Below are two examples of essays from students who did a great job listening and transferring their new knowledge into their writing.
If it hasn't already, your child's essay will be coming home, along with an attached rubric. This is an essay from a unit that we worked on step-by-step. If your child listened well to the mini-lessons, watched as I modeled what to do with my own essay, and participated in our study of other essays written by previous students, then your child's essay will have an introduction (lead), at least two reasons written using parallel structure, mini stories or "imagine" stories for each reason, and a conclusion. We have some amazing writers in this class. After the unit was completed, I wanted the students to get practice writing shorter opinion pieces and ones where I wasn't leading them step-by-step. For each opinion piece, students are asked to fill out a box and bullets paper, which helps to organize their thoughts. Then, they use that paper to help construct their essay. So far, students have written a letter to Mr. Henderson, a letter to someone at home asking for something on the weekend, and soon a letter to me about whether the book or the movie of The Tale of Despereaux was better. They are getting a lot of practice, and most kids are able to efficiently write a quick opinion piece that is backed up with reasons.
Below are two examples of essays from students who did a great job listening and transferring their new knowledge into their writing.
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