Text-Based Writing

Scaffolded text-based writing and reading comprehension lessons help grade 4 students improve their reading and writing skills! Lessons include practice with essential nonfiction writing forms: Compare and contrastSequenceExplanatoryInformativeCause and effectOpinionArgument12 leveled nonfiction texts range from levels O to T and include: BiographiesHealth articlesScience articlesSocial studies articlesUnits provide reading comprehension guidance and pre-writing tasks that prepare students to complete text-dependent writing prompts.Each unit begins with a unit focus and lesson checklist to guide students through the learning path, which includes: directed reading strategiesa dictionary page that introduces content wordsclose reading of a leveled nonfiction articletext-dependent comprehension questions to support understandinga graphic organizer to help students organize information from the articl and plan their writinga text-dependent writing promptAdditional resources and features for teachers include: Texts across the curriculum that range from reading levels O to TA suggested teaching that helps teachers pace the lesson and provide scaffolded instructionA student rubric that focuses on the 6 traits of writing: ideas, organization, voice, word choice, sentence fluency, and conventionsA vocabulary and definitions listA lesson objective and content-area concept for each unitAbout Evan-MoorA leader in PreK-8 educational publishing, Evan-Moor has been a trusted partner of teachers and parents for over 40 years. Our mission is helping children learn, and we do this by creating resources that motivate children to learn important skills and concepts across the curriculum while also inspiring a love of learning.