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Explanatory Writing Unit | Explanation Text | Digital & PDF | Essay Lesson Plans
Explanatory Writing Unit | Explanation Text | Digital & PDF | Essay Lesson Plans
Explanatory Writing Unit | Explanation Text | Digital & PDF | Essay Lesson Plans
Explanatory Writing Unit | Explanation Text | Digital & PDF | Essay Lesson Plans
Explanatory Writing Unit | Explanation Text | Digital & PDF | Essay Lesson Plans
Explanatory Writing Unit | Explanation Text | Digital & PDF | Essay Lesson Plans
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Explanatory Writing Unit | Explanation Text | Digital & PDF | Essay Lesson Plans
Explanatory Writing Unit | Explanation Text | Digital & PDF | Essay Lesson Plans
Explanatory Writing Unit | Explanation Text | Digital & PDF | Essay Lesson Plans
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"This resource was exactly what I was looking for! The slides were useful and informative while helping the students to gain a deeper understanding. "
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Description

Teach your students to write an ENGAGING EXPLANATORY ESSAY. Master the HOW and WHY of NONFICTION and EXPOSITORY WRITING with this DIGITAL and PRINT-based unit.

THIS COMPLETE UNIT COVERS

✅ Writing Sequences

✅ Causal Explanation Texts

✅ Consequential Explanation Texts

✅ Explaining Cycles

✅ Processes (Scientific, Mechanical and Biological events)

✅ Tutorials - Including videos

✅ Explanation of Historical Events

NO PREP REQUIRED

FULLY EDITABLE

It will keep your kids EXCITED and ENGAGED for weeks as they work through the following areas:

✍ A concise teaching guide for the whole class or self-directed by students.

✍ Understanding the four pillars of all explanations

✍ Structure and Features of compelling explanations

✍ Writing Activities. (Both independent and group tasks)

✍ Multiple Templates and Graphic Organizers

✍ Video and Visual Explanatory writing prompts

✍ Explanatory Writing Checklists

✍ Explanatory Writing Samples for all levels

✍ Assessment Rubrics

PLUS MUCH MORE.

TEACHERS LIKE YOU SAID THIS...

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Belinda Reedman says... "I really like all of your products. They are easy to follow and so informative. The students have a far stronger understanding of text features and text structures of explanations now. The students found the PowerPoint and associated resources exceptionally helpful, as did I. Thank you."

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Hanifa M. says, My students loved using this resource. It was clear, colourful and engaging. The explanations of text types were very clear, and the pictures were motivating."

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Pukeko Studio says, "I found this resource really useful, and used quite a bit of it to put together my own unit to teach. There are some great ideas in this resource.."

❤️ this TpT BEST SELLER either all at once or take your time throughout the year as your students learn to become critical researchers, readers and skilled writers of explanatory texts.

Whilst It is mainly targeted at middle to upper elementary age groups, feedback from our junior high school teachers tells us there is more than enough here to also deliver a great unit in that age group.

This Resource is compatible with DISTANCE LEARNING platforms such as Google Classroom, SeeSaw and Office 365Students can confidently WORK INDEPENDENTLY on these, or you can EDIT this unit of work to best suit your needs and share it with your CLASSROOM. It also includes a PRINT VERSION.

The entire collection is provided to you in EDITABLE PowerPoint and as a printable PDF eBook. Each lesson is a complete plan that eliminates your preparation time, but you can easily do so if you need to modify the content to suit a particular class.

This HUGE BUNDLE offers a mix of hands-on, printable, and digital media resources. By the time you have finished this pack, your students won’t just be able to READ and COMPREHEND Explanations but will also be WRITING their own with a high STRUCTURE level INSIGHT AND KNOWLEDGE.

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Description

Teach your students to write an ENGAGING EXPLANATORY ESSAY. Master the HOW and WHY of NONFICTION and EXPOSITORY WRITING with this DIGITAL and PRINT-based unit.

