, how to write a well-structured informative text.
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Fact or Opinion?
A 60 minute lesson in which students will identify the difference between a fact and an opinion.
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Informative Paragraph Structure
A 60 minute lesson in which students will explore the correct paragraph structure for informative writing.
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Writing a Narrative - Independent Writing
A 60 minute lesson in which students will independently write a narrative, using appropriate text structure, language and features.
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Writing a Narrative - Shared Writing
A 60 minute lesson in which students will write a narrative, in pairs, using appropriate text structure, language and features.
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Writing a Narrative - Sensational Story Starters
A 60 minute lesson in which students will investigate exciting, attention-grabbing methods of starting a story.
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Narrative Features - Developing a Plot
A 60 minute lesson in which students will develop a plot for a narrative which includes a setting, characters and a problem to be solved.
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Narrative Features - Building a Character
A 60 minute lesson in which students will use descriptive language effectively to build a character.
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Narrative Features - Creating a Setting
A 60 minute lesson in which students will use descriptive language effectively to create a narrative setting.
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Narrative Texts - Text Structure
A 60 minute lesson in which students will identify and explore the structure of narrative texts.
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What's The Story With Stories?
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Opinion Speeches - Constructing
A 60 minute lesson in which students will construct an opinion speech using appropriate text structure, language features and devices.
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Shared Writing - Opinion Letters
A 60 minute lesson in which students will write an opinion letter using appropriate text structure, language features and devices.
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Modeled Writing - Improving an Opinion Piece
A 60 minute lesson in which students will improve an opinion piece by applying knowledge of appropriate language features and devices.
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Constructing an Opinion Paragraph
A 60 minute lesson in which students will identify and use correct paragraph structure.
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Using a Stimulus - Independent Writing
A 60 minute lesson in which students will independently write an informative text, using appropriate text structure, language and features.