Writing a Factual Recount {Interactive Activity Pack Designed for ESL Students}

Here is a peek into this interactive writing pack on writing factual recounts!
 

Also available on Teacher Approved's current February membership!


The activities included are:

Common & Proper Nouns (interactive activities)
Verb Wheels (Past & infinitive Verbs)
Factual Recount Text (Justin Bieber)
Factual Recount Text (Children’s Day)
Dissecting Factual Recounts (Who, What, When, Where & Why interactive activities)
Dissecting Factual Recounts (Time Periods & the definition of a factual recount)
Dissecting Factual Recounts (Chronological Order & step ladder interactive activity).
Dissecting Factual Recounts (Writing conclusions interactive activity)
Your Turn to Write (Facts about Bill Gates guided writing + optional interactive notebook flaps.)


Yara
I hope your class benefits from thhese activities as much as mine did! :)
Click HERE to take you to the pack.

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Language Art Lesson- "Guided Research Reports: Endangered Animals (Grades 1 - 3)"

By Teacher Features
Grades 1-3

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Everything you need to get your students started on a beginning guided research project! Follow the Guided Research Process and use the graphic organizer templates to teach your class how to navigate and organize information. Students will create Important Questions (essential questions) to provide focus to their research. There are 30 Endangered Animals included in this bundle. All of the templates are Print & Go and easy to use! This 40-page bundle can be easily differentiated to multiple student learning levels. 

Common Core Standards (pg. 3)
Guided Research Process directions (pgs. 4-5)
K-W-L Template (pg. 6)
“Important Question” Anchor Chart (pg. 7)
What Do I Do Now? (pg. 8)
Write Down Your Sources: Computer/Books (pgs. 9-10)
Endangered Animal Templates (pgs.11- 40)

Bluefin Tuna
American Alligator
Black Footed Ferret
Gray Wolf
Piping Plover
Ring-tailed Lemur
Sumatran Orangutan
Pygmy Hippo
Leatherback Turtle
Northern Spotted Owl
Koala
Brown Hyena
Mako Shark
Snow Leopard
Cheetah
African Elephant
African Lion
North African Ostrich
Indian Rhinoceros
Grizzly Bear
Polar Bear
Toco Toucan
Siberian Tiger
Giant Panda
Mountain Gorilla
American Crocodile
Green Anaconda
African Wild Dog
Leatherback Turtle
Blue Whale

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Language Arts Lesson - "How to Focus an Essay Topic"

Created by Dianne Mason
Grades 9-12

Using numerous examples, this lesson enables students to achieve the important goal of narrowing a broad subject into a more focused topic and lays the groundwork for a discussion of thesis statements. A Power Point Presentation of an extended example on insects guides students through the focusing process to arrive at a manageable topic. Included is a suggested activity so students can practice what they've learned. 

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English Language Arts - "Writing: Write Right! Analytic Writing Made Easy"

by Connie Casserly

Grades 6-12

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Writing has always been a major focus of my middle and high school lessons - second only to teaching my students how develop their higher level thinking skills.  Because of this, I created a number of handouts that summarize my writing teaching points for this product, Writing: Write Right! Analytic Writing Made Easy.

Students are required to bring this packet to class as they will refer to them with pretty much any type of writing- from Daily Openers (Warm-ups) to full-length essays to research papers.   For Middle and High School students still developing  proper essay skills, this product will help them to understand the parts of an essay so they can create focused and supported pieces.

Many former students have contacted me from college to tell me that the knowledge they gained from this packet has come in handy in their freshman English classes. They often ask me to send them another copy of the packet.

This Write Right! Analytic Writing Made Easy offers teachers handouts that discuss the basic aspects of writing analytically:

1.  Analytic Writing Made Easy- A 2-page outline, this summarizes the parts of an essay and offers definitions and examples for the crucial and most difficult part of writing an essay- Thesis Statements. It also warns of what to avoid when developing an essay.
2.  Essay Development Handout- This reveals types of Hooks, Elaboration, Transition devices and Conclusions
3. Prewriting - Essay Outline- This is the precursor to my Free product,  Language Arts Comprehension Check: Ten Sentence Format http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Language-Arts-Comprehension-CheckTen-Sentence-Format-16081. This Essay Outline is longer because the Body section shows how to expand details and add paragraphs to develop a full-length essay.
4. Essay Format- This handout explains the criteria for typing the paper. It also includes a section on how to correct an essay. With the latter, students show even more ownership of their writing as they earn extra credit. They may choose five weaknesses to revise-grammatical or contextual- but must follow the given format. They earn 1 point for each 3-part correction.
5. Symbols for Grading Analytical Compositions- I created these to use along with the standard guidelines as they address the majority of student writing errors in my classes.
6. Self-Assessment Sheet- I find that when students must assess their papers, they actually read the comments and check the areas that the teacher marked instead of just looking at the grade and relegating the paper to the depths of their writing folders.
7. Analytic Writing Grade Sheet- This rubric highlights 10 factors (up to 10 points for each category) that combine to form the essay's grade- 4 for Content and 6 for Form.

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