Research Writing and Revision: From Organized Notes to a Clear Draft – 3rd Grade

Description

Overview

This two-lesson sequence guides third-grade writers from sorting research notes into useful categories to revising a short research draft for clarity and stronger supporting details. Students use the supplied worksheet passage and their own notes; no student reading passage is reproduced in this plan.

What Students Will Learn

• Organize notes into categories before drafting.
• Revise for clarity and added supporting details.

What Is Included

• Teacher Guide
• Student Workbook
• Lesson 1: Sort Notes into Categories Before Drafting
• Sort Notes Before You Draft
• Write Category Sentences
• Explain Your Organization
• Lesson 2: Revise a Research Draft for Clarity and Supporting Details
• Make Sentences Clear
• Choose Helpful Supporting Details
• Peer-Editing Checklist

Lesson Overview

• Lesson 1: Sort Notes into Categories Before Drafting (45 minutes)
• Lesson 2: Revise a Research Draft for Clarity and Supporting Details (45 minutes)

Designed For

3rd Grade students studying Research Writing and Revision in Language Arts.

File Format

One downloadable ZIP containing two printable PDF files. The Teacher Guide contains 20 pages and the Student Workbook contains 5 pages.