Save time planning HMH Into Writing Grade 4 Module 2 with this complete 15-lesson informational and descriptive writing unit.

Students research a modern-day or extinct apex predator and use facts, descriptive language, and precise details to explain what makes the animal amazing. The lessons guide students through the full writing process, including research, planning, drafting, revising, editing, publishing, and sharing.

This resource also includes a student-friendly research slide deck with website and video links for 14 apex predators, including great white sharks, Siberian tigers, Komodo dragons, African wild dogs, T. rex, Titanoboa, Tylosaurus, and more.

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What’s Included

• 15 fully planned Grade 4 Module 2 writing lessons
• Student-facing teaching slides
• Teacher modeling and think-alouds
• Apex predator informational writing unit
• Modern-day and extinct predator research options
• Research slide deck with websites and videos
• Two-page apex predator research graphic organizer
• Essay planning outline
• Introduction, body paragraph, and conclusion instruction
• Descriptive language practice
• Transitional words and phrases
• Revision and editing lessons
• Peer feedback and proofreading activities
• Publishing and sharing support

The research graphic organizer helps students collect information about habitat, diet, hunting methods, body features, size, extinction or current threats, and interesting facts.

The included essay outline helps students organize a thesis, reasons, and supporting details before drafting.

Students Will Practice

• Conducting animal research
• Taking notes from websites and videos
• Choosing a focused topic
• Writing a clear thesis or focus statement
• Organizing reasons and supporting details
• Writing engaging introductions
• Developing informational body paragraphs
• Using precise terms and vivid verbs
• Adding sensory and descriptive details
• Using transitions
• Writing strong conclusions
• Revising sentence fragments and sentence variety
• Editing capitalization, punctuation, spelling, and grammar
• Giving and using peer feedback
• Publishing and sharing informational writing

Why Teachers Will Love This Resource

This unit takes the planning and research preparation off your plate while giving students an engaging topic they will be excited to explore.

The lessons provide a clear path through the entire writing process, while the research materials, graphic organizers, models, anchor charts, discussion prompts, and independent work make the unit easy to teach from start to finish.

Please Note

Students will need access to the HMH focal text and Writer’s Workbook for lessons that reference those materials. Copyrighted HMH texts and workbook pages are not included.