Writing Lessons PowerPoint and Worksheets Bundle

Are you having difficulty finding engaging writing lessons for your students? PowerPoints and worksheets provide awesome instruction and practice for your budding writers. Find out how I moved my students' writing abilities to another level and even had many writing contests winners! This writing bundle includes direct instruction and practice. Twenty resources will provide you with writing instruction to last the entire year. Find PowerPoints to guide your writing instruction in one bundle at 30% off the price of individual resources.

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Inside this easy to use resource you'll find:

•Using Senses in Writing

Are you looking for ways to get students to use more sensory detail in their writing? Get your highlighters ready for engaged kids with this five slide lesson plan that helps students use more detail in their creative writing. Students highlight descriptions in different colors to determine what sense they used. The lesson also includes a writing prompt and suggestions to improve the writing.

•Strong Verbs in Writing Printables

Do your students need extra practice on how to write using strong verbs? Teach writing skills with this standards-based bundle from Catch My Products. Students will learn how to make their writing shine with the practice and instructional methods found inside these print and go pages.

Inside this printable you'll find practice with:

• Practice Sentences Removing "Be" Verbs.
• Teaching Tips
• Rubric to Score Writing
• Multiple Practice Removing Boring Verbs
• Writing Prompts

•Syntactic Variety to vary sentence structure

If your kids start every sentence the same way, the writing becomes boring. Plus, we don't always have the resources to get their writing on track. Now, you can fix this problem by teaching kids all about varying sentence structure through this standards-based, easy-to-use Powerpoint. This Powerpoint introduces the idea of syntactic variety, or varying sentence lengths, during writing. An example of a choppy passage is provided and is then rewritten into a smoother form. Other passages are presented for students to fix and even some sentences to combine, divide, or conquer.

Inside you'll find:

• I will statement
• Definition of syntactic variety
• Example of choppy writing
• Improved example & discussion
• Further examples of varying sentence structure
• Paragraph to correct
• Practice combining sentences for smoother prose
• Check for understanding
• Paragraph for students to correct independently
• Writing prompt about monsters

•Writing Poetry

Teach poetry with this standards-based, easy-to-use, gradual release PowerPoint by Catch My Products! Students will learn six kinds of poetry in a step-by-step method involving teacher modeling, working as a class, working with a partner, and independent work. At the end of the lesson, students will be asked to revise one poem to make it outstanding.

Inside you'll find:

•Introductions about Poetry

•Instructions on Writing:

• --Limerick
• --Haiku
• --Narrative
• --Acrostic
• --Free Verse
• --Lyric & Quatrain

•Tips to Finalize and Improve Poetry

•Writing Dialogue that Rocks!

Teach students how to engage readers with interesting dialogue that weaves stories into characters' speaking. Great dialogue should include character development, scene involvement, and advance a plot. This PowerPoint shows how it's done with colorful pages, examples of wonderful dialogue from real novels, and comments and questions to highlight what makes the writing shine. As an added plus, not only did I see my student's ability to write dialogue improve, but they were also motivated to read novels after a short preview showing good writing. Furthermore, this lesson involves common core standards, connection to past learning, and the gradual release teaching method.

•Writing with Transition Words

Do your students need help using transition words in their writing? If so, here is the PowerPoint for you. This standards-based lesson(s) comes complete with multiple activities to teach students about transition words.

Inside you'll find a complete lesson that includes:

• The teacher defines transition words
• A joke, about Kermit the Frog, in which students pick out transition words.
• Teacher models a passage before and after the use of transition words.
• Students work with the teacher to improve three short written passages.
• Students complete a dictionary race to introduce four vocabulary words from a story about Paul Revere's Ride from the horse's point of view.
• Students write stories from an animal's pov.
• The lesson also includes a suggested link to a free online game for further practice.

•Writing Dialogue with Correct Punctuation

Do you have an evaluation coming up, and you don't know what to do? If so, here is the lesson to help you get a top-notch score.

This lesson was written for my evaluation with fourth-grade gifted students and includes workstation suggestions after the Powerpoint presentation, which I ended up not including as part of my evaluation. My students were reading George Washington's Socks, so I used passages from the book to teach the rules of dialogue. This Powerpoint could be used without reading this particular book, although one might want to modify the enrichment on the worksheet.

