Your child will write on a daily basis on a wide variety of purposes. Your child will expand his/her thoughts processes beyond the current scope of his/her world, and learn to expound in a flowing manner when presented with a topic. Your child will also read general strategies for responding to a prompt and texts and review graphic organizers that are helpful for planning his/her writing. Then, your child will respond to a prompt and texts in commonly tested modes – arguments, informative/explanatory (expository writing), and narrative.
The purpose of writing an argument is to support a claim with reasons and relevant evidence, to convince others to think or act in a certain way, and to encourage readers or listeners to share the writer’s opinions, beliefs, or position. In developing an argument, your child must learn to make a claim and supply valid reasons, facts, and expert opinions to support it.
The purpose of informative/explanatory (expository) writing is to inform the reader by giving facts and by conveying ideas, concepts, explanations, and other information. When writing an informative/explanatory piece, your child must introduce the topic and give facts, details, descriptions, analysis, and other information about the topic. The information should be organized in a logical way. Many kinds of informative/explanatory writing require research.
The purpose of narrative writing is to entertain. Usually, a narrative tells about something that happens over a period of time. Narratives can be true or imaginary. Your child must develop a real or imagined experience or event. Your child must also establish a situation, or plot and setting, create characters, and recount events in a chronological sequence.
The writing prompts and texts will test your child’s ability in five domains of writing: focus, content, organization, style, and conventions.
The purpose of writing an argument is to support a claim with reasons and relevant evidence, to convince others to think or act in a certain way, and to encourage readers or listeners to share the writer’s opinions, beliefs, or position. In developing an argument, your child must learn to make a claim and supply valid reasons, facts, and expert opinions to support it.
The purpose of informative/explanatory (expository) writing is to inform the reader by giving facts and by conveying ideas, concepts, explanations, and other information. When writing an informative/explanatory piece, your child must introduce the topic and give facts, details, descriptions, analysis, and other information about the topic. The information should be organized in a logical way. Many kinds of informative/explanatory writing require research.
The purpose of narrative writing is to entertain. Usually, a narrative tells about something that happens over a period of time. Narratives can be true or imaginary. Your child must develop a real or imagined experience or event. Your child must also establish a situation, or plot and setting, create characters, and recount events in a chronological sequence.
The writing prompts and texts will test your child’s ability in five domains of writing: focus, content, organization, style, and conventions.
