ESSAYS: How to Write Informational Essays ~ It Begins Here...

A HOW-TO for writing strong essays for students in grades 5–10.

Students research using two paired, high-interest, leveled articles.

• "The Life in Antarctica"
• "The Marvelous Manta"

This is your definitive guide for

• teaching how to research and write essays and paragraphs;
• using a step-by-step process;
• building strong, independent writers.

Do your students need a little more work on stand-alone paragraphs? This guide also explains how to write strong paragraphs.

This writing resource has:

• 125 pages of process-based teaching and learning
• anchor texts
• examples
• handouts

It also includes:

• a teaching timeline
• a process for teaching paragraphs
• a step-by-step process for teaching essays
• a visual checklist--color coding
• anchor essays and paragraphs

A PROCESS for writing:

• thesis statements
• topic sentences
• hooks
• evidence
• elaboration
• transitions
• conclusions
• and making text-to-text, text-to-self, and text-to-world connections to show a deep understanding of the texts.

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