Unit 1: The Topic Sentence

Students review writing sentences and learn how to write a topic sentence.

Unit 2: Supporting Details

Students learn how to write supporting details in a paragraph.

Unit 3: Closing Sentences

Students write closing sentences this week and edit existing closing sentences to learn how to strengthen them.

Unit 4: Writing in Chronological Order

Students focus on writing in a logical, time-oriented paragraph to begin our paragraph writing adventure.

Unit 5: Writing the Narrative Paragraph

Students work on writing a well-organized and interesting narrative paragraph.

Unit 6: Writing the Expository Paragraph

Students explore ways to write solid expository paragraphs that are interesting and exciting.

Unit 7: Writing the Descriptive Paragraph

Students will become adept at creating descriptive paragraphs.

Unit 8: Writing the Persuasive Paragraph

Students work to write convincing persuasive paragraphs using strong vocabulary and persuasive sentence structure.