Fall Writing BUNDLE: Opinion Informational and Personal Narrative Units

Fall writing: Fall writing units for first and second grade.

This HUGE bundle includes a step-by-step opinion writing, informational writing and personal narrative writing unit.

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Johnny Appleseed Opinion Writing Unit

Pumpkin Themed Informational Writing

Thanksgiving Personal Narrative Writing

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1. Johnny Appleseed Opinion Writing Unit

Johnny Appleseed opinion writing (persuasive writing) has been made easy with this file that scaffolds the stages of writing an opinion.

~ The activities and printables in this file are based on apples and the story of Johnny Appleseed by Reeve Lindbergh.

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Scaffold your students writing by teaching; purpose, structure, introduction, reasons and conclusion plus reflection.

Your file aims to give you supportive materials to compliment your genre writing and social studies program. This resource aims to give students a scaffolded, pragmatic approach to developing opinion writing skills.

Print off all pages and bundle as a student work book using the cover page provided. Start from the beginning by asking children what they know about Johnny Appleseed.

Discuss what facts and opinions are.

Read or watch the book, Johnny Appleseed by Reeve Lindbergh.

Use the resources in the file to discuss what an opinion is and how to orate, read and write one beginning with the introduction, reasons and conclusion.

Children will build up the skill of each part of an opinion before finally writing their own on the topics provided or one of your choosing using the empty templates.

Students are given opportunities to reflect on their writing samples at the end of the unit using the five apple rating system that you will need to model using a work sample.

Finally children receive their own achievement notice based on what they can do.

Your file includes the following:

Student booklet cover

What do you Know about Johnny Appleseed?

Johnny Appleseed Facts

Johnny Appleseed Facts

Johnny Appleseed story vocabulary

Johnny Appleseed book and video links

What is an opinion & Facts?

Sort Johnny Appleseed Facts & Opinions

Write Opinion about 2 Johnny Appleseed Facts

What is an Opinion + Example (whole class)

Purpose of an Opinion (whole class)

Opinion Topics

Parts of an Opinion Poster

Parts of an Opinion Apple Style!

Parts of an Opinion Apple Style! Paste back Together

Sheets to paste Opinion Structure (prev. page)

Parts of an Opinion Apple Style! Self-Correction page

I Love Apples! An Oral Class Exercise

Opinion Introduction – sentence starters

How to Introduce your Opinion

Opinions and Reasons

Johnny Appleseed topic – giving reasons (only)

Johnny Appleseed topic – giving reasons (only)

Johnny Appleseed – giving reasons (only)

Johnny Appleseed – giving reasons (only)

Johnny Appleseed – giving reasons (only)

The Story of Johnny Appleseed – give reasons why you liked the story

The Story of Johnny Appleseed – reasons for recommendation

The Story of Johnny Appleseed – why is it good to be generous?

Concluding my Opinion – sentence starters

Johnny Appleseed Topics for an Opinion

My Opinion: Author’s Purpose

My Opinion: Author’s Purpose

My Opinion – Hannah Goodwin

My Opinion: Johnny’s Knapsack

My Opinion: the Pioneers

My Opinion: Wilderness & Safety

My Opinion: Favorite Apple Product

My Opinion: Johnny Appleseed Street named after him

Opinion Blank Organizer/Template

Opinion Blank Organizer/Template

Opinion Blank Organizer/Template

Opinion Blank Organizer/Template

Opinion Blank Organizer/Template

My Opinion - blank template - girl

My Opinion - blank template - girl

Apple Rated Opinion (filled in) Students reflect on their work sample

Apple Rated Opinion empty

I can Write an Opinion Achievement Notice Grade One - Girl

I can Write an Opinion Achievement Notice Grade One - Boy

I can Write an Opinion Achievement Notice Grade Two - Girl

I can Write an Opinion Achievement Notice Grade Two - Boy

2. Pumpkin Informational Writing Unit

Pumpkin themed informational writing printables for October and November for grades one and two.

