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Shared Lesson Plans
Click here for a lesson plan entitled "Writing a Descriptive Paragraph about
a Place or Thing"
Click here for a complete 5th/6th grade "Writing a Descriptive Paragraph" lesson plan incorporating
The Paper Bag Challenge ONE. It may also be modified to use with Challenge TWO to describe Thanksgiving Day and/or your best friend.
Many thanks to Ceil Humphries for creating and sharing this lesson plan with us.
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During the year we will be offering challenges which cover several writing genres. We will use the following definitions for each genre.
Expository
a genre of writing that informs, describes, or explains with text types that include: autobiography, biography, descriptive, essay, informational report, and media article
Narrative
a genre of writing that entertains or tells a story with text types that include: adventure, fairy tale, fantasy, historical fiction, mystery, personal narrative, realistic fiction, and science finction
Persuasive
a genre of writing that attempts to convince readers to embrace a particular point of view with text types that include: advertisement, editorial, essay, political cartoon, pro/con, and review
Procedural
a genre of writing that explains the instructions or directions for completing a task with text types that include: experiment, how to, and recipe
Transactional
a genre of writing that serves as a communication of ideas and information between individuals with text types that include: blog, business letter, friendly email, friendly letter, interview, invitation, and postcard
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Writing a Descriptive Paragraph