Informative Informational Expository Essay Writing Unit THESIS STATEMENT FOCUSED
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This 5 paragraph, thesis statement centered, informative essay writing workshop ELIMINATES all of the hard work of planning and prepping! Students will learn practical writing techniques with intense scaffolding using this complete resource designed to build a full essay. Each element of every paragraph is broken into manageable steps and scaffolded with mentor samples, 2nd person instructions, video links for differentiation, and templates for building paragraphs. This workshop is NOT formulaic. Rather, it teaches expanded thinking!
Nearly every page has the appropriate Common Core Standard included, which will make writing lesson plans a breeze.
Essay elements (You can teach this as a whole unit, or mini-units by paragraph or element.)
Pre-writing
- Choosing a topic and subtopics (topics included)
- Choosing an essay type: compare/contrast, process, cause and effect, explain process, concept, or idea
- Gathering evidence and sources
- Planning and developing thesis statement
Introductory paragraph
- Hook
- Background information
- Thesis statement
Body paragraphs
- Topic sentences (drawn from thesis)
- Evidence
- Transitions
- Elaboration/explanation of evidence
Conclusion paragraph
- Thesis restatement
- Sum up key points
- Pose a resolution (in some cases)
- Revisit hook to bring essay full circle
This workshop includes:
- Thesis writing activity
- Mini-workshops for each paragraph element
- Step-by-step instructions
- Mentor samples
- Templates
- Video links
- Rubric with comments and easy scoring (circle the comments that apply)
- Sample informative essay -- The Life Of A Middle School Student
- Self-pacing progress tracker
- Teacher support notes
- Differentiation suggestions
This resource is all you will ever need to teach a full informative writing course. Buy it once. Use it forever! It comes with 2 versions: PowerPoint and PDF.
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