Your file aims to give you supportive materials to complement your informational/explanatory writing and social studies program. This resource focuses on giving students a scaffolded, pragmatic approach to developing informational/explanatory writing skills. Your file focuses on writing about pumpkins and the pumpkin life cycle in light of informational Common Core Standards for writing.

~ Edit: The file now includes different header fonts that are more student friendly.

Common Core links for first and second grade:

CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.1.2 Write informative/explanatory texts in which they name a topic, supply some facts about the topic, and provide some sense of closure.

CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.2.2 Write informative/explanatory texts in which they introduce a topic, use facts an definitions to develop points, and provide a concluding statement or section.

*** This file is aimed at teachers who use the Common Core State Standards.

Print off the appropriate pages and bundle as individual books. Start from the beginning of the file and work your way through.

This unit should last around 3 weeks, depending on your students' writing competencies and how long you dedicate to writing each week.

There are six sections to this file and some pages are in color for you to use as posters alongside the printable worksheets.

Contents:

Student book covers boy and girl

- Section One – About Pumpkins

About Pumpkins section page

Pumpkin vocabulary

Pumpkin life cycle poster

Pumpkin life cycle fill in

How does a pumpkin grow? Number & label, cut & paste

What is a Fact? Poster

Pumpkin Facts

Pumpkin Facts and Non-Facts

Class pumpkins facts brainstorm

Definitions work for 2nd graders

Pumpkin facts label the pumpkin

Pumpkin adjectives (senses)

Yummy pumpkins (kinds of food)

Pumpkin decorations

Pumpkins are a fruit

-Section Two – About Info/Explanatory Writing

About Informational/ Explanatory Writing section page

What is Informational Writing? color poster

Why do we read or write informational/explanatory texts?

What topics could you write about?

Parts of an info/explanatory writing piece poster (b&w)

Super helpers to remember structure color poster

Super helpers to remember structure b&w

Parts of an informational writing piece pumpkin style

Parts of an informational writing piece pumpkin style cut & paste, order of structure

Pasting page for previous activity

Self-correcting page for previous activity

Informational/explanatory text features color poster

Informational/explanatory text features label from prev. poster

Grammatical features color poster

Linking words cut and paste

Present tense work

Technical terms work (label pumpkin)

Forms of inform’l writing (list, sequencing. etc)

- Section Three – Learning to write using structure

Learning to section page

How to for teachers

Informational writing example one

Informational writing example two

Informational writing example three

The topic sentence with helper; Tilly Topic color poster

Possible topic sentence examples

Topic sentences using vocab prompts

Breaking it down – whole class oral task

Pumpkin topic sentence brainstorm (enlarge)

Now I can write my topic sentence

The Facts with helper; Fiery Facts color poster

Carving up the facts (are, have can)

Just the facts please

I know a lot about pumpkins (record research)

Pumpkin life cycle record stages (1st, 2nd etc)

“ “ “ “ (first, next, then, after this) template

How does a pumpkin grow? Record stages in own words

Summary with helper; Super Sam Summary color poster

Super summary – What does restate mean?

Breaking it down, pumpkin style connecting topic sentences and summary sentences

We can summarize (using topic sentences)

- Section Four – putting it together

Writing our own info. texts section page

Pumpkin happenings; how does a pumpkin grow?

Pumpkin, pumpkin, how do you grow?

A pumpkin grows and grows

My pumpkin

I know all about pumpkins

Pumpkin patch

this is a pumpkin

- Section Five – blank templates

Blank templates section page

Blank templates

- Section 6 – evaluations and reflections

Evaluating section page

Pumpkin rated writing self-assessment

Student achievement notice Common Core

3. Thanksgiving Personal Narrative Unit

This huge step-by-step personal narrative writing unit takes you from learning about Thanksgiving, talking about personal Thanksgiving stories, to understanding the purpose of a narrative, to breaking down the structure of 5 personal narrative frameworks (guided), to working on the grammatical features of a personal narrative (guided), independent writing frameworks, then how to revise and edit writing (peer, self and with a teacher), and finally to student and teacher assessments. This resource maps out the explicit steps of personal narrative writing with a Thanksgiving twist. This resource aims to complement your writing program.

