Elaboration 101 - Teaching Students to Elaborate in Text Based Essays

I finally figured out that if my students knew how to elaborate in their essays, they would. I kept giving them sentence starters to help them, but that wasn't enough. Finally, after a few years of studying this, I have created Elaboration 101. Now that I'm teaching them how to elaborate, they are actually attempting to use the strategies in their writing.

In this resource, you will be getting:

•38 slide instructional power point that teaches students to use an anecdote, example, or explanation to elaborate when writing opinion and expository/informational essay; In the power point, there is both guided and independent practice opportunities.

•3 Practice pages for each type of elaboration taught – 1 for anecdote, example, and explanation

•5 Task cards that can be used for stations, etc.

•2 Full essays in which students fill in the elaborations – one opinion and one expository/informational

You will also get a step by step teacher guide that shows you the order in which to use the power point, tasks and practice pages.

This product would be great with one of my best sellers:

Elaboration Stations - Practice for Elaboration in Writing Expository/Opinion

Other Writing Products:

RACE Strategy - Complete Bundle - Stations, Task Cards, Practice Pages

Pull Apart the Prompt - "Do What" Strategy for Writing

From Prompt To Thesis Statement - Keep Essay Focused - PowerPoint/Task Cards

Types of Writing - Activities to Determine Narrative, Expository, or Opinion?

Backwards Theme - Using Theme Statements To Write Narratives - RL. 5.2; W. 5.3

Writing With Informational Text Structures - R.I 5.5