Description
Transform your students into confident, organized writers with this Expository, Informational, How-To, Persuasive, and Essay Writing Packet! Are you searching for an engaging and easy-to-teach resource that helps students master informative essays, how-to writing, and persuasive paragraphs? This comprehensive packet includes everything you need to teach your students how to plan, draft, revise, and publish expository writing with confidence!
With anchor charts, detailed organizers, writing prompts, rubrics, and publishing templates, this resource provides both structure and creativity. Students will learn how to explain, inform, and share ideas clearly—while you’ll have the support you need to deliver focused, step-by-step instruction in your classroom or writing workshop.
INCLUDED:
- Print and Digital and Color and Black-and-White formats
ANCHOR CHARTS & POSTERS
- Expository, Informational, Persuasive, How-To, and Essay Writing definitions
- Writing Process, Thesis, and Strong Word Choice
- Using Evidence & Details, Text Structures, and Transition Words
- Hooks, Introductions, Conclusions, and Paragraph Structure (T.E.E.)
- Writing Goals and Effective Leads & Endings
GRAPHIC ORGANIZERS & PLANNING PAGES
- Brainstorming webs, idea lists, and main idea maps
- Planning sheets for thesis, introduction, and supporting details
- Text structure, sequencing, and paragraph organizers
- How-To Writing step-by-step templates
- Book Review and Informative Essay planning pages
STUDENT WRITING PAGES
- Rough draft and final publishing pages
- 10 Expository Writing Prompts in 6 differentiated versions:
- Checkpoint version with built-in reminders
- Prompt with small illustration box
- Prompt with large illustration box
- Prompt with lines only for extended writing
- Extra final draft pages for publishing
BONUS EXTRAS
- Grading Rubric for teacher and student assessment
- Expository Writing Flip Book for interactive notebooks
- Bulletin Board Pennants for publishing and display
PERFECT FOR:
- Teaching Informational and Expository Writing Units
- How-To Writing and Procedural Texts
- Persuasive Writing Practice and opinion essays
- Writing Centers, Workshop, or Sub Plans
- Cross-curricular writing (Science, Social Studies, Biographies, etc.)
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Melanie Tinsley –
As always, this is an excellent resource. I’m always looking for additional resources to use with my reading intervention students.
Sara Hardman –
This is a great resource to add to my classroom!!!
Mrs Rafes Creations –
This is an amazing resource, it gives you a selection of something for each one of the learners in your classroom.
Alyssa L. –
Love how open ended but supportive this is! So many ideas for students but still guides them in their writing process. I had students working on many different topics but we could still move together in the unit.
Cruzing Into Fourth –
These graphic organizers are a life saver! They worked perfectly for my students.
Kaileigh T. –
This was a great resource to have with the built in graphic organizers and prompts. It made such great and easy prep practice!
Rachel Smith –
This is a great and easy to use resource that keeps kids engaged
Emma P. –
This bundle has a ton of great anchor charts that were very helpful
Susan L. –
A great resource, it helped my students so much . My students were able to work independently and enjoyed the resource as well.
Betty R. –
I liked the graphic organizers in this resource. I was able to pull several to help students with doing their writing projects.
Paige B. –
Love this resource so much. So many different graphic organizers to help students start and work through the writing process.
Rachel P. –
This was great! Easy to assign and use in my classroom.
Lauren Y. –
I really enjoyed using this resource and my students enjoyed it as well.
Christina Echols –
My students are enjoying these electronic resources to use for writing. I will definitely be using these in the future with my kids.
Life at the River-Jennifer Brewer –
These are great resources. Thank you for creating them!
Lindsay-Rae L. –
This resource made prepping for the test easy. Very useful.
Madison G. –
I love this resource! Students can get overwhelmed with the set up of an essay, especially in 3rd grade, and being able to have everything together was great for them – and me.
Jennifer R. –
This is a great resource. Thank you for sharing this,
Ms. M’s Kinder Corner –
My students loved this and were completely engaged!
Shannon S. –
This resource was great with my 5th grade students. I would recommend purchasing from this creator.