Other than good old-fashioned practice and using mentor texts as examples, here are some resources I have been using:
Short, humorous fiction book that is great for teaching onomatopoeia!
I use this cool onomatopoeia art poster to help kids remember different words to use.
This is working aaaaamazingly!!! My students are now writing 5 paragraph persuasive essays! It's been hard getting them to come up with reasons, but once they do, the examples flow!
Writing Workshop PowerPoint (click any image to view)
I am now going to give this to parents on Back to School Night!
It includes kid-friendly (but sophisticated) examples of introductions...
descriptions...
I am now going to give this to parents on Back to School Night!
It includes kid-friendly (but sophisticated) examples of introductions...
descriptions...
...and closings from popular books...
...as well as samples of student writing. They're definitely a little above where I expect my students to be, but it's nice to be able to give them something to aim for.
Check out other resources on my Wonderful Writing Pinterest Board!
...and don't forget to enter my giveaway!
Kudos on the writing progress! I love those moments when you can see it all *finally* coming together!
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