How can you tell if a prompt is expository or narrative? Help your learners identify key words in writing prompts to determine how they should craft their essays.

Concepts

Writing Prompts, academic language, Expository Writing, Narrative Writing

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Additional Tags

english language arts

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Instructional Ideas

• Have kids choose a prompt to expand into a longer essay
• Use when preparing for a writing assessment, or for expanding your kids' knowledge of academic language

Classroom Considerations

• Includes three random pages of the lesson that don't relate to each other, but each part is helpful in its own way

Pros

• Helpful for kids who have a hard time brainstorming their essays
• Prompts are creative and great for learners of all levels

Cons

• None

Common Core

W.2.1 W.2.2 W.3.1.a W.3.2.a W.4.1.a W.4.2.a