In fourth grade, we write 5 paragraph essays. Here are the elements that the students will be required to put in their informational essay. The point of an informational essay is for the students to give information about a topic. Then, they are expected to give evidence from a given text that supports the information.

Each student will have a copy of this in their Writing Folders in class. We will use this layout all year to write our informational pieces. This is the same layout the students will be expected to use on the State Writing Test in April.

Here are some amazing videos to help with Narrative writing. Narratives are "stories" each story must have a beginning, middle, end, plus more!

These are the elements that make up a narrative story

Student must have all the following in their Narrative stories.

All good stories begin with a "Hook"!

Examples of "Hooks" to hook your readers!

All stories must have a plot, the plot is the beginning, middle, and end of the story.

Use this planning guide to plan your narrative story

Use these transition words throughout your narrative stories

Use these descriptive words to make your writing SPARKLE!!

Students will be expected to write a 5-paragraph opinion essay. The point of an opinion essay is for students to share their opinion about a topic then be able to back that opinion up with text evidence from a given text.

students will be expected to follow this opinion layout

You know you have a great opinion essay, when you have everything on this checklist!