Give your fourth-graders the fun and focused writing practice they need to become to become strong and successful writers. The 125 engaging, 10- to 15-minute lessons support any writing program.
25 weeks of instruction cover the following trait-based writing skills:
Ideas
Week 1: Choosing a Strong Idea
Week 2: Writing a Topic Sentence and Supporting Details
Week 3: Developing Character, Setting, and Plot Ideas
Week 4: Elaborating on Ideas and Details
Week 5: Keeping Your Focus
Organization
Week 1: Sequencing
Week 2: Grouping Together Ideas and Details
Week 3: Describing Things by Position
Week 4: Grouping by How Things Are Alike or Different
Week 5: Choosing Which Way to Organize Your Writing
Word Choice
Week 1: Writing About Action
Week 2: Using Descriptive Language
Week 3: Using Figurative Language
Week 4: Choosing Words for Your Audience
Week 5: Getting the Reader’s Attention
Sentence Fluency
Week 1: Revising Run-on Sentences
Week 2: Combining Sentences with Conjunctions
Week 3: More Ways to Combine Sentences
Week 4: Beginning Sentences in Different Ways
Week 5: Writing a Smooth Paragraph
Voice
Week 1: Examining Different Writing Voices
Week 2: Using Your Voice to Persuade
Week 3: Writing from Different Points of View
Week 4: Using Voice in Poetry
Week 5: Developing Your Own Voice
This resource contains teacher support pages, reproducible student pages, and an answer key. This is a reproducible resource (photocopying of lessons is permitted) for single classroom or individual home use only.
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Author: Evan-Moor Educational Publishers
Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Evan-Moor Educational Publishers
Published: 09/01/2008
Series: Daily 6 Trait Writing
Pages: 160
Weight: 1.02lbs
Size: 10.98h x 8.46w x 0.43d
ISBN: 9781596732889
Language: English
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