Nonfiction Writing Unit Kit for Grades 3-5

A Complete Kit for Teaching Writing Skills and Exploring Nonfiction Writing with Grades 3-5

What's Included In This Teaching Kit

• Fully guided lesson plans with 44 accompanying teaching resources, including answer sheets
• Lesson plans include warm-ups, main activities, assessment opportunities, extension activities and ideas for homework
• Creative teaching ideas for 5 main non-fiction text types: instructions, recounts (newspaper), explanations, persuasion and non-chronological reports
• Aligned with Common Core English Language Arts Standards

For the student:

• Fun classroom resources to develop and practice writing skills
• Opportunities for introducing, practicing and consolidating key grammar elements
• Assessment sheet for each unit to monitor and assess students’ skills and knowledge
• Classroom display ideas to showcase and support students’ learning journey

What You'll Find Inside

Section 1: Instructional Writing (pages 8-29)

• Teaching Notes and Standards Alignment
• Sequencing
• Using Precise Language
• Example: Shared Reading of a Recipe
• Modeled Writing - The Introduction and Ingredients
• Shared Writing - The Method
• Assessment: Writing Instructions - A Recipe
• Assessment Answer Key
• Assessment: Sequencing - Writing Instructions
• Activity: Writing a Preposition Poem
• At-Home Activity: Preposition Hunt

Section 2: News Writing (pages 30-57)

• Teaching Notes and Standards Alignment
• What Are the Features of a Newspaper Report?
• Grammar Focus - Using Adverbial Phrases
• Shared Reading: Goldilocks and the Three Bears
• Planning a Newspaper Report
• Modeled Writing: Orientation and Events
• Role Play: Eyewitness and Personal Comment
• Proofreading and Polishing
• Assessment: Writing a Newspaper Article
• Assessment: Features of a Newspaper
• Answer Key: Features of a Newspaper
• Activity: Using Adverbial Phrases
• At-Home Activity: Adverbial Collector
• Activity: Arranging the News with Labels
• Answer Key: Arranging the News with Labels
• Activity: Paragraph Planner
• Answer Key: Paragraph Planner
• Activity: Little Red Riding Hood Events Timeline
• Activity: Eyewitness Interview Role Play

Section 3: Explanatory Writing (pages 58-82)

• Teaching Notes and Standards Alignment
• What is an Explanation?
• Using the Present Perfect
• Shared Reading
• Modeled Writing
• Modeled Writing Part 2
• Assessment: Explanations
• Answer Key: Explanations
• Activity: Explanatory Writing Brainstorm
• Activity: Cause and Effect Language Structures
• Answer Key: Cause and Effect Language Structures
• Home Learning Activity: Puzzling Questions
• Adverbial Phrases (a)
• Adverbial Phrases (b)
• Activity: Paragraph Planner - Planning and Explanation
• Home Learning Activity: The Subordinate Clause

Section 4: Persuasive Writing (pages 83-105)

• Teaching Notes and Standards Alignment
• How Are Persuasive Texts Constructed
• Planning a Persuasive Text
• Nouns and Noun Phrases
• Modeled Writing - Persuasive
• Activity: Modeled Writing
• Assessment: Persuasive Writing
• Example Text: Cinderella's Speech
• Answer Key: Cinderella's Speech Assessment
• Activity: Finding the Nouns and Pronouns
• Activity: Modeled Writing - The First Reading
• Answer Key: Modeled Writing - The First Reading
• Activity: Can We Persuade You? Persuasive Techniques Checklist
• Home Learning - Alliteration
• Activity: Planning a Persuasive Speech

Section 5: Non-Chronological Reports (pages 106-129)

• Teaching Notes and Standards Alignment
• What Is a Non-Chronological Report?
• Planning a Non-Chronological Report
• Sentence Structure
• Modeled Writing: Introduction and Appearance
• Modeled Writing: Habitat, Diet, and Behavior
• Assessment: Non-Chronological Reports
• Answer Key: Non-Chronological Reports
• Activity: Shared Reading
• Answer Key: Shared Reading
• Activity: Sort It Out
• Activity: Sort It Out - Answer Key
• Activity: Non-Chronological Report Fact File
• Activity: Forming Sentences (includes teaching notes)
• Activity: Top Trumps