The traits focus on universal features of quality writing applicable to all purposes and text types of writing, including the argumentative, informative / explanatory, and
narrative text types that are the focus of the CCSS
Not exact matches
«To link to English, students have read and compared a range of
text types (for example
narratives, poetry, informative
texts or persuasive
texts) based on the topic of Saving Planet Earth and then experimented with writing and responding to topics across a range of genres.
Contains - Alphabet (topic word for each letter)- Comic Summary (read a story and summarise it in comic form)- Hand (research a volcano in history and pull out main facts)- Imagination (descriptive writing prompt)- One Sentence Only (summarise each paragraph in a chosen
text)- Positive and Negative effects (foldable sorting effects of volcanoes)- Storyteller (
narrative writing prompt)- Structure of a volcano (information sheet for students to create a volcano diagram)-
Types of volcano (foldable that involves matching names, description and picture)- Volcanic Eruptions Comprehension (information passage with questions)- Volcano cloze (information
text with missing words about volcanoes)- Volcano explorer (gathering information from interactive voclano website)- Volcano Vocabulary (foldable involving matching topic words to definitions)- Witness vs. Scientist (foldable involving sorting statements)
Created by a team of curriculum experts, these books feature step - by - step standards - aligned instruction, full - length practice tests for all question
types — Interactive Reading, Literary Analysis,
Narrative Writing, and Research Simulation, expert guidance for dealing with authentic
texts, including tips, strategies, and graphic organizers, and easy - to - navigate lessons equip students with the research and writing skills needed to ensure success on the PARCC ® ELA Assessments.
There are four
types of informational
text:
narrative (essays, biographies, memoirs, correspondence); expository (textbooks, government documents); argument or persuasion (opinion pieces, speeches, legal documents); and instructional or procedural (guidelines that describe how to complete a task, such as manuals or contracts).
ELMs comprehension tests include a range of
text types —
narrative, persuasive and informational — and task
types — retrieving, interpreting, inferring and reflecting.
Template tasks address all three
types of writing specified by the new standards: argumentation, informational or explanatory
text, and
narrative.
Writing Studio, a writing companion to CKLA, offers focused lessons in the three key
text types — informative,
narrative, and opinion.
Seven Steps Online already contains a plethora of resources relating to
Narrative Writing — training videos, PowerPoints, Lesson Plans,
Text Type Exemplars, Writing Samples, Action Activities, Templates, Game Cards and a Marking Guide.
Not only is it important to me that these diverse and exceptional students have access to the traditional liberal arts cannon through our classes, but it is crucial that their experiences are informing how those
texts are taught and that their participation in the liberal arts college tradition is changing the
narrative around who belongs in this
type of college environment.»
Make a three - column chart, and note which prompts or assignments fall under the three
text types identified in the standards: argumentative, informational / explanatory, and
narrative.
The concepts of the Seven Steps applies to all forms of writing —
Narrative, Persuasive and Informative — and we give practical examples of how to apply the concepts to each
text type.
The
narrative essay is a
type of
text that requires a lot of skill, effort and time to write.