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Practice vocabulary
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Step Up
to Writing
This is the writing program we use that
focuses on making the writing process simple and easy to
remember. Students will become familiar with the 3 main
steps in writing by relating them to colors-- green,
yellow and red. At each grade level, students master
skills of increasing length and complexity.
Topic Sentence:
The main topic of
the composition is stated.
Reason/Detail/Fact:
Give the reader a main reason, detail or fact that
relates to and supports the topic sentence.
Use transitions
(First,...First of all,... In addition,... Also,...) to
start these sentences.
Explain/Example:
Give an example for
the statement made in the reason/detail/fact sentence.
Concluding
Sentence: The topic is restated to remind the
reader what the composition was about. (Begin this
sentence with Clearly,.. In conclusion,... All in all,
...)
Example:
Pandas
My favorite animal is the
Giant Panda for two reasons.
First of all, I like the
panda because it looks so cute and cuddly.
The panda's black
and white body colors are simple, make it stand
out, and look soft. Its sad looking face makes
me want to hug it and make it happy.
In addition, I am fond of
the giant panda because it is endangered.
We all should try to
preserve the animals, like the panda, that are
in danger of extinction.
Clearly, the Giant Panda
is the animal I like best.
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