THIS COMPLETE UNIT COVERS

✅ Writing Sequences

✅ Causal Explanation Texts

✅ Consequential Explanation Texts

✅ Explaining Cycles

✅ Processes (Scientific, Mechanical and Biological events)

✅ Tutorials - Including videos

✅ Explanation of Historical Events

NO PREP REQUIRED

FULLY EDITABLE

It will keep your kids EXCITED and ENGAGED for weeks as they work through the following areas:

✍ A concise teaching guide for the whole class or self-directed by students.

✍ Understanding the four pillars of all explanations

✍ Structure and Features of compelling explanations

✍ Writing Activities. (Both independent and group tasks)

✍ Multiple Templates and Graphic Organizers

✍ Video and Visual Explanatory writing prompts

✍ Explanatory Writing Checklists

✍ Explanatory Writing Samples for all levels

✍ Assessment Rubrics

PLUS MUCH MORE.

TEACHERS LIKE YOU SAID THIS...

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Belinda Reedman says... "I really like all of your products. They are easy to follow and so informative. The students have a far stronger understanding of text features and text structures of explanations now. The students found the PowerPoint and associated resources exceptionally helpful, as did I. Thank you."

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Hanifa M. says, My students loved using this resource. It was clear, colourful and engaging. The explanations of text types were very clear, and the pictures were motivating."

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Pukeko Studio says, "I found this resource really useful, and used quite a bit of it to put together my own unit to teach. There are some great ideas in this resource.."

❤️ this TpT BEST SELLER either all at once or take your time throughout the year as your students learn to become critical researchers, readers and skilled writers of explanatory texts.

Whilst It is mainly targeted at middle to upper elementary age groups, feedback from our junior high school teachers tells us there is more than enough here to also deliver a great unit in that age group.

This Resource is compatible with DISTANCE LEARNING platforms such as Google Classroom, SeeSaw and Office 365Students can confidently WORK INDEPENDENTLY on these, or you can EDIT this unit of work to best suit your needs and share it with your CLASSROOM. It also includes a PRINT VERSION.

The entire collection is provided to you in EDITABLE PowerPoint and as a printable PDF eBook. Each lesson is a complete plan that eliminates your preparation time, but you can easily do so if you need to modify the content to suit a particular class.

This HUGE BUNDLE offers a mix of hands-on, printable, and digital media resources. By the time you have finished this pack, your students won’t just be able to READ and COMPREHEND Explanations but will also be WRITING their own with a high STRUCTURE level INSIGHT AND KNOWLEDGE.

YOU MIGHT ALSO❤️ THESE ENGLISH RESOURCES

❤️ HUGE Poetry Powerpack Unit

❤️ Writers Toolkit Bundle

Copyright © Innovative Teaching Ideas

Report this resource to TPT
Reported resources will be reviewed by our team. Report this resource to let us know if this resource violates TPT's content guidelines.

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This resource was exactly what I was looking for! The slides were useful and informative while helping the students to gain a deeper understanding.
Anna-Lise B.
34 reviews
Grades taught: 3rd
Rated 3 out of 5
June 8, 2024
I didn't find this resource as useful as I had hoped. While it says there are over 70 pages of resources, activities and lessons, it's really just lesson suggestions or ideas. There are not any complete lessons in the resource. Even the lesson suggestions are sometimes incomplete, such as the suggestion to "Watch these videos with students use them as a prompt for writing sequential and cause and effect explanation texts" without actually mentioning what "these" videos are or providing links. The resources include slides and some graphic organizers. The slides were useful guides for my students, and thankfully they are editable. The example texts, and suggested writing topics are geared more towards the younger grades rather than the upper grades as they are quite simple.
Lexy K.
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January 12, 2024
Worked well with my kids and they understood better. Thank you.
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December 26, 2023
I found this helpful planning how to teach explanation texts
Bruna D.
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December 26, 2023
This was a great resource because I liked all the prompts and different graphic organizers available for use. It gave a lot of options to choose from and lots of opportunities for practice.
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Write informative/explanatory texts to examine a topic and convey ideas and information clearly.
With guidance and support from peers and adults, develop and strengthen writing as needed by planning, revising, and editing.
Write informative/explanatory texts to examine a topic and convey ideas and information clearly.
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