Lessons 1-13

Students will further develop their writing of informational/explanatory writing and have many opportunities to practice this form of writing. Listed are some components we will review:

• Gather information to write
• Choose a genre to explain or inform
• Choose details to explain a topic
• Write an introduction
• Develop a topic
• Group related information
• Create an illustration
• Use linking words and phrases to connect ideas
• Write a concluding statement
• Write a concluding section
• Write notes using a graphic organizer
• Write a paragraph from notes
• Write notes in categories

Lessons 14-18

Students will be going through the writing process: prewrite, draft, revise, edit, and final copy of an informational essay.

Performance Based Assessment

Students will be use information from Weather and Living Through a Natural Disaster to create an engaging news report that explains how weather affects people. I have attached the grading rubric used for this assessment.