Big-Blocks Approach Since middle-grade students usually vary widely in both their writing levels and feelings about writing, these mini-lessons are geared toward a range of abilities and attitudes. Students will write each day and learn about: different writing genres, making decisions about what to write, paragraphing in stories and informational text, self/peer editing, spelling, using commas, and writing to a prompt. 160 pages
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Writing Mini-Lessons
Give students the opportunity to write each day! Make these mini-lessons an important part of the Writing Block. At each grade level, the focus of the lessons changes as the school year and students? writing skills progress.
Upper Grades
Students will learn about: different writing genres, making decisions about what to write, paragraphing in stories and informational text, self/peer editing, spelling, using commas, and writing to a prompt. 160 pages
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