The lesson includes photos of the worksheet I used which could be screenshot and reproduced on Word. I covered higher-level thinking with questioning concerning why we use punctuation, how students think people came up with punctuation, and a "see, think, wonder" activity as used in Project Zero.

Having this PowerPoint was like having a friend at the board reminding me of what I needed to do. I had a great evaluation!

•Show Don't Tell

Do your students use too much telling when writing? If so, here is the lesson to up their writing skills. Challenge and engage your students with this PowerPoint that helps kids understand the value of showing in writing and to practice the skill. This standards-based lesson, from Catch My Products, gives the students plenty of opportunities to practice writing skills.

Inside you'll find:

• I can statement and standards
• Modeling of skill
• Game to practice showing
• Four writing challenges
• Check for understanding
• Formal writing prompt

•Using Strong Verbs Powerpoint

Want your students to become better writers? This PowerPoint guides teachers in how to instruct students to do just that. Using standard-based "I can" statements and the gradual release method of modeling, working with students, students working with a partner, and independent practice, students will gain the skills needed to remove boring "be verbs" like "was." Furthermore, students will remove repetitive verbs and words from their writing in favor of a variety of word choices. Finally, students are asked to complete a writing passage and given a rubric to score it. This lesson also contains a printable for students to practice their skills before conquering a writing prompt.

•Writing Opinion Pieces

Before asking students to form an opinion piece, here's a colorful PowerPoint to get them started. This PowerPoint defines an opinion piece while asking for reasons why one might write one. Students are then asked to brainstorm ideas to support their opinions and to give examples to support their thinking. Finally, students are to write their opinion pieces in multiple paragraphs and proofread what they write.

•Story Writing for Novels

Guide students on the "how-to" of writing a news article about a scene from a story with this Powerpoint from Catch My Products. Students will be engaged through this great assignment when used along with a literary unit or novel study.

•Writing Dialogue

Teach students how to engage readers with interesting dialogue that weaves stories into characters' speaking. Great dialogue should include character development, scene involvement, and advance a plot. This PowerPoint shows how it's done with colorful pages, examples of wonderful dialogue from real novels, and comments and questions to highlight what makes the writing shine. As an added plus, not only did I see my student's ability to write dialogue improve, but they were also motivated to read novels after a short preview showing good writing. Furthermore, this lesson involves common core standards, a connection to past learning, and the gradual release teaching method.

Teach your students how to write great dialogue with the standards-based Powerpoint lesson from Catch My Products. This lesson will engage and challenge kids through an organized lesson. First, your students will be given rules for writing dialogue along with examples and practice sentences to punctuate. Next, the PowerPoint provides examples of dialogue from novels and asks questions about the passages. Students finish the lesson by writing dialogue from a picture prompt.

•Multiple Texts Writing Prompt

Are you looking for reading passages for students to read and use higher-level thinking skills? If so, this product is for you. The animals at the zoo are tired of being behind bars, so one lucky animal, of your choosing, will get to spend a full week visiting you inside your home. Your job is to close read about each zoo animal and write a passage explaining who you plan to take home with you and why. Your essay must not only contain a strong paragraph about who is coming home with you, but also a paragraph on each animal that you will be passing up. Be sure you use textual evidence to support your answer.

This is our newest challenge in education––getting students to close read and use textual evidence to write after reading multiple texts. Here's a ready made activity to get your students thinking critically. After the teacher and students read an example passage and discuss the pros and cons of taking a sea lion home, students will be asked to read and make decisions on their own in this lesson by Catch My Products.

•Writing Prompts to Enhance Skills Printable

Improve skills and writing techniques through this classroom-ready writing prompt bundle. Each section gives directions and an example to enhance writing abilities through focusing on one technique. Furthermore, one will find three prompts per section along with lines to write on and clipart. At the end of the packet, one will find short prompts centered around holidays throughout the school year.

