INSTRUCTIONAL FAIR Writing to Inform IF-G99070

Description

Writing to Inform is filled with fun, high-interest writing topics that will give your students a variety of opportunities to improve their writing skills. The first activities focus on the fundamentals of informative writing, such as the use of descriptive words to make writing more effective. Guided writing activities will challenge your students to write informative paragraphs on book summaries, travel brochures, and character sketches. Students will also write sequential paragraphs using time and direction words, various types of letters and newspaper articles, and much more. A section on proofreading wraps up the book at the end. All activities are reproducible. Students will use graphic planners, such as webs and Venn diagrams, to organize their thoughts and ideas before writing. Writing to Inform is the perfect tool to use when teaching your students the techniques of effective informative writing. 64 pp