Name: Narrative, Opinion, & Informational Writing Bundle
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Narrative, Opinion, & Informational Writing Bundle

$51.00 $43.00 Save 16%

Your whole year of writing instruction in one bundle! ✏️

Get all three of my complete writing units for grades 3-5 and save. Each unit walks your students through the entire writing process, from getting ideas to a published piece, with lessons you can use in any order.

What's in the bundle

Personal Narrative Writing Unit: perfect for launching Writer's Workshop and building a community of writers
Opinion Writing Unit: 31 minilessons, including counterclaims and writing in response to text
Informational Writing Unit: 24 minilessons, from research to text features

Every unit includes

Writing minilessons
Writing notebook anchor charts + full-page anchor charts
Slides (PowerPoint/Google Slides) to model each lesson
Rubrics, checklists, graphic organizers, and mentor text suggestions

Want to keep the practice going? Add the Opinion & Informational Writing Centers, the Narrative Writing Centers, or the Monthly Text Sets for a writing prompt every month.

💛 Want it ALL?

The TLL Membership gives you every writing unit PLUS hundreds of other grades 3-5 ELA resources (morning work, reading mini units, text sets, and more) for one monthly price.

👉 Learn about the membership

Already a member? These are already included in your membership, so no need to purchase!

Questions or requests? Email me at help@theliteracyloft.com

Happy teaching!
-Jessica

Narrative, Opinion, & Informational Writing Bundle

Reading & Writing Bundle

$79.00 $64.80 Save 18%

My favorite, most-used reading and writing units in one bundle, and you save $14! 📚✏️

What's in the bundle

Click any unit to see its full description and preview.

Why notebook anchor charts?

Every unit includes reading and/or writing notebook anchor charts. They print two per page so students glue them right into their notebooks. That saves copies, and it means the strategies are always at their fingertips during independent reading and writing, instead of on a wall chart they forget is there. Graphic organizers for reading and writing are included too.

💛 Want it ALL?

The TLL Membership gives you every unit in this bundle PLUS hundreds of other grades 3-5 ELA resources (morning work, reading mini units, text sets, and more) for one monthly price.

👉 Learn about the membership

Already a member? These are already included in your membership, so no need to purchase!

Want a different set of reading and writing units bundled for 20% off? Email me at help@theliteracyloft.com

Happy teaching!
-Jessica

Informational & Opinion Writing Bundle

$40.00 $32.00 Save 20%

This unit has been updated as of February 2019 to include updates for both the Opinion and Informational Writing Units. You can sign up for updates and freebies:

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This bundle includes the Informational & Opinion Writing Units. Click the links below or inside the preview to check out the individual units.

My Opinion Matters! {Opinion Writing Unit}

I'm the Expert! {Informational Writing Unit}

Each unit contains ...

Writing Notebook Anchor Charts
Daily Unit Lesson Plans
PowerPoint
Rubrics
Checklists
Writing Planners
Activities & Sorts

🛑 Are you a member of the TLL Membership? These materials are already included. If you are not a member, click here to learn more. The TLL Membership gives you an all-access pass to hundreds of ELA resources for teachers in Grades 3-5.

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Narrative & Opinion Writing Bundle

$31.00 $24.80 Save 20%

This bundle includes our Narrative & Opinion Writing Units. Click the links below or inside the preview to check out the individual units.

*The Opinion Unit has been updated as of April 26, 2018 to include unit lesson plans and so much more!*

*My Life is A Story {A Personal Narrative Writing Unit}

*Opinion Writing Unit

Each unit contains ...

*Writing Notebook Anchor Charts

*Full Size Anchor Chart Pages (for a writing binder)

*Anchor Charts for the Classroom or Writing Center

*Rubrics

*Checklists

*Writing Planners

*Unit Lesson Plans

🛑 Are you a member of the TLL Membership? These materials are already included. If you are not a member, click here to learn more. The TLL Membership gives you an all-access pass to hundreds of ELA resources for teachers in Grades 3-5.