Inside the packet you will find Teacher Notes and practice with the following skills:

• Descriptive Writing Prompt

• Writing With Multiple Senses

• Using Figurative Language

• Syntactic Variety

• Writing With Multiple Senses

• Transition Words

• Specific Nouns

• Action Verbs

• Describing a Character

• Holiday Writing Throughout the School Year

a. Beginning of School Year

b. Fall

c. Halloween

d. Thanksgiving

e. Christmas

f. New Years

g. Valentine’s Day

h. St. Patrick’s Day

i. Easter

j. Mother’s Day

k. Last Day of School

•Using Transition Words

If your students have problems making their sentences flow into smooth paragraphs, this is the lesson for you. Teach students about transition words with this standards-based PowerPoint that was made to engage and challenge your students with its colorful picture-packed presentation.

Inside you'll find

• Introduction to Transition Words
• Gradual release Teaching Method
• Exit Ticket
• Writing prompt about a new animal at the zoo

•Fixing Run-On Sentences Powerpoint

Do your students write run-on sentences, and you don't know how to stop them? Here's a Powerpoint to guide you in how to give kids the necessary practice to fix this problem. Engage your students as you teach them how to repair run-on sentences with this colorful Powerpoint. Students will learn how to fix run-on sentences and then get to practice their skills. I have used this with gifted and talented upper elementary students, but it works for any level of abilities.

Inside you'll find:

• I will statement
• Examples of how to fix run-ons
• Students list methods to fix sentences
• Practice passages and sentences
• Check for understanding
• More practice
• Students are asked to write a complex sentence.

•Fixing Run On Sentences Printable Practice Pages

Teach students how to fix run on sentences with this teacher ready printable. This series of four handouts contains examples of the same run on sentence written four times. Students are asked to fix the sentences in four different ways. This may be used with a teacher modeling or as a practice. A quiz is located at the end of the packet. Answer keys are included to show examples of fixing run ons. The format allows for students to demonstrate their skills without taking a lot of class time.

•Proofreading Your Writing

Do you need an easy way to teach your students how to proofread their writing? Help your students bring their writing to its best level with this power point and tip sheet from Catch My Products. As a semi-professional writer, I've attended several conferences and have worked extensively on my writing craft. Inside you'll find seventeen slides and a handout on how students can get the most out of their writing.

Discover a zip file with tips such as:

• Writing in First Person
• Varying Word Choices
• Writing Concisely
• Using Transition Words
• Multiple Senses

. . . and so much more!

•Using Strong Nouns and Verbs

Do your students use boring nouns and verbs? You want to help them to become better writers, but nothing gets to the heart of what your kids need to do. Here is the fix for taking your students to the next level of writing! This colorful Powerpoint will take your students through a gradual release lesson on how to improve their writing through the use of specific words. Stronger writing will aid interest and allow the reader to see what we choose them to see.

Inside you'll find:

• Students will be given reasoning and asked to explain why they want to use specific words.
• Students will practice finding stronger words to improve vaguely written passages.
• Students will be given a prompt to write about what they did last weekend. Students should make specific word choices when completing the prompt.

•Organization in Writing

Help your kids put their writing into clear, logical order with this Powerpoint by Catch My Products. Through the gradual release method, students will be introduced to the purpose of paragraphs and shown examples of disordered writing that needs tweaking. Teacher modeling, whole group work, partner work, and independent practice will guide kids on the way to better writing. Finally, students will be able to practice their skills through a writing prompt about their classes in school. This lesson is great to engage bright, gifted and talented, or the regular class student on the path to improving writing skills.

•Writing Without Dialogue

When asked to write a story, how many of your students cover the page with conversation and nothing more? If so, you've found what you need to teach descriptive writing.

Teach your students how to write a story without repeatedly writing boring dialogue to advance their plot. This engaging, standards-based lesson contains guiding questions to help students change stories filled with dialogue to strong descriptive stories. Students are given multiple short conversations and guided into changing these. Once students master this technique, their writing will move to a much higher level.

•BONUS - Writing Satire

Are you looking for a way to challenge your students through higher-level thinking in writing? One of the most difficult forms of writing is satire. Here is a Powerpoint that defines satire, gives an example of a short satirical story, uses the gradual release process to guide students to write their own stories, and provides topic ideas to get students started on their own writing challenge.

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