Teaching Writing: Simple, Easy and Fun!

Life Skill Essay writing that is organized and structured is a life skill that children will use in elementary school, middle school, high school, on the SAT test, in college, and potential jobs, etc.

From Ideas To Paper

2 Key Factors Planning Organization

Planning Outline - IRC I ______________ R1 _____________ a.________ K-1st 2nd I ______________ R1 _____________ R2_____________ R3 _____________ C ______________ I ______________ R1 _____________ a.________ b.________ R2 _____________ a.________ R3 _____________ a.________ C ______________

I basketball R1 shoot R2 dribble R3 win C basketball Everyone has a favorite activity. Think about your favorite activity. Now explain why this activity is your favorite. I basketball R1 shoot R2 dribble R3 win C basketball Top Score Writing, Inc. © 2017

R3 win a. championship b. trophy C basketball Everyone has a favorite activity. Think about your favorite activity. Now explain why this activity is your favorite. I basketball R1 shoot a. 3 point b.dunk R2 dribble a. court b. legs R3 win a. championship b. trophy C basketball Top Score Writing, Inc. © 2017

I basketball R1 shoot R2 dribble R3 win C basketball 1st 2nd 3rd 4th

R3 win a. championship b. trophy C basketball I basketball R1 shoot a. 3 point b.dunk R2 dribble a. court b. legs R3 win a. championship b. trophy C basketball 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th

T, 3A, 3B For R1, R2, and R3 Topic Sentence (T) 3 sentences about A (3-4A) 3 sentences about B (3-4B) R1 First, I like basketball because you can shoot the ball. One way to shoot is by making a 3 pointer. You have to make sure you stand behind the white three point line. Then shoot it with a lot of force so it will make it in the basket. You can also make a shot by dunking. First you have to run fast across the court. Then jump as high as you can and push it through the net. I basketball R1 shoot a. 3 point b.dunk R2 dribble a. court b. legs R3 win a. championship b. trophy C basketball Top Score Writing, Inc. © 2017

T, 3A, 3B Topic Sentence (T) 3 sentences about A (3-4A) 3 sentences about B (3-4B) R2 Second, I like basketball because you can dribble the ball. You can steal the ball from the other team and dribble down the court. Once you start dribbling, make sure you don’t stop and then move. If you do this, the referee will call traveling. Another way to dribble is between your legs. You have to make sure you use both hands and pass the ball back and forth under your legs. This confuses the other player and then you can get around them. I basketball R1 shoot a. 3 point b.dunk R2 dribble a. court b. legs R3 win a. championship b. trophy C basketball Top Score Writing, Inc. © 2017

T, 3A, 3B Topic Sentence (T) 3 sentences about A (3-4A) 3 sentences about B (3-4B) R3 Third, I like basketball because you can win. If your team makes the most points, you will win the game. After winning most of the games, your team will make the playoffs and go for the championship. Winning the championship is every team’s dream. In addition, your team will win a trophy. The first place team usually gets the tallest trophy. The trophy comes with a small plaque on the front that has your team name and the year. I basketball R1 shoot a. 3 point b.dunk R2 dribble a. court b. legs R3 win a. championship b. trophy C basketball Top Score Writing, Inc. © 2017

Book Report Title of Book and Main Idea Beginning of Story Middle of Story End of Story Favorite part of story/would you recommend

Narrative Story Beginning of Story 1st thing that happened in the story 2nd thing that happened in the story 3rd thing that happened in the story How the story ended

I basketball R1 shoot a. 3 point b.dunk R2 dribble a. court b. legs R3 win a. championship b. trophy C basketball

Fun Writing Ideas and GAMES

Highlighters - 5 Colors

Highlighters Activities Everyone has a favorite place they like to go. I like to go to Disney World because of the awesome rides they have, the great food, and the games. Disney World is my favorite place in the world.

Highlighters Activities First, I like basketball because you can shoot the ball. One way to shoot is by making a 3 pointer. You have to make sure you stand behind the white three point line. Then shoot it with a lot of force so it will make it in the basket. You can also make a shot by dunking. First you have to run fast across the court. Then jump as high as you can and push it through the net.

Conventions Highlighter Activity Have students write a paragraph Write key Indent space – yellow Capitalization – purple Punctuation – blue Have them highlight

Highlighter Activity- Indenting, Capitalization, & Punctuation Top Score Writing, Inc. © 2017 After student writes a paragraph: Ask them to highlight their indent space, capitalization, and punctuation. Give them a color key to follow. (ex. Indent is yellow, capitalization is purple, punctuation is blue)

Race Against the Clock Write prompt Get timer ready….Tell students they will have 5 minutes to plan. Go! After 5 minutes, have students put their pencils down. Anyone who planned correctly in 5 minutes gets a raffle ticket. Tell students they will have 5 minutes to write their I paragraph. Go! --As students are writing, check on their writing After 10 minutes, pencils down. Anyone who wrote their I paragraph correctly with all 3 parts gets a raffle ticket. Tell students they will have 15 minutes to write their R1 paragraph. Go!

Post It Note Writing

Table Writing I C Read passages and plan T1 T3 T2

Around the Room Writing Materials

T1 Index Card Writing Front of Card Back of Card First, researchers now say that they can see through frogs’ skin. One thing they can see through the frogs’ skin is their organs. Some of the organs they are able to see are the heart and the lungs. This provides new ways that they are able to do research and study frogs. Scientists can also see what happens when a frog gets sick. They are able to see how the organs grow and watch it over their whole life. Back of Card

Personal Spelling List Using an index card, create a personal spelling list for student. When they write, make note of words they frequently misspell and add those words to their list. Keep list in their writing notebooks. Make students responsible for knowing how to spell those words.

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