Beginning essay Writing: Exactly About Me

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Materials and preparation

• Story paper
• Lined paper
• Crayons
• Pencils

• write
• sentence
• topic

Learning Objectives

Students should be able to write a straightforward story about one topic with relevant details.

Introduction

• Tell the students that today, they are able to draw and color a picture about something that makes them happy.
• Let them have time and energy to brainstorm some topics.
• Provide them with several ideas such as animals, toys, games, favorite food if they’re stuck and cannot think of anything.

Explicit Instruction/Teacher modeling

• Choose a subject of great interest to you.
• Draw an image to go along with it. Show the students the way the drawing does not have to be perfect.
• Demonstrate when it comes to learning students how you will choose words that describe your picture.
• Make a listing and write those words on the board.
• Use 2-3 of the expressed words in a sentence.
• Show the learning students the way the sentences relate with the picture.

Gu >(15 minutes)

• Instruct the learning students to think about several words that tell about the picture they drew.
• Ask them to write the expressed words on lined paper.

Independent working time

• Tell the learning students to consider sentences that tell about their pictures before they start writing.
• Have students turn and talk to an elbow partner to explain the point that is very important for them orally using details that are relevant
• Have them write 1-2 sentences about the image.

Differentiation

• Enrichment: Encourage advanced students to create a paragraph about their picture. They may want to add additional pictures and writing, encourage them to take action.
• Support: Struggling students may concentrate on correct spelling. Since this is beginning writing, encourage them to sound out words or phonetically write them. You can easily assist them.

Assessment

• Collect the papers.
• See the sentences. Check custom writings help to be sure they match the picture and stayed on topic.
• If students stayed on topic, they can independently write more.
• Meet individually with students who may need extra help. Continue Reading