2. Expository Writing Narrative Writing

3. is writing that tells or gives information Compares Contrast Analyze Critique Sequence Identify Persuade Show cause and effect Identify a problem and a solution List Describe Explain Teach a process

4. is writing that tells a story Biography Children’s story Fantasy Historical Fiction Horror stories Humorous stories Mysteries Romantic stories Tall tales

5. Clear organization Interesting content Style to fit the purpose Careful attention is given to grammar, mechanics and presentation

6.  District adopted strategies to help students become successful writers.  Paragraphs  Outlines  Summaries  Narratives  Essays

7.  Before students begin to write, you need to organize your thoughts.  We will use a web to separate the details and explanations Skyview Middle School Pueblo West Office staff Teacher s Friendly Helpful District 70 Pueblo County Top performing Smart Fun Caring

8. Step Up To Writing Traffic Signal Using the lights from a traffic signal makes it easy to organize information and ideas Green – Go! State your topic Yellow – Slow Down! Be specific ( transitions) Red – Stop! Explain; give examples Green – Go Back! Restate your topic (Conclusion) Direction s: Use the circles to make a signal with the colors for Step Up To Writing

9.  We want our students to write good topic sentences that lead to great paragraphs or essays.  In Step Up To Writing, 13 different types of topic sentences are highlighted.  Power Number Statement  Where/When What’s Happening  Occasion/Position Statements

10.  Skyview Middle School is a great school for many reasons.  We love Skyview for three reasons.

11.  In Pueblo County School District #70, Skyview is the best middle school.  This year, Skyview is considered a top performing school in Colorado.

12.  Although there are many schools in Pueblo County, Skyview is the best middle school.  After visiting Skyview, I know it is the best place for my student.

13.  Students create accordion paragraphs as a draft to go back and work on.  Make sure to use one of the types of topic sentences we spoke about and use transition words.  If you are required to write an essay, this paragraph outline will be your starting point

14. Topic:________ Key idea explain Key idea explain Key idea explain Conclusion Introduction Body Conclusion

15. B-CHARACTER SETTING M-PLOT M-EVENTS M-CONFLICT M-CLIMAX E-SOLUTION BEGINNING MIDDLE END

16. Topic:________ Key idea explain Key idea explain Key idea explain Conclusion Topic:________ Key idea explain explain further Key idea explain explain further Key idea explain explain further Conclusion

17. B-CHARACTER SETTING M-PLOT M-EVENTS M-CONFLICT M-CLIMAX E-SOLUTION B-CHARACTER SETTING M-PLOT M-EVENTS M-CONFLICT M-CLIMAX E-SOLUTION

18. Please make an outline for a paragraph and an essay in both expository and narrative for the following picture: