writing materials & activities

Strong writing includes six key components: ideas, organization, sentence fluency, conventions, word choice, and voice. Provided below are materials/activities to use for each trait, as well as general information about writing and student samples.

General information

Middle School Language Arts Guide

Six traits posters

Common Core Standards (helpful guides by greatschools.org):

student writing samples

1st grade sample-informational

2nd grade sample-informational

3rd grade sample-persuasive

4th grade sample-informational

5th grade sample - persuasive

6th grade sample - persuasive

7th grade sample - persuasive

8th grade sample - informational

9th grade sample - persuasive

10th grade sample - informational

11th grade sample - informational

12th grade sample - persuasive

ideas

180 Prompts

Story Cube

Sensory Details Activity-"My Favorite Room" (grades 1-2)

Sensory Details Activity/Lesson-"Confection Connection" (Read Write Think grades 2-4)

Mentor Texts for Sensory Details (list of picture books for modeling good sensory detail)

Sensory Detail Graphic Organizer #1

Sensory Detail Graphic Organizer #2

Sensory Detail Graphic Organzier #3

organization

Sequence Activity ("Snowman" grades K-2)

Graphic Organizer #1 ("Hamburger" Format grades 3-5)

sentence fluency

conventions

word Choice

voice

Writers' Workshop format Instructional videos

Strong writing includes six key components: ideas, organization, sentence fluency, conventions, word choice, and voice. Provided below are videos that model the Writers' Workshop format.

Student Choice & Writing Topics List

Mini-Lessons Part 1: How to Uncover a Mini-Lesson Topic

Mini-Lessons Part 2: How to Teach a Mini-Lesson Topic

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