In writing, our class has been working on informational writing. Informational writing is different from narrative writing, because when you write an narrative paragraph you can make up details using your imagination. With a informational piece, you have to write true facts. With the Step Up to Writing program that we have adopted this year, students have become very familiar with the writing structure of an informational piece. The writing stoplight helps guide the students to include a topic sentence (green), key ideas (yellow), examples or explanations (red) and a conclusion (green).
This week students had the opportunity to work with a partner to pick out key ideas and examples from an informational text, create a topic and concluding sentence. Next week, they will be using the stoplight guide to pick out key ideas and write an informational piece on the country that their ancestors came from.
This week students had the opportunity to work with a partner to pick out key ideas and examples from an informational text, create a topic and concluding sentence. Next week, they will be using the stoplight guide to pick out key ideas and write an informational piece on the country that their ancestors came from.