Talk for Writing | Non-Fiction Text and Activities

Students will explore a non-fiction text using Pie Corbett’s Talk for Writing framework through interactive activities. The newspaper article is based on the Daymaniyat Islands in Oman. The final task will showcase students’ ability to independently write a newspaper article using expanded sentences and prepositions in well structured paragraphs.

This resource features the following:

• Newspaper article
• True and false game for to check comprehension
• New vocabulary and dictionary work
• Story map
• Expanded sentences using conjunctions
• Basic prepositions
• Extended pieces of writing
• Highlighting activity
• Matching activity
• Comparison with a second article
• Boxing up activity
• Assessing positive vs. negative aspects of article
• Spelling test
• Step-by-step paragraph writing
  …and much more!

Includes:

• Animated PowerPoint presentation of 89 slides
• Printable newspaper article in color and b/w
• Printable newspaper article template
• Printable vocabulary worksheet in color and b/w
• Printable captions for story map
• Printable expanded sentences worksheet
• Printable story map template
• Printable positives vs. negatives worksheet in color and b/w
• Printable matching activity worksheet
• Printable second newspaper article in color and b/w
• Printable fill in the blanks conjunctions worksheet
• Printable newspaper article assessment template

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