Informative Essay Unit - Texts, Pixanotes, Planning sheets & More!
Use this timesaver to teach your middle school students the process & structure of a text-based informative essay. Your students will find the interactive guided notes easy to follow and will not only learn the process but also the organization of an informative essay step by step! This printable resource includes a prompt, texts, interactive guided notes and MUCH more!
This unit teaches:
⭐The Writing Process: Read the prompt, Flip the prompt, Read and Mark the Texts, Plan
⭐Introduction: hook, arch (transition sentence), thesis
⭐Body: Answer, Cite evidence, Explain with commentary, Ingeminate (repeat the cycle of cite and explain), Top it off with a Conclusion
⭐Conclusion: Affirm the thesis, Trim the point, The call to action
INCLUDED IN THIS RESOURCE:
★ Informative Writing Prompt
★ TWO nonfiction texts about Pipestone National Monument and Mount Rushmore on which the prompt is based
★ Four versions of interactive guided notes that I call Pixanotes® with different levels of scaffolding (All notes have the same content)
Level 1: Fully printed content and pre-printed pictures
Level 2: Fully printed picture flaps and fill in the blanks for students
Level 3: Pre-printed content and picture flaps that need to be positioned by the
student.
Level 4: Fill-in-the-blanks for content and picture flaps that need to be positioned
by the student.
Want to see the notes in action? Check out this FREE video: How to Use Pixanotes®
★Picture flaps
★Word Bank
★TWO Dominoes games (to practice with key terminology listed above)
★Sentence starters for writing an essay
★TWO planning sheets
★An Anchor Chart
I hope this helps you create a strong foundation of text-based informative essay writing!
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