ESL Writing Paragraph Frames for Informational, Persuasive, & Narrative Prompts

Scaffold writing for ESL students with these paragraph frames! This bundle contains frames for informational/explanatory, persuasive/opinion, and narrative text structures. Each paragraph frame includes sentence starters and signal words to guide students in structuring their thoughts.

Includes 25 student handouts and 25 posters to display in the classroom (the posters print on four sheets of 8.5x11" paper).

Academic paragraph construction is a challenging task for English Learners. It requires them to not only produce the vocabulary to convey their thoughts, but also to organize the information effectively with appropriate transitions. Paragraph frames scaffold this skill providing sentence starters and an organizational structure, allowing students to focus solely on generating content. Then, as students gain practice using paragraph frames, they begin to internalize the language and apply it in their own writing.

INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING PARAGRAPH FRAMES:

Informational/explanatory writing:

1. Descriptive (describing the characteristics/traits of something)
2. Descriptive (describing the different types of something)
3. Sequence (describing the steps in a process)
4. Compare & contrast (explaining how things are similar)
5. Compare & contrast (explaining how things are different)
6. Problem & solution (explaining how a problem was solved)
7. Problem & solution (explaining how a problem could be solved)
8. Cause & effect (explaining how something was caused)
9. Cause & effect (explaining the effects of something)

Persuasive/opinion writing:

1. Giving your opinion
2. Telling which is best
3. Explaining how you think a problem should be solved
4. Telling whether you agree or disagree
5. Convincing someone to believe something
6. Convincing someone to do something
7. Convincing someone not to do something

Narrative writing:

1. Personal narrative
2. Introducing a character
3. Describing setting (place and time)
4. Describing setting (sensory details)
5. Explaining a problem
6. Describing a positive event
7. Describing a negative event
8. Dialogue
9. Concluding a story

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• Seasonal Vocabulary Task Cards
• Poster Bundle
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