Choose a genre’s opening job
Read what the opening actually begins to do. Continue with the matching kind of development rather than switching purpose without a reason.
About 18 minutes, plus any extended practice
Open lesson 1Draft Different Texts for a Reader
Apply choose a genre’s opening job, name a paragraph’s development tool, choose a transition function, match a closing to purpose using supplied texts and original responses.
Before you begin
- Plan a paragraph and write connected sentences.
Choose by skill rather than age alone. Read with an adult when useful, revisit a lesson, or explore another grade.
Follow the lesson sequence
Name a paragraph’s development tool
Identify the supplied detail and the role it plays. Add a second detail that serves the same genre.
About 18 minutes, plus any extended practice
Open lesson 2Choose a transition function
Read both connected ideas and identify the relationship expressed by the stated transition.
About 18 minutes, plus any extended practice
Open lesson 3Match a closing to purpose
Compare the ending with the genre and preceding material. Make the closure connect without adding an unrelated new subject.
About 18 minutes, plus any extended practice
Open lesson 4Review and transfer
After the lessons, try 4 new review cases and a practical task. Each answer has an explanation and a link back to the related lesson.
Open the unit reviewGuest answers are temporary. Keep your own paper or document; this unit does not certify completion or record a school grade.
Topic references
- Common Core State Standards ELA topic references; not certified alignment: topic reference — Draft Different Texts for a Reader
These references informed the topic selection. They do not certify complete standards alignment.