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You may also like our other step-by-step fall writing units:

Pumpkin Informational Writing Unit

Johnny Appleseed opinion Writing Unit

Move through the file in the order it is set out. Children will be given opportunities to work in large and small groups as well as one on one with another student and the teachers, as well as independently.

As mentioned above, the fill includes 5 personal narrative framework for you to choose from.

The personal narrative frameworks you can choose from include:

1. small moment, details (when, where, who and what) and conclusion

2. small moment, beginning, middle and end

3. topic sentence, first, next, then and last

4. topic sentence, details (what happened first, second and third?) and conclusion

5. event, details (actions, thoughts and feelings), event, details and conclusion

The rationale behind the choice of 5 frameworks, is that many schools use different frameworks. This will still be a valuable resource should you change schools. Additionally, the students in each class may need different frameworks depending on their writing levels. Lastly, the different frameworks will suit the two grades this resource is aimed at, being first and second grade.

This file complements the following Common Core Standards for first and second grade:

~ First Grade:

Text Types and Purposes:

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.1.3 Write narratives in which they recount two or more appropriately sequenced events, include some details regarding what happened, use temporal words to signal event order, and provide some sense of closure.

Production and Distribution of Writing:

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.1.5 With guidance and support from adults, focus on a topic, respond to questions and suggestions from peers, and add details to strengthen writing as needed.

Research to Build and Present Knowledge:

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.1.8 With guidance and support from adults, recall information from experiences or gather information from provided sources to answer a question.

~ Second Grade:

Text Types and Purposes:

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.2.3 Write narratives in which they recount a well-elaborated event or short sequence of events, include details to describe actions, thoughts, and feelings, use temporal words to signal event order, and provide a sense of closure.

Production and Distribution of Writing:

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.2.5 With guidance and support from adults and peers, focus on a topic and strengthen writing as needed by revising and editing.

Research to Build and Present Knowledge:

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.2.8 Recall information from experiences or gather information from provided sources to answer a question

File contents:

Links to Common Core 1st Grade

Links to Common Core 2nd Grade

Student narrative booklet cover

Personal narrative sequence for teachers

SECTION 1 – LEARNING ABOUT THANKSGIVING

Thanksgiving Stories (Amazon links)

Thanksgiving Stories (Amazon links)

