Writing Expository Essays--A Unit of Study
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Planning for Writing Workshop can be overwhelming. Let this bundle of Writing Units of Study relieve your stress and free up some time. The included lessons will cover at least 25 weeks of your school year. This resource has been successfully implemented at the elementary and middle school levelsPrice $64.00Original Price $80.00Save $16.00
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The intention of this study in Expository Writing is to introduce students to the idea of writing essays to grow their ideas. This is not intended to teach students the 5-paragraph essay formula. This is about students exploring and growing their big ideas and developing their written communication. This unit of study is designed for about 3-4 weeks.
Key Teaching Points:
• Reframing Narrative ideas into Expository ideas
• Generating ideas for writing an essay—exploring the world around us
• Generating ideas for writing an essay—Issues that matter to me
• Writing to grow my idea
• Using Mentor texts for expository
• Crafting a thesis statement
• Building the structure for the essay
• Developing our essay ideas
• Looking to other sources for elaboration
• Using parallel list to elaborate a point in a short, concise way
• Crafting a lead
• Crafting a conclusion
• Editing—Express Lane Edit
• Publishing
• Celebration
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