Writing

Throughout the year...

Students will become better writers by using the five writing structures; Compare and Contrast, Problem & Solution, Chronological-Timeline-Sequential, Descriptive, and Cause and Effect.
Students will also learn to respond to questions from our novels using Textual Evidence.
Students will become stronger writers using the R.A.C.E.S strategy (Restate,Answer,Cite Evidence,Explain how the citation proves your answer, and Summarize) while answering writng prompts from passages.

There will be Four Writing Pieces this year in Fourth Grade

Natural Disaster Rubric

Editing and Revision

Editing Checklist

Informational Checklist

Natural Disaster Report

🌪️ Natural Disaster Research Writing Assignment

Directions:
Choose a natural disaster you are interested in (for example: hurricanes, earthquakes, tornadoes, tsunamis, wildfires, etc.). You will research and write a five-paragraph essay about your chosen disaster.

Paragraph 1: Introduction

Define your natural disaster (What is it?)
Introduce the three main topics you will write about in your paper.
(Example: causes, effects, and safety precautions)

Paragraph 2: Topic One

Begin with a topic sentence introducing your first topic.
Write about the research you found for this topic.
End with a closing sentence that wraps up your ideas.

Paragraph 3: Topic Two

Begin with a topic sentence introducing your second topic.
Write about the research you found for this topic.
End with a closing sentence that wraps up your ideas.

Paragraph 4: Topic Three

Begin with a topic sentence introducing your third topic.
Write about the research you found for this topic.
End with a closing sentence that wraps up your ideas.

Paragraph 5: Conclusion

Begin with a topic sentence that restates your main idea and three topics.
Summarize the key points from your paper.

End with a strong closing sentence that leaves the reader thinking about your natural disaster.

Persuasive Letter

Mystery Narrative

Survival Narrative

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