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Narrative & Informational Bundle

$31.00 $24.80 Save 20%

*This bundle has been updated as of 10/9/2016 to include Full Page Writing Anchor Charts to be used in a Writing Binder instead of or in addition to a Writer's Notebook.**

This bundle contains our Narrative & Informational Writing Units. Click the links below or inside the preview to check out the individual units.

*My Life is A Story {A Personal Narrative Writing Unit}

*I'm the Expert! {Informational Writing Unit}

Each unit contains ...

*Writing Notebook Anchor Charts

*Anchor Charts for the Classroom or Writing Center

*Rubrics

*Checklists

*Writing Planners

🛑 Are you a member of the TLL Membership? These materials are already included. If you are not a member, click here to learn more. The TLL Membership gives you an all-access pass to hundreds of ELA resources for teachers in Grades 3-5.

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Opinion Writing Unit (Grades 3-5)

$20.00

Get your students excited about opinion writing! ✏️

This complete opinion writing unit takes your 3rd, 4th, and 5th graders through the whole writing process, from getting ideas to a published opinion essay. Use it two ways: students choose their own topics, OR they write in response to a text or prompt.

What's included

31 minilessons with lesson plans, in three parts: core teaching points, bonus minilessons for small groups and conferring, and writing in response to text
PowerPoint slides to model and teach every lesson
Writing notebook anchor charts for every lesson (so students have the strategies at their fingertips!), plus full-size anchor charts
Rubrics & checklists, graphic organizers, and a mini word wall
Reasons + evidence sort
Teacher example essay + planning
Mentor text recommendations and publishing paper

The minilessons

Core lessons: Study a Mentor Text · Getting Ideas · Collect Entries · Writers Rehearse · Reasons and Evidence · Structure of Opinion Writing · Make a Plan Using Boxes & Bullets · Using Transition Words · Hook the Reader · Reason Paragraphs · Precise Word Choice · Expert Words · Elaboration · Craft a Conclusion · Revise · Edit · Polish & Publish

Bonus minilessons: Strong, Bold Thesis Statements · Addressing the Audience's Concerns · Address Counterclaims · When, Why, and How to Use Transitions · Choosing Convincing Reasons · Endings: Restate + Call to Action · Strong Evidence · Color Code the Text · Using Repetition

Writing in response to text: Unpack the Prompt · Close Read to Collect Evidence · Use Charts and Text Features as Evidence · What Makes Strong Evidence? · Citing Text Evidence

The lessons don't have to be taught in order. Skip, move, or pull them into small groups based on what your writers need.

Save with a bundle ⭐

This unit is also in the Narrative, Opinion & Informational Writing Bundle, the Narrative & Opinion Bundle, and the Informational & Opinion Bundle.

Need opinion prompts and texts to go with it? The Monthly Text Sets are the perfect companion. Each one has paired articles and an essay prompt.

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💛 Want it ALL?

The TLL Membership gives you every writing unit PLUS hundreds of other grades 3-5 ELA resources (morning work, reading mini units, text sets, and more) for one monthly price.

👉 Learn about the membership

Already a member? These are already included in your membership, so no need to purchase!

Questions or requests? Email me at help@theliteracyloft.com

Happy teaching!
-Jessica

Informational Writing Unit

$20.00

Get your students excited about informational writing! ✏️

This complete informational writing unit takes your 3rd, 4th, and 5th graders through the whole writing process, from researching a topic to a published informational piece. Use it two ways: students choose their own topics, OR they write in response to a prompt.

