Writing a Multi Paragraph Essay

Provide students with a strategy for writing a multi-paragraph essay on the AIR state test! This resource is PACKED with all you need to walk students through a modeled essay writing lesson from start to finish with detailed teaching slides, tips, and strategies. Students will learn how to generate a clear topic paragraph from a given prompt, extrapolate key evidence from multiple information sources on a given topic and organize it into a handy graphic organizer, and finish with a strong closing paragraph. In addition to the detailed, modeled writing lesson, this packet also includes prompts and information sources for 3 additional complete writing opportunities to reinforce the skills and strategies! Finally, a kid-friendly version of the writing rubric used on the AIR test can be used to evaluate all stages of student writing. This is a MUST HAVE resource to add to your test prep files!

Includes:

*lesson plan format/directions for teaching essay writing process

*11 colorful slides to model and guide each step of the essay writing process

*folded graphic organizer to plan and sort all components of a multi paragraph essay

*4 prompts based on AIR test writing samples

*11 pages of informative articles

*kid friendly writing rubric based on provided AIR test writing rubrics

*Pair this resource with my Multi Paragraph Checklist Product:

Writing Test Prep: Multi Paragraph Essay CHECKLIST

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