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Common Core W.1.2 lectures

1st grade Informative Writing Resource with 3 Mentor Texts

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This Informative Writing Resource is designed to teach students how to write an informative piece. It explains the concept of informative writing (to inform the reader about one topic with facts and details), outlines the elements is should include: a hook, topic sentence, 3 facts and details, and a conclusion sentence. Additionally, it features 3 mentor texts to support students with their writing. The mentor texts are related to 1st grade science (Butterfly Life Cycle, Frog Life Cycle, and Ani

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Informational Text, Writing

Grades:

K - 3rd

Types:

Lectures, Lesson

CCSS:

W.1.2

NGSS:

1-LS3-1

UTEC: Essay Writing as a Genre

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Fox Wordsmithing

UTEC: Essay Writing as a Genre UTEC is an acronym and tool that I developed in 2009 to help my students to organize their ideas and to expand upon them to fill a page or paragraph. The process of using UTEC as a district or grade-level team allows students to have a structure to remind them of the components of quality writing. This approach to test prep, quality paragraph, and essay writing fits into the genre model that students are already familiar with through their Language Arts and Reading

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Writing, Writing-Essays

Grades:

Not Grade Specific

Types:

Lectures, Rubrics, Lesson

CCSS:

W.K.7

, W.K.8

, W.1.1

, W.1.2

, W.1.3