Max Orr

This is a powerful interdisciplinary resource for any schools who are trying to broaden their writing and literacy practices across the curriculum and not just in ELA rooms. I use this instruction when I collaborate with our science teachers. It includes 9 slides that feature direct instruction on the use of passive voice; transition phrases and words; discipline-specific language; and grammatical constructs. Then, it has directions for an activity on the structure of a lab report, followed by a

This is a powerful interdisciplinary resource for any schools who are trying to broaden their writing and literacy practices across the curriculum and not just in ELA rooms. I use this instruction when I collaborate with our science teachers. This resource is meant to be paired with my slides on writing lab reports. It includes an activity where students read a model lab report and take their own notes about the purpose of each section of the report. Included here is the worksheet, the model lap