Expository Writing
Non-fiction pre-writing and organizing can be done with a strategy called Pick, List & Choose
Since reading and writing are inseparable, use Strategic Reading to help them see that connection.
Summarization has its own reading and writing lesson sequences, list of informative verbs and summary frames (1) and (2). I've also developed these summary intervention lessons for struggling readers. Are your students summarizing fiction? Here are the steps. Use them with this organizer.
Are your fifth graders writing a research report? Here are the steps. Are you afraid of the sheer length of such a project? Use these graphic organizers for a four paragraph, one page mini-version of a research report. Here's the lesson sequence to get you started.
The friendly letter need not be an unfriendly project. Here's how.
Teach your students to craft better Intros and Conclusions
Integrating writing accross the curriculum? Try writing during Math class, or Science Journals, which have many purposes.
Check out Robert Sweetland's super site on responses to literature!