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Writing-expository resources for SMART Notebook
Write from the Beginning: Personal Narrative
This smart notebook focuses on the writing process as laid out by 'Write from the Beginning.' It has pages specifically for teacher models, circle maps, tree maps, flow maps, writing a rough draft, editing, and writing a final. It allows the teacher to make sure every step of the writing process is clear. The lesson includes daily objectives and objective checks. It may be used for a two-week writing project.
Grades:
1st - 4th
Write from the Beginning: Expository-Informational
This smart notebook focuses on the writing process as laid out by 'Write from the Beginning.' It has pages specifically for teacher models, circle maps, tree maps, flow maps, writing a rough draft, editing, and writing a final. It allows the teacher to make sure every step of the writing process is clear. The lesson includes daily objectives and objective checks. It may be used for a two-week writing project.
Grades:
1st - 4th
Nonfiction Chapter Books Lucy Calkins SmartBoard Slides for Writing Workshop
Do you teach Lucy Calkins' Writing Units of Study for first grade? If so, these SmartBoard slides will make your writing workshop time more engaging and easy to follow! There are 3-5 slides per session. All include the teaching point, the mid-workshop teaching point, and visuals, videos, and/or interactive activities that go along with the day's lesson. These also help keep the minilesson on track as well as give a great visual and integrate technology!I used several HelloFonts (Hello Big Sky, H
Grades:
1st
Should There be Zoos? Social Justice - Persuasive Argument Comparison
Should There Be Zoos? SMARTboard Notebook File 14 pagesa) Social Justiceb) Cover Pagec) Pros and Cons Paged) T Charte) Argument For Zoos - Yes/No Research, Protection and Care, f) Class vote page.Some information pages. Have a discussion with the class about the issue. Use the Smart Notebook file as a guide to the discussion and then class vote.Please check out the rest of my products at:http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Store/Geis19
Grades:
3rd - 5th
Write from the Beginning: Opinion
This smart notebook focuses on the writing process as laid out by 'Write from the Beginning.' It has pages specifically for teacher models, circle maps, tree maps, flow maps, writing a rough draft, editing, and writing a final. It allows the teacher to make sure every step of the writing process is clear. The lesson includes daily objectives and objective checks. It may be used for a two-week writing project.
Grades:
1st - 4th
Non-Fiction Expository Paragraph Writing Unit Smart Notebook
This is a 24 page smart notebook 2 week unit that walks students through the writing steps in order to create a non-fiction paragraph. There is NO PREPARATION required from the teacher with this unit. Each stage of the writing process is modeled for the students in a visually attractive and engaging way using Smart notebook. This is the perfect resource to model construction of topic sentences, supporting details, transitions, conclusions and much more. There is also a tech. integration elemen
Grades:
2nd - 4th
Recognzing Different Types of Writing
This is a SmartBoard lesson that helps students recognize three different types of writing. It gives them quick exerts of each and then test their newly learned skills with a couple of fun games.
Grades:
2nd - 9th
Stretching a Sentence Smartboard Going From Good to Great Sentences
This is a Smartboard activity. I have used this method to help my students go from writing simple sentences to visual sentences. It works in second grade and can work in upper grades. Kids love the way their writing improves when they start using adjectives and adverbs in their writing. You must have Notebook software to use this activity. 12 slides.
Grades:
2nd - 4th
Writing Hooks - Fishing For A Hook Activity (Smart Notebook Version)
Students have a hard time understanding hooks, and the importance of a good "hook". This engaging lesson will have students literally "fishing for hooks". They will discover the importance of hooks in their persuasive writing. After students learn what a hook is, they will actually fish for hooks in a plastic swimming pool using a fishing pole and magnet. Once they fish out a "hook" they will read the hook and determine its effectiveness. This activity provides an engaging way to teach stud
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Grades:
4th - 9th
Argument Game (Practise persuasive / exposition / debating language)
This is a notebook slide adapted from a simple 'argument' game. I used this in my fourth grade class as a fun game to practise persuasive language.
Two students at a time (could be played in teams). Each student presses interactive dice which determines which topic will be argued. Students then need to give 2 arguments for their side. Class can vote on who had the better points. Winner can continue with new opponent.
Grades:
3rd - 5th
SMARTBoard Polar/Arctic Region Animals Research Writing Project & Art Extenstion
This is a SMARTBoard .notebook 11 page file that includes background information on the polar/arctic region. Information about the climate, plants, and animals included as well as two maps with questions. Students are given task to create a powerpoint presentation on a polar animal and their habitat. A printable organizer is included to guide their research. Steps to writing a written report is also included. Finally, there is an art extension project where students create a snow globe that
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Grades:
3rd - 5th
Writing Process First Grade 1 Lesson
THIS IS A SMART NOTEBOOK SOFTWARE FILE. YOU MUST HAVE SMART NOTEBOOK SOFTWARE OR DOWNLOAD IT TO OPEN THIS FILE.
