Informative Writing Unit for Middle School Informative Essay Writing Grades 6-8
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This UPDATED comprehensive Informative Writing unit was specifically designed for middle school teachers to follow through the WRITING PROCESS with already prepped modeled lessons. Scaffolding through the writing process has proved to be an effective and successful teaching approach. Every lesson builds upon the previous skill within one piece of writing, which gives students a thorough understanding of how to put a piece of writing together. It is also EDITABLE.
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INFORMATIVE WRITING INCLUDES
★ Scripted Lesson Plans
★ Model Writing (Included for every mini-lesson)
★ 5 Informative Passages to use for Prompts
★ Anchor Charts
★ DIFFERENTIATED Interactive Pages
★ Practice Printables
★ Task Cards (Great for centers or extra practice)
★ ORIGINAL MENTOR TEXT and Suggested Mentor Text List
★ Notebook Cover Page and Tab
★ Informative Writing Checklist
★ Common Core Opinion Elements Checklist
★ Writing Goals Form
★ Peer Reflection Form
★ Self-Reflection Form
★ Tracking Progress Form
★ Informative Writing Rubric (3-point and 4-point)
★ Weekly Writing Guide for Students
★ Writing Prompt Cards
★ Choice Research Assignment
LIST OF MINI-LESSONS
1. What is Informative Writing
2. Strategies for Informative Writing
3. 5 Types of Claims
4. Informative Elements
5. Credible Sources
6. Types of Relevant Facts
7. Prewriting- How to Brainstorm
8. Prewriting- Using Graphic Organizers
9. How to Determine Task, Audience, Purpose, Formal Style
10. Organization Structures
11. Writing an Introduction
12. Writing a Body (Power of 3, facts and details)
13. How to Take Notes, Avoid Plagiarism, Citing Sources
14. Writing a Conclusion
15. Strategies to Write a Rough Draft
16. How to Plan a Writing Goal
17. DARE to Revise (How to Delete, Add, Rearrange, Exchange)
18. How to Write a Rockin' Beginning (Strong Leads)
19. Using Transition Words
20. Adding Key Words
21. How to Provide Sentence Variety
22. How to Write a Jammin' Conclusion
23. How to Craft a Title
24. CUPS to Edit
25. Editing Capitalization
26. Editing Usage
27. Editing Punctuation
28. Editing Spelling
29. Graphics/ Heading/ Picture Captions
30. Table of Contents and Glossary
31. Rules for Peer Reflections
32. Writing a Final Copy
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STEP-BY-STEP WRITING BUNDLE FOR GRADES 6-8
Other Middle School Writing Resources:
6-8 Argumentative Writing Unit
6-8 Sentence and Paragraph Writing
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