Consider Your Audience (Discovery Ed. Streaming) This video discusses how to use language that is appropriate for a particular audience. It presents a short segment about space travel and a follow-up activity that allows students to practice writing in a way that is appropriate for an intended audience.
Consider Your Purpose (Discovery Ed. Streaming) This video discuss purposeful writing. It presents a short segment about the U.S. Space Program and a follow-up activity that reviews various purposes for writing.
Expository Writing (Discovery Ed. Streaming)
Explains the definition, purpose and structure of expository writing. Presents a short segment about World War II and the Holocaust and a follow-up activity that allows students to practice creating an expository essay.
Persuasive Ideas (Discovery Ed. Streaming) This phase discusses elements of persuasive writing. It presents a short segment about the exploration of the Galapagos Islands, and a follow-up activity that allows students to identify arguments in a persuasive essay.
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Persuasive Writing a series of activities to describe, explain, show examples, provide practice; includes narration
To access, go to: Gallery Essentials/English and Lang. Arts/Writing
Letter Writing a series of activities to describe, explain, show examples, provide practice; includes narration
To access, go to: Online Resources/SMART Exchange/ (do a search for the named activity)
Authors Purpose students understand the reasons an author writes and explores the reason an author wrote a specific piece
IMS Library Resources (Videos, Prof. Library books, etc.)
Book: Twisting Arms: Teaching Students How to Write to Persuade (DiPrince) PL 808.06 DIP persuasive writing in history, thesis statements, topic choice, research, argument, and introductions and conclusions
Book: Reading Response that Really Matters to Middle Schoolers (Lewin) PL 372.62 LEW guidance and tools for teaching fifth through ninth graders how to write responsively on fiction and nonfiction, providing lessons, activities, and assessments
Video: Writing for Formal and Informal Purposes VHS 808.04 WRITING strategies to help discern the appropriate tone for a piece of writing based on purpose and audience
Video: Writing Persuasive Essays VHS 808.04 WRITING two student-centered scenarios for persuasive writing, one includes the use of background research
Video: Writing Expository Essays VHS 808.04 WRITING presents the basics of expository writing, from composing the introduction and thesis statement to assembling body paragraphs to writing an effective conclusion
Video: Writing VHS 808 lessons for sixth through eighth graders on how to write in several formats, from autobiographical compositions and narrative accounts to responses to literature, technical pieces, and business letters, covering organizing, drafting, and editing, as well as publishing
Video: Creative and Narrative Writing VHS 808.04 CREATIVE tools and strategies that include character webs, outlines, dialogue, point of view, foreshadowing, flashbacks and descriptive and figurative language to develop and refine very different, distinct and compelling stories
Video: How to Write an Expository Theme VHS 808 HOW step-by-step demonstration showing students how they can say what they mean; demonstrates how to narrow topics, develop supporting paragraphs, and how to use transitional devices.
Audience and Purpose
persuasive writing template.pdf
(Discovery Ed. Streaming, TeacherTube, YouTube, etc)
(Discovery Ed. Streaming)
This video discusses how to use language that is appropriate for a particular audience. It presents a short segment about space travel and a follow-up activity that allows students to practice writing in a way that is appropriate for an intended audience.
(Discovery Ed. Streaming)
This video discuss purposeful writing. It presents a short segment about the U.S. Space Program and a follow-up activity that reviews various purposes for writing.
(Discovery Ed. Streaming)
Explains the definition, purpose and structure of expository writing. Presents a short segment about World War II and the Holocaust and a follow-up activity that allows students to practice creating an expository essay.
(Discovery Ed. Streaming)
This phase discusses elements of persuasive writing. It presents a short segment about the exploration of the Galapagos Islands, and a follow-up activity that allows students to identify arguments in a persuasive essay.
(BrainPop, FunBrain, etc.)
a series of activities to describe, explain, show examples, provide practice; includes narration
a series of activities to describe, explain, show examples, provide practice; includes narration
(do a search for the named activity)
students understand the reasons an author writes and explores the reason an author wrote a specific piece
(Videos, Prof. Library books, etc.)
(DiPrince) PL 808.06 DIP
persuasive writing in history, thesis statements, topic choice, research, argument, and introductions and conclusions
PL 808 MCC
mini lessons, strategies, activities
PL 808 MCC
mini lessons, strategies, activities
PL 808 MCC
practical ideas, strategies, how-to’s
guidance and tools for teaching fifth through ninth graders how to write responsively on fiction and nonfiction, providing lessons, activities, and assessments
VHS 808.04 WRITING
strategies to help discern the appropriate tone for a piece of writing based on purpose and audience
VHS 808.04 WRITING
two student-centered scenarios for persuasive writing, one includes the use of background research
VHS 808.04 WRITING
presents the basics of expository writing, from composing the introduction and thesis statement to assembling body paragraphs to writing an effective conclusion
VHS 808
lessons for sixth through eighth graders on how to write in several formats, from autobiographical compositions and narrative accounts to responses to literature, technical pieces, and business letters, covering organizing, drafting, and editing, as well as publishing
VHS 808.04 CREATIVE
tools and strategies that include character webs, outlines, dialogue, point of view, foreshadowing, flashbacks and descriptive and figurative language to develop and refine very different, distinct and compelling stories
VHS 808 HOW
step-by-step demonstration showing students how they can say what they mean; demonstrates how to narrow topics, develop supporting paragraphs, and how to use transitional devices.