This interactive SMART Board lesson is for first grade but can be added to to make it for a higher grade level. It is a multi-day lesson that walks students through planning, drafting, editing, and publishing a paragraph about a topic. The topic in this lesson is "What do you miss about Summer?" but can be changed. Later in the year I also add to the big idea box a space for plann
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Grades:
K - 2nd
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Persuasive Writing with the Hamburger Model
This is a lesson for persuasive writing that uses William & Mary's Hamburger Model. I took Lesson 10 from the Beyond Words unit and created it into an interactive SmartBoard lesson for students. Students will move objects, erase to reveal, underline sentences, and learn how this powerful graphic organizer can help them write powerful persuasive pieces!
Grades:
2nd - 4th
Writing a Summary Paragraph EDI Lesson
This is an EDI (Explicit Direct Instruction) Lesson using California Content Standards. It can be edited to be used with any state's content standards. It is written using 2nd grade standards and objectives but of course those may be changed to suit your grade level. For this lesson, I used An Octopus is Amazing to model and do guided practice
of the summary paragraph lesson. I used the story Ant, from our reading book for the independent practice, but you can use any story you wish. Non-fi
Grades:
2nd - 5th
Smart Notebook: Revisions for Creating Clear and Concise Academic Writing
Smart Notebook: Revisions for Creating Clear and Concise Academic Writing created by Darla Brink
Five specific strategies with student examples. Activities provided for guided practice and reflection. Strategies include getting rid of unnecessary words, avoiding ineffective repetition, rewriting without using second person and getting to the point.
Smart Notebook: Revisions for Creating Clear and Concise Academic Writing by Darla Brink is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonComm
Grades:
5th - 8th
Connotation Denotation Lesson
Encourage your students to use better word choice in their writing as they discover how to correctly apply connotation to enhance the tone of their writing. Students will create connotation lines and apply selected words to their own piece of writing.
Grades:
6th - 9th
PERSONAL NARRATIVE COMPLETE UNIT WITH LITERATURE AS INSPIRATION FOR SMARTBOARD
Personal Narrative
Writing Unit (about 2-3 weeks)
Grades 2,3,4 but can be adapted for older or younger grades
EACH LESSON INCLUDES A LEARNING OBJECTIVE!
This Unit incorporates the use of literature as inspiration for writing our personal narrative. It's created for a 2nd or 3rd grade Personal Narrative writing Unit.
Each day requires:
*reading a book
*teacher models a graphic organizer
*students complete their own organizer
*short paragraphs written for each organizer
Skills touched upon in
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Grades:
1st - 6th, Staff
Six Traits Organization Smartboard Lesson
This Smartboard lesson will help your students understand how to organize their writing. Included is a story that can be read and listened to see how it is organized. After reading there is a sequencing activity to go with it. Created by dijobaker.
Six Traits, Six Traits Lesson, Six Traits Organization
Grades:
1st - 3rd
Strategies to Improve Reports: a SmartBoard Presentation for 4th-6th Grade
As students move into the upper Elementary grades and Middle school, strong expository writing skills and research skills are critical. Students are inherently curious, ask questions and look for answers, but what do they do with their facts once they have found information and done the research? This presentation goes through 9 critical strategies for writing and improving research papers
In this interactive SmartBoard presentation, fourth through sixth graders will learn about:
1. Strateg
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Grades:
4th - 6th
Argumentative Reading and Writing CommonCore Lesson
The skills covered in this unit include: identifying multiple stances for a given claim, identifying the author’s claim on an argumentative text, vocabulary for argumentative writing, analyzing claims, evaluating author’s reasons, using ethos, logos, and pathos to back up an argument, the structure for an argumentative paragraph based on text, and graphic organizers. The text that was used in this example is from www.readworks.com and is titled “Making your Mark,” and presents claims about wheth
Grades:
4th - 8th
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PlayDoh Writing Process
SmartBoard slides to accompany a lesson that teaches the writing process using PlayDoh. Last slide is a compare/contrast chart to guide students through the similarities of creating art and creating a piece of writing! The lesson plan can be found on-line.
Grades:
3rd - 8th
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Six Traits Word Choice Smartboard
Use this Smartboard lesson to help your students master the concept of word choice. Students need to be aware that they have an audience for their writing and so their objective is not only to inform but entertain. There are several slides devoted to brainstorming for interesting word choices to help students write more vividly. There is also a story to listen to and talk about interesting, descriptive words.
Grades:
1st - 3rd
A Paragraph is Like a Cheeseburger
This is a fun creative thinking/writing lesson that will help students build a clear understanding of the parts of a paragraph and can extend to the parts of an essay using an analogy between paragraphs and cheeseburgers. It would also be a fun review for paragraph writing.
Included is a SMART Notebook file which includes the teacher lesson plan notes and all materials needed for the lesson.
Created by Sarah Allred Follow me on Twitter @RockstarTchr
Grades:
3rd - 6th
Habitats Research Organizer
This is a 6 page organizer for students to use as they research a habitat of their choice. It is great for younger grades (1st-3rd). I created it as a smartboard to use as a model and then printed the pages directly from there. This project can be topped off with students creating a biome at home to then bring in and share with the class. Students loved it and did a great job with it!
Grades:
2nd - 4th
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