Informational/Expository Writing Guides for Grades 2-8 These guides include all foundational informational/expository and opinion writing skills, strategies, lesson plans, reproducible/ projectable student pages, sample texts and exemplars necessary for effective informational/expository, opinion, and response to text writing.
Grade 2
Informational/Expository & Opinion Writing Deconstructing Text, Writing Essays, Reports, Response to Text
A strong reading-writing connection is established throughout, and offers multiple opportunities for deconstructing, analyzing and annotating texts in order to prepare students to write in response to them. All foundational informational/expository writing skills are applied to not only essays and reports, but become the backbone for the more challenging response to text tasks. Also includes research skills, note-taking, and how to cite textual evidence without plagiarizing. Student pages are downloadable for print and projection, and accessible through a digital link provided in the guide. Spanish student pages available for Grades 2-5.
Grade 3
Informational/Expository & Opinion Writing Deconstructing Text, Writing Essays, Reports, Response to Text
Updated & Expanded Edition by Barbara Mariconda Original work by Barbara Mariconda and Dea Paoletta Auray
Updated & Expanded Edition by Barbara Mariconda with Cynthia Williamson Original work by Barbara Mariconda and Dea Paoletta Auray
Grade 4
Informational/Expository & Opinion Writing Deconstructing Text, Writing Essays, Reports, Response to Text
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Grade 6
Grade 8
Updated & Expanded Edition by Barbara Mariconda with Cynthia Williamson Original work by Barbara Mariconda and Dea Paoletta Auray
Informational/Expository & Opinion Writing Deconstructing Text, Writing Essays, Reports, Response to Text
Informational/Expository & Opinion Writing Deconstructing Text, Writing Essays, Reports, Response to Text
Grade 5
Informational/Expository & Opinion Writing Deconstructing Text, Writing Essays, Reports, Response to Text
Grade 7
Informational/Expository & Opinion Writing Deconstructing Text, Writing Essays, Reports, Response to Text
Updated & Expanded Edition by Cynthia Williamson with Barbara Mariconda Original work by Barbara Mariconda and Dea Paoletta Auray
Updated & Expanded Edition by Cynthia Williamson with Barbara Mariconda Original work by Barbara Mariconda and Dea Paoletta Auray
Updated & Expanded Edition by Barbara Mariconda Original work by Barbara Mariconda and Dea Paoletta Auray
Updated & Expanded Edition by Cynthia Williamson with Barbara Mariconda Original work by Barbara Mariconda and Dea Paoletta Auray
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