Extend your students’ understanding of opinion writing with these 4th and 5th grade paired passages. These paired passages with an informational writing prompt are an easy and simple way to practice text based writing with your students.
Students will read the two sources and the writing prompt, plan out their essay, and write a four- or five-paragraph informative essay. Informational writing prompts using articles are the best way for students to practice writing skills.
Writing Prompt: What is renewable energy and why is it useful?
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Spark a love of writing with this high-interest writing prompt. A great way to meet multiple standards with one activity.
How to Use this in Your Classroom?
Individual Writing Practice
Whole Group Instruction
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Substitute Plans
Send Home as Practice
ELA Work Stations or Centers
Assessment
Standards:
Write informative/explanatory texts to examine a topic and convey ideas and information clearly. -CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.5.2
Quote accurately from a text when explaining what the text says explicitly and when drawing inferences from the text. -CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.5.1
Integrate information from several texts on the same topic in order to write or speak about the subject knowledgeably. -CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.5.9
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⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Danielle R. wrote, “I think this resource was perfect for my students. I was able to use this as a lead-up to Earth Day and talk about why renewable resources are important for the Earth. It fits perfectly with the informative writing unit that we were learning in addition to practicing gathering information from resources.”
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