Any teacher with common sense should use the perfect resource to improve composition skills. Perfect for flipped lessons and station rotation, the text details information about genres of writing with guiding questions for readers. Material is carefully organized with learning objectives and information that directly addresses the rigor of the Common Core standards. Topics that pupils can read about within the resource include narrative writing, persuasive writing, expository writing, and grammar such as parts of speech, parts of a sentence, and more.

Concepts

Expository Writing, Narrative Writing, Persuasive Writing

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Additional Tags

english language arts

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Instructional Ideas

• Provide an organizer or guided notes with the reading assignments to help readers retain information

Classroom Considerations

• Pupils need chapters printed if they do not have Internet access
• Requires a free CK-12 account to access the interactive
  

Pros

• Integrates nicely with Google Classroom 
• Material is easy to locate and concise

Cons

• Grammar concepts such as parts of speech and parts of a sentence are addressed in isolation from writing

Common Core

W.9-10.1.a W.9-10.2.a W.9-10.3.a W.9-10.4 W.9-10.5 W.11-12.1.a W.11-12.2.a W.11-12.3.a W.11-12.4 W.11-12.5