Oct 23
Before students begin their informative essay writing journey, they must learn the necessary skills. One such skill is the art of writing hooks, which captivates readers and makes their writing stand out. This blog post will explore four activities to help your upper elementary students master the art of writing hooks. With some practice, their …
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Sep 25
Understanding firsthand and secondhand accounts is an essential skill for upper elementary students. It enables them to evaluate credible and accurate information, understand the differences in information sources, assess reliability and biases, and aid reading comprehension. These skills lay the groundwork for students to be informed and responsible information consumers. With some practice and guidance, …
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Feb 27
Students should use different ways to start sentences. Teaching students to use a variety of sentence structures can greatly improve their writing. This post contains a step-by-step lesson plan with printables for teaching students this very important skill. The activities in this lesson can easily be divided across multiple days into mini-lesson or taught as …
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Aug 23
A writer’s voice is the combination of sentence structure, punctuation, word choice, and personality a person uses when writing. It is the way a writer expresses himself. The voice can be formal or informal. A writer’s voice may contain long elegant prose or short choppy sentences. Get the handout for this post. Writer’s Voice vs. …
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Aug 10
For some students, knowing when to use formal or informal language comes naturally. For others, it is a skill that must be taught in steps. This post offers six teaching ideas from recognizing what is formal and informal to creating formal and informal texts. Start by getting the handout Formal vs Informal Language using the …
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Aug 03
Writing compare-and-contrast essays is an activity that students need to repeat over and over. Comparing Fictional Texts – The Idea In Chapter 2 of The Secret Garden, Mrs. Medlock tells Mary about her uncle. This reminds Mary of a French fairy tale called “Riquet a la Houppe.” This fairy tale is new to me, so I …
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Aug 17
Teaching students to write for a specific purpose is one of my favorite skills to teach. Students enjoy drawing sketches that illustrate different writing purposes. See Author’s Purpose Activity 1 below. And who doesn’t love eating doughnuts? See Activity 3. Activity 1 – Foldable Graphic Organizers Students love creating foldable graphic organizers. This one is …
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