Artifact Title: Accelerate Writing

Provide resources and strategies to support teachers with teaching expository writing.

Resources

Internet

Nearpod

Quizizz

Kahoot

FlipGrid

Activities

Google Slides:
Opening & Closing Sentences
Similes and Metaphors

Writer's Dictionary & Thesaurus

Student motivation

Ease students anxiety of writing a composition

Calming techniques

Instrumental music during writing time

Improve students’ language skills (listening, speaking, reading, and writing)

Teachers are unaware of how to start

Unmotivated students

Ridicule for writing ability in the past

Lack of resources

Lack of time

Writer's block

Students may lack:

confidence

vocabulary

grammar

knowledge to write about a topic

how to spell words

Elementary
Teachers

Students

Modules

Module 1: Fundamentals of Writing

Expository Rubric

Set a writing goal

Purposes of writing

Author's purpose:
-describe
-persuade
-inform

Writing Process

1. Prewrite/Brainstorm
2. Draft
3. Revise
4. Edit
5. Publish

Genres of writing

Types of paragraphs
-Descriptive
-Process (How to)
-Compare and Contrast
-Narrative
-Persuasive

Write daily in class (structured and unstructured)

Module 2: Plan

Graphic organizers

Connect with prompt

Module 3: Introduction Paragraph

Topic sentence

Address the prompt

Grab the audience’s attention
How do you capture the audience's attention? Think of a movie or cartoon.

Module 4: Body Paragraphs (descriptive paragraph)

Supporting
Sentences

Details address the topic sentence

Similes and Metaphors

Use words to create a visual picture or movie

Module 5: Conclusion Paragraph

Restate the topic sentence

Final thoughts

Make an impression on the reader