What's included

24 minilessons with lesson plans
PowerPoint slides to model and teach every lesson
Writing notebook anchor charts for every lesson, so students have the strategies at their fingertips
Graphic organizers, including Boxes & Bullets planners and Show Me the Evidence organizers for 3 or 4 sources
Rubrics & checklists, a mini word wall, and a sort
Teacher example essay + planning
Mentor text recommendations and publishing paper

The minilessons

Study a Mentor Text · Writers Are Teachers · Getting Ideas · Prepare for Research · Writers Research · Look for Big Ideas · Sort Information · Plan with Boxes & Bullets · Draft Paragraphs · Paragraphs with Purpose · Use Text Evidence · Balance Facts with Voice · Using a Teaching Tone · Elaboration: Mini Stories · Using Figurative Language · Craft Moves & Elaboration Strategies · Expert Words · Transitional Words & Phrases · Introductions · Conclusions · Revise: Add Text Features · Revise: Eliminate Unnecessary Words · Edit · Polish & Publish!

The lessons don't have to be taught in order. Skip, move, or adjust them based on what your writers need.

What teachers are saying 💬

"My school adopted a curriculum which just had guidelines as to what should be taught but was lacking resources. I purchased this writing unit and was so pleased with how comprehensive the lessons and graphic organizers are!" - Jessica M.

"Your units are amazing and my students have benefited greatly. Before this, I used to hate teaching writing. But this is honestly now one of my favorite subjects to teach." - Brittney B.

"Excellent resource. This is jam packed with information and is everything you promise and more." - Ms. Duffy's Dream

Save with a bundle ⭐

This unit is also in the Narrative, Opinion & Informational Writing Bundle and the Informational & Opinion Bundle.

✅ Try a free sample of this unit or read my blog post on teaching informational writing.

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💛 Want it ALL?

The TLL Membership gives you every writing unit PLUS hundreds of other grades 3-5 ELA resources (morning work, reading mini units, text sets, and more) for one monthly price.

👉 Learn about the membership

Already a member? These are already included in your membership, so no need to purchase!

Questions or requests? Email me at help@theliteracyloft.com

Happy teaching!
-Jessica

Personal Narrative Writing Unit {My Life is a Story}

$11.00

Kick off Writer's Workshop with stories only your students can tell! 📖

This Personal Narrative Unit is perfect for the beginning of the year, and it has enough depth to support the narrative writing standards any time. The lessons build excitement for writing and set the foundation for the rest of your year.

The unit is built around 4 goals:

Get students excited about writing!
Build a community of writers
Build confidence in your writers
Find ways to craft our own life stories

What's included

Writing unit calendar with teaching points, plus a blank planning calendar
20 lesson ideas with descriptions of how you can model, how students practice together, and what they do independently
20+ writing notebook anchor charts so students have the strategies at their fingertips
20 full-size anchor charts to teach with, laminate as posters, or keep on a binder ring in your writing center
Mentor text suggestions and links
Narrative writing checklist and grading rubric
Standards for 3rd-5th grade to glue in notebooks
Publishing paper

The lessons aren't a rigid script. Each teaching point has a clear explanation and ideas for how it can look in your classroom, so you can make it your own.

Save with a bundle ⭐

This unit is also in the Narrative, Opinion & Informational Writing Bundle and the Narrative & Opinion Bundle.

Want extra practice? Narrative Writing Centers give students 30 skill-focused centers for storytelling, dialogue, and transitions.

💛 Want it ALL?

The TLL Membership gives you every writing unit PLUS hundreds of other grades 3-5 ELA resources (morning work, reading mini units, text sets, and more) for one monthly price.

👉 Learn about the membership

Already a member? These are already included in your membership, so no need to purchase!

Questions or requests? Email me at help@theliteracyloft.com

Happy teaching!
-Jessica

Personal Narrative Writing Unit {My Life is a Story}

Launching Writing Workshop Unit | Google Slides

$14.00

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This unit is 50% off through Thursday, July 14th!

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This unit is a foundational unit to build craft, community, and confidence in your writing workshop. This is a 10 day unit that focuses on moving through the writing process and having students complete one narrative piece. The narrative unit will go deeper into crafting a personal narrative.

What's included?