Thanksgiving vocabulary color – level 1

Thanksgiving vocabulary b&w – level 1

Thanksgiving vocabulary color – level 2

Thanksgiving vocabulary b&w – level 2

SECTION 2 – OUR PERSONAL STORIES

Our stories: our talking informs our writing

Talking about our stories: 5 group activities

Narrative Talking Task Cards 1-4 - color

Narrative Talking Task Cards 1-4 - watermark

Narrative Talking Task Cards 1-4 - gray

Narrative Talking Task Cards 5-8 - color

Narrative Talking Task Cards 5-8 - watermark

Narrative Talking Task Cards 5-8 - gray

Thanksgiving writing prompts – color

Thanksgiving writing prompts – watermark

Thanksgiving writing prompts – b&w

SECTION 3 – Modeled & Guided Narrative Writing

Our class writing goal

What is a personal narrative? level 1 – color

What is a personal narrative? level 1 - b&w

What is a personal narrative? level 2 - color

What is a personal narrative? level 2 – b&w

Personal narrative anchor chart – color

Personal narrative anchor chart b&w

Personal narrative features (pencil style) - color

Personal narrative features (pencil style) – wm

Personal narrative features (pencil style) – b&w

Personal narrative features (visual) - color

Personal narrative features (visual) – b&w

Narrative Purpose

Purpose of a narrative poster - color

Purpose of a narrative poster - wm

Purpose of a narrative poster – b&w

Learning ‘about’ narratives: listen, read and write

Why do we listen to a narrative – worksheet

Why do we read a narrative – worksheet

Why do we write a narrative – worksheet

Narrative Structure: whole class and guided sheets

Narrative structure note to teachers

How do you structure a narrative poster – color

How do you structure a narrative poster – wm

How do you structure a narrative poster – b&w

Narrative structure note to teachers

Framework 1 poster: small moment, details, conclusion

Framework 1 breakdown poster

Small moment - whole class/small group activity

Small moment - student worksheet – cut and paste

Details – whole class/small group activity

Details – student worksheet – categorize

Conclusion – whole class/small group activity

Conclusion – student worksheet – draw and write

Framework 2 poster: small mom., beg, mid, end

Framework 2 breakdown poster

Beg/mid/end– whole class/small group activity

Beg/med/end student worksheet – organizing b/m/e

Framework 3 poster: topic sentence, first, next, then & last

Framework breakdown poster

Topic sentence – whole class/small group activity

Topic sentence student worksheet – cut and paste

Framework 4 poster: topic sentence, details, conclusion

Framework 4 breakdown poster

Details (first, second third) whole class/small group active

Details (first, second, third) student worksheet – draw

Framework 5 poster: event, details, event, details & concl.

Framework 5 breakdown poster

Events whole class/small group activity

Events student worksheet – draw and label

Details (actions, thoughts & feelings) whole class/sml gr

Details (actions, thoughts & feelings) st w/sheet – read & write

Narrative Grammar

Personal narrative grammatical features poster

Personal narrative grammatical features wm

Personal narrative grammatical features b&w

Grammar Printables – teacher notes

My Thanksgiving Day story (large print)

Find the nouns worksheet

Sorting nouns worksheet

Nouns: person, place, animal, thing

Find the adjectives

Sort the adjectives

Adjectives: adjective and noun sort

Finding temporal words *

Ordering my story; first, then, finally

Ordering temporal words: first, then, last

Ordering temporal words: first, next, then, finally

Ordering temporal words: first, then, finally

Finding past tense words

Past tense words: past to present tense

Past tense words: present tense to past tense.

Narrative templates

Framework 1 poster: small moment, details, con

Small moment, details and conclusion templates

Framework 2 poster: small mom, beg, med, end

Small mom, beginning, middle & end templates

Framework 3 poster: topic sent, first, next, then

Topic sentence, first, next, then templates

Framework 4 poster: topic sentence, details, con

Topic sentence, details and conclusion templates

Framework 5: event, details, event, details, con

Event, details, event, details, conclusion templates

Extra frameworks

Beginning, middle and end templates

Strengthening my writing: revising and editing

Stronger writing: revising checklist

Stronger writing: partner activity – ask, show, color

Revising my writing bookmark checklist - color

Revising my writing bookmark checklist – b&w

Editing my writing bookmark checklist - color

Editing my writing bookmark checklist – b&w

SECTION 4; INDEPENDENT NARRATIVE WRITING

Blank writing paper for final copy writing

Writing paper with large picture box – 3 levels

Lined paper – 3 levels – boy

Lined paper – 3 levels – girl

Lined paper with small picture box – 3 levels – girl

Lined paper with small picture box – 3 levels - boy

Lined paper – 3 levels

SECTION 5: TEACHER & STUDENT ASSESSMENTS

Student teacher assessment

Student & teacher start assessment blank – color

Student & teacher start assessment blank – b&w

Student & teacher start assessment 1st grade – color

Student & teacher start assessment 1st grade – b&w

Student & teacher start assessment 2nd grade – color

Student & teacher start assessment 2nd grade – b&w

My pumpkin rated student assessment 1st grade

My pumpkin rated student assessment 2nd grade

Please note: This file is aimed at teachers teaching the Common Core State Standards and celebrating Thanksgiving.

You might also like our:

★ Johnny Appleseed Opinion Writing Unit

★ Pumpkin Themed Informational Writing

★ Thanksgiving Personal Narrative Writing

★ Writing Paper

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