DIGITAL INFORMATIVE WRITING UNIT

NOW YOU CAN TEACH INFORMATIVE WRITING through distance learning! This Informative Writing Unit is digital and interactive. It comes in POWERPOINT and GOOGLE!

WHAT WILL YOU FIND IN THIS RESOURCE?

1. TEACHER NOTES: It has SCRIPTED lesson plans and ideas, links to the GOOGLE resources, answer keys, a checklist, and a rubric.

2. ANCHOR CHARTS: There are anchor charts to teach every skill in GOOGLE and PowerPoint.

3. DIGITAL INTERACTIVE NOTE-TAKING: They are included for every skill. They have directions, moveable pieces, and fill-in-the-box. It is in GOOGLE and PowerPoint.

4. INTERACTIVE PRACTICE: There is practice for some of the mini-lessons. They have moveable pieces and text boxes. These are great for independent work and homework. It is in GOOGLE and PowerPoint.

5. SELF-CHECK PRACTICE 1: It comes in Google Slides or PowerPoint and needs to be placed in presentation mode. Students click the answers and it automatically tells them if they are right or wrong. If it is wrong, it goes back to the question. This one does not track and report the right and wrong answers. There are 24 questions per skill (Informative Elements, Organization and Structure, Key Words, Identifying Informative Writing.)

6. SELF-CHECK PRACTICE 2 C.U.P.S.: It is set up the same as the SELF-CHECK PRACTICE ONE. There are 24 questions per skill (Capitalization, Usage, Punctuation, Spelling)

7. MODEL AND APPLY: For each lesson, there is a model of that skill that builds into an effective essay. There is also a place for students to apply that skill to build their essay.

8. INFORMATIVE WRITING ELEMENTS QUIZ: This is in GOOGLE Forms for automatic grading.

9. CUPS ASSESSMENT: There are two versions. One in PowerPoint and one in GOOGLE FORMS for automatic grading.

INFORMATIVE MINI LESSONS TABLE OF CONTENTS

1. Informative Elements

2. Prewriting- How to Brainstorm

3. Prewriting- Using Graphic Organizers

4. How to Determine Task, Audience, Purpose

5. Organization Structures

6. Writing an Introduction

7. Writing a Body (Power of 3, subtopics, facts and details)

8. How to Take Notes, Avoid Plagiarism, Citing Sources

9. Writing a Conclusion

10. Strategies to Write a Rough Draft

11. How to Plan a Writing Goal

12. DARE to Revise (How to Delete, Add, Rearrange, Exchange)

13. How to Write a Rockin' Beginning (Strong Leads)

14. Using Transition Words

15. Adding Key Words and Phrases

16. How to Provide Sentence Variety

17. How to Write a Jammin' Conclusion

18. How to Craft a Title

19. CUPS to Edit

20. Editing Capitalization

21. Editing Usage

22. Editing Punctuation

23. Editing Spelling

24. Graphics/ Heading/ Picture Captions

25. Table of Contents and Glossary

26. Rules for Peer Reflections

27. Writing a Final Copy

You will also find:

★ Original Mentor Text and Mentor Text Suggested List

★ Writing Goal Form

★ Reflection From

★ Moveable Checklist

★ Rubric

★ Tracking Form

★ 5 Prompt Passages

★ 12 additional Prompts

★ Weekly Writing Template

★ Choice Assignment for Research

INFORMATIVE WRITING MINI-LESSON STUDENT VIDEOS

You can download and place it in Google Classroom too! There are 27 mini lesson videos designed to take you through the writing process for informative writing. You can use them with any writing curriculum that follows the writing process. Most of the videos are less than 5 minutes. They are easy to pop on and let me do the teaching!

How do you use the videos?

• writing center
• absent student
• homeschool student
• substitute
• educator

What is included in each video?

Some or all of the following are included in each video depending on the lesson. WATCH THE PREVIEW FOR 2 MINUTES OF A SAMPLE LESSON!

• the mini lesson information
• practice
• model the same prompt throughout the lessons
• encouragement to apply the lesson to students' own writing
• rock music at the end- Go rock your writing!

How do you access the videos?

Once you purchase here, you will download the PDF. On the PDF, there is a link to a portal of videos and a code. You will need to click on the link, create an account and put in the code. Then you can play directly from there or download the video to send to a student.

Informative Writing Videos

I1- Informative Elements

I2- Prewriting

I3- Task, Purpose, Audience

I4- Graphic Organizer

I5- Organization and Structures

I6- Introduction

I7- Notetaking

I8- Body

I9- Conclusion

I10- Rough Draft

I11- DARE to Revise

I12- DARE- D- Delete

I13- DARE- A- Add details and transition words

I14- DARE- R- Rearrange

I15- DARE- E- Exchange- Rocking Beginnings

I16- DARE- E- Exchange- Key Words and Phrases (Word Choice)

I17- DARE- E- Exchange- Sentence Variety

I18- DARE- E- Exchange- Jammin' Conclusion

I19- Craft a Title

I20- CUPS- Capitalization

I21- CUPS- Usage

I22- CUPS- Punctuation

I23- CUPS- Spelling

I24- Peer Reflection

125- Heading, Graphics, Labels, Captions

I26- Final Copy

I27- Table of Contents, Glossary, Sources

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