Unit Lesson Plans
Writing Notebook Charts
Google Slides Presentation
Google Slides Interactive Student Presentation
Google Slides Interactive Student Notebook
PowerPoint pdf

Need something else? Let me know in the comments!

By the end of this unit, your students will be able to:

Follow routines, procedures, and directions during each part of Writing Workshop. They listen quietly during the minilesson and participate with their partner.
Begin working right away during independent writing time. They solve problems on their own and do not disturb others.
Generate ideas for a personal narrative.
Plan a personal narrative.
Use their writing plan to draft a story with a clear beginning, middle, and end.
Use strategies to spell unknown words.
Effectively communicate and work with a writing partner.
Revise their own work by using a checklist.
Edit their own work by using a checklist to correct capitalization, punctuation, and spelling.
Collaborate with a partner to share and work on their writing.
Name and apply the stages of the writing process.

Launching Writing Workshop Unit | Google Slides

Literary Response Opinion Essay Unit Grades 3-5

$7.00

This product is a guide and resource for an Opinion Essay in which students construct a literary response in the form of an opinion. According to assessments which are aligned to the Common Core State Standards, students in 3rd-5th grade may be required to respond to a text based on their opinion. How you use this resource will depend on your district and state assessments. I have based this product on certain Florida assessments in which students give their opinion about characters or the theme of the story.

Regardless of assessment, this unit is intended to help students not only become better writers, but better readers. The teaching points are a guide, aligned to the standard, and reinforced by the student checklist.

Though this product is aligned for grades 3-5, you may find valuable resources for 2nd or 6th grades as well.

The anchor charts are intended to be used in the writer’s notebook, but also might give you ideas about anchor charts for your classroom. I hope this product fulfills your needs and I would love to have feedback based on your experience. You might also be interested in other Narrative, Informational, and Opinion Units which you can find HERE.

What this Product Includes

Literary Essay Unit Teaching Points Planning Calendar

Blank Planning Calendar

Writing Notebook Anchor Charts

*Readers and Writers collect evidence to grow ideas

*Sentence Starters for Responding to Literature

*Readers get BIG Ideas by thinking about the Character

*Theme

*Crafting a Theme Statement

*Common Theme Statements in Literature

*The Hook - Chart for Leads

*Effective Endings - Chart for Endings

*The Hook and Effective Endings (Blank

*Opinion Writer’s Checklist

*My Thesis Statement - (Graphic Organizer to plan Thesis Statement)

*Transition Words for Persuasive and Opinion Writing

*Transition Words and Phrases

Planning & Publishing Pages

*Opinion Essay Boxes and Bullets Planner

*Opinion Writer’s Checklist for Peer Editing

*Elaboration Paper to help students elaborate each reason that supports their opinion

*Publishing Paper

*Square Opinion Writing Planner (Full Page

*Writer’s Celebrate 3-2-1 Style (Comment Cards for Student Celebration)

🛑 Are you a member of the TLL Membership? These materials are already included. If you are not a member, click here to learn more. The TLL Membership gives you an all-access pass to hundreds of ELA resources for teachers in Grades 3-5.

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Literary Response Opinion Essay Unit Grades 3-5

Newspaper Article Writing Unit {Here's the Scoop!}

$7.00

*A DIGITAL OPTION HAS BEEN INCLUDED FOR GOOGLE SLIDES/GOOGLE CLASSROOM* Be sure to re-download! There are directions and links inside the ZIP File.

This is one of my favorite Writing Units! Writing a Newspaper Article about the community, school, or class is a fun way for students to develop their writing skills, as well as connect with the world around them. The resources in this unit could be used to teach as a class Writing Unit, to create a class newspaper, a school newspaper, or in an after school club. Students will develop informational writing skills which support the Common Core Writing Anchor Standard 2: Write informative/explanatory texts to examine a topic and convey ideas and information clearly.

