Strengthen your high schoolers' writing with a series of steps for writing successfully. With sections on organizing an essay, choosing a topic, crafting a thesis statement, and revising a draft, the lesson encourages your class to elevate the way they write in every subject.

Concepts

essay writing, writing organization, the writing process, essay outlines, thesis statements, revising writing, transition words and phrases

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Additional Tags

english language arts

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Instructional Ideas

• Hand out the resource as a reference packet for young writers
• Encourage your class to highlight important parts in the reading and apply these tips to their own writing
• Prompt learners to keep the lists of transition words and phrases in a language arts binder so they can refer back to it as necessary
• Create a writing workshop based on the instructions and materials

Classroom Considerations

• Designed for gifted learners, but applicable to any writer in need of some assistance
• Doesn't include practice activities or exercises

Pros

• Comes with a handy list of transitions to use throughout any essay
• Lesson is clear and straightforward

Cons

• None

Common Core

W.9-10.3.a W.9-10.3.b W.9-10.3.c W.9-10.3.d W.9-10.3.e W.11-12.3.a W.11-12.3.b W.11-12.3.c W.11-12.3.d W.11-12.3.e