Writing to Inform and Writing to Persuade: Reading Unit 6, Grade 4 (Letters & Devotion)

Description

Writing to Inform and Writing to Persuade is Unit 6 of Reading and Writing with Evidence: Grade 4 ELA (Grade 4), the Letters & Devotion Reading course, complete in one printable PDF: 9 lessons, the unit check-up and the answer key, 48 pages.

• The difference between an opinion claim and a factual statement
• The distinction between a reason supported by evidence and a reason that is only a feeling
• An opinion paragraph structured as claim plus two evidence-backed reasons
• Grouping related facts under a shared category before drafting informative text
• Informative paragraph structure: intro, grouped facts, conclusion, topic maintained
• Off-topic sentences that break paragraph unity
• Primary versus secondhand facts as research source types
• Run-on sentences and sentence fragments in student drafts
• Independent transfer of paragraph structure (opinion or informative) to a new topic and source

Every lesson is written for a parent with no teaching background: it opens with a short script to read aloud, names the specific wrong idea a student is likely to reach for and how to correct it, and closes with a practice sheet you may copy for your household. Scripture references are King James Version throughout. Black-and-white, 8.5 x 11 in. The whole year of this course is also in this store as a single book.

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