This unit is fun for end of the year after testing is all over to remind students that writing is not just test prep and writing essays! Also, you might use this to create a Class Newspaper or Anthology to help preserve the year’s memories. Though this is a unit on writing a Newspaper Article, it could be extended to writing a blog, website article, magazine article, or other type of article. Writing about the news is not as simple as writing for a Newspaper anymore. This is why throughout the resources you may see varying terms such as Newspaper Article, Journalist, Reporter, Feature Article, etc.

What this Product Includes:
There are 3 separate documents included in a zipped file.

*Anchor Charts for the Writer’s Notebook (31 pages) These are half sheets which students can glue in to have the anchor charts at their fingertips.

*Anchor Charts Full Size (same content as above) (20 pages) which can be used:
-as a slide show when teaching the unit
-printed and laminated to post on bulletin board or Writing Center
-printed and put in sheet protectors compiled together on a book/binder rings

I use these charts as a slide show and then also print, put in sheet protectors, then assemble together on a binder/book ring to use when teaching a small group or support writers in working on something specific.

*Unit Lesson Plans- (15 pages) The lessons are brief and to the point to explain how to teach the unit or teaching point for the day. Please know that these lessons are absolutely not the only way the lessons could be taught, but to give teachers an idea if this is a new-to-you unit! They are meant to be in the form of a mini lesson for the Writer’s Workshop model, however are NOT written to those specific guidelines. They are more a general idea of what you would do for that lesson. There is also a page of listed texts and websites that would be useful in teaching this unit. Anything in blue is a clickable link that will take you to that specific website.

The lessons may take longer than one day or less than one day, depending on you and your students. The lessons can be arranged in any way which fits your students. Make these resources your own and most importantly, HAVE FUN!

I hope you have as much fun as we did with this unit!

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Newspaper Article Writing Unit {Here's the Scoop!}

Poetry

$8.00

***This product is now part of a BUNDLE!***Buy bundled and SAVE 20%!

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Reading and Writing Bundle

The world of poetry is vast and full of variety. Whether you are doing a full on unit or trying to incorporate poetry among other units in your classroom, poetry can be a tool to help you meet students language, comprehension, writing, and even fluency needs. Furthermore, poetry can be integrated into content areas (see acrostic slide). The resources included in this unit can provide you with the tools you need to incorporate poetry into your classroom.

What this Product Includes:

*28 Writing Notebook Anchor Charts: These Anchor Charts are half-size pages (2 on a page) that students can glue inside their writing notebooks to get ideas, as reference sheets, or use for practice throughout the unit.

22 Large Anchor Charts/Slides: These large anchor charts/slides can be used to teach, in a writing center, or as a reference in your classroom. I have used these large charts as part of my lesson by projecting on the SMART board. After the lessons, I printed these off and put them in sheet protectors and on binder rings to use in our writing center. Students could refer to them if necessary or I have also used these to have a small group work on a specific strategy.

Common Core Standards for Teaching Poetry: Unfortunately reading and writing poetry is not explicitly defined by the Common Core Standards. However, I have included grades 3-5 Literature and Language standards that this unit could help you meet with your students. Writing poetry only helps to make children a better reader of poetry.

Suggested Teaching Points: A calendar of suggested poetry teaching points has been included to help with planning and identifying a sequence of teaching points. I suggest immersing students in reading poetry before writing poetry to study the characteristics of poetry and reading like a writer. In the future, I plan to add explicit lessons to this unit as I have done in my Narrative Writing Unit. Please email me if you are interested so that I can send you updates to this unit.

Reading a Poem: This "think sheet" will help students analyze and read a poem for meaning.

Peer Revision Checklist: This checklist can guide students to revise and edit their poems.

Thank you so much for your purchase! If you are looking for something specific that is not included in this product, I would love to hear from you! Please email me with questions, feedback, concerns, or to get on my updates mailing list.

🛑 Are you a member of the TLL Membership? These materials are already included. If you are not a member, click here to learn more. The TLL Membership gives you an all-access pass to hundreds of ELA resources for teachers in Grades 3-5.

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-Jessica