Enjoy using these activities from our recently revised writing books.

We hope
that they will enrich your instructional program, show you how effective and
easy it is to use our materials, and encourage you to try some of the many
creative and practical resources Evan-Moor has for grades K–6+.

Activities
Super Sentence Starter – Write a Super Sentence, Grades 1–3 ................... 2–3
Descriptive Paragraph Form – Paragraph Writing, Grades 2–4.......................... 6
Compare and Contrast Paragraph Form – Paragraph Writing, Grades 2–4 ....... 7
Compound Sentences – Writing Fabulous Sentences & Paragraphs,
Grades 4–6+ ................................................................................................. 8
Definition Paragraph Form – Writing Fabulous Sentences & Paragraphs,
Grades 4–6+ ................................................................................................. 9
Change Poetry – Poetry Patterns & Themes, Grades 3–6+ ........................ 12–13
Shape Poems – Writing Poetry with Children, Grades 1–6+ .......................14–15
Story Starters and Titles – Giant Write Every Day: Daily Writing Prompts,
Grades 2–6+ ............................................................................................... 18
Tree Words – Giant Write Every Day: Daily Writing Prompts, Grades 2–6+ .... 19
A Is for Apple – Giant Write Every Day: Daily Writing Prompts, Grades 2–6+ ... 20
Storybook Characters, Cat – Writing Forms: Tops & Bottoms,
Grades K–2 ........................................................................................... 21–23
A Circle Story – How to Write a Story, Grades 1–3 .................................... 26–27
Describe the Characters – How to Write a Story, Grades 4–6+ ....................... 28
Describe the Setting – How to Write a Story, Grades 4–6+ ............................. 29
Describe the Plot – How to Write a Story, Grades 4–6+................................... 30
Choose the Conclusion – How to Write a Story, Grades 4–6+ ......................... 31

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 Super Sentence Starter
What to Do
The dog barked.
1. Brainstorm Name: ________________________________________ Super Sentence Starter

Using students’ suggestions, fill in one category of

the Super Sentence Organizer at a time, beginning The Dog
with describing words. You may wish to use the
suggested words and phrases below.
2. Oral Sentences
Allow time for students to create many oral
sentences using the words and phrases written
on the organizer.
3. Write
Write one super sentence.
Have students choose words or phrases from the Describe who or what did what, where, and when.

brainstorming activity to write their own “super _______________________________________________________________

sentence” on the student activity page. _______________________________________________________________

_______________________________________________________________

4. Proof and Correct Sentences _______________________________________________________________

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students read aloud their super sentences.

Super Sentence Organizer

describing who or what? did what?

where? when?
(adjective) (noun) (verb)

The dog barked

Suggested Words and Phrases

describing
who or what? did what? where? when?
words

timid mutt fetched the slipper from the bedroom when I came home
fearless canine retrieved the frisbee at the park every day
clumsy puppy tripped over the rug next to her bed this afternoon
frisky hound gnawed on the bone under their front porch around dinnertime
noisy watchdog growled at the thief near the back window last evening

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 Name: ________________________________________ Super Sentence Starter

The Dog

Write one super sentence.

Describe who or what did what, where, and when.

_______________________________________________________________

_______________________________________________________________

_______________________________________________________________

_______________________________________________________________

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 Name: _____________________________________
Descriptive
Paragraph Form
Complete the paragraph.

Monkey Snack

Last week at the zoo, I saw a monkey eat a banana. This is

what it did. First,

Then,

Finally, it

Maybe I’ll eat one myself!

Pretend you are going to eat a slice of watermelon. Write a topic sentence.
Give at least three steps telling what you will do.

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 Name: _____________________________________
Compare and
Contrast
Paragraph Form
Complete the paragraph.

The First and Sixteenth Presidents

Although George Washington and Abraham Lincoln were both

presidents of the United States, their lives were very different.

I think the biggest difference was

Write two or more supporting sentences.

Although George Washington and Abraham Lincoln lived at different

times, their lives were similar in many ways.

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 Name
Compound
Combine each pair of ideas into Sentences
a compound sentence by using a
comma and a conjunction such as
and, but, or or.

1. The sun shines in the sky. I feel warm.

2. We might play soccer. We might play tag.

3. Ella wants a hot dog. She will eat anything.

4. I will play my guitar. You can sing along.

5. We can sleep in a tent. We can sleep in my room.

6. I love summer. It doesn’t last forever.

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 Name
Friendship
Definition Paragraph Form

What is friendship? Well, I have discovered that friendship

It is

That’s what friendship is.

Write More About It

You have defined friendship; what implications does that have
for being a friend? Write another paragraph defining a friend.

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 Twice the Practice, Twice the Fun!
Get a double dose of sight-word practice with stories
and activities & fun-to-play games!
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 Word Family Fun—from Start to Finish!
Start with engaging stories and activities; finish with fun-to-play games.

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plus two reproducible activity pages for extra word family practice.
Word families practiced correspond to those presented in Word Family
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 Change poetry tells of three or more
Change Poetry stages that occur as a thing evolves into
something new.

A change poem relates each stage in the subject’s evolution. A thoughtful statement is made
about the changes. The poem follows an ABCB pattern.

Seed into sapling,

sapling into tree,
I really see “Home, Sweet Home”
right in front of me.
–Megan Fowler

The first line names the change from Seed into sapling,
the first stage to the second stage.
The second line names the change sapling into tree,
from the second to third stage.
A thoughtful statement describes I really see “Home, Sweet Home”
the final stage. The final line should right in front of me.
rhyme with line 2.

Teaching Suggestions
Prepare students for this writing project by asking them to think of several sets of subjects
with three stages: eggs, tadpoles, frogs; baby, child, adult; arguing, fighting, war. The f inal
sentence of a change poem is very important to its meaning. Have students try to find
a phrase that captures both understanding and an emotion. Use the sample poem as an
example. What words show an understanding of what happens in the last stage of the life of a
tree? (narrator sees a home built from trees) How was it expressed to evoke emotion? (“Home,
Sweet Home” is a phrase often used to express the warmth and love existing in one’s home.)

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 Name: _____________________________________ Change Poetry

Change poetry tells of three or more stages

that occur as a thing evolves into something new.
The poem follows an ABCB pattern.

1. Think of something that has three stages in its life or growth. List the three stages here.

2. Write two lines describing the two changes from the first stage to the third stage.

3. Write about the final change. Choose a thoughtful statement about what has happened.
The last line should rhyme with line 2.

4. Copy your poem below.

title

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 LEVEL
Shape Poems I
Students are guided through all the steps to write a shape poem.

1 Select a topic. sun

2 Brainstorm and list words or phrases sun warm warms the earth
about the topic. yellow sun rays helps flowers grow
hot bright makes me hot
rays reach out

3 As a class, choose the best words Sun, warm, yellow, rays reach out,
and phrases and arrange them helps flowers grow.
to create a pleasing sound.

4 Students draw the outline of a sun,

using black crayon or marker. They
clip a sheet of thin white paper over
the drawing and then write the
words or phrases following the shape
of the picture. Have them add “hot”
to all the sun’s rays. (Students may
need to write an additional phrase or
repeat part of the poem to complete
the shape.)

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 Some Things Just Go Better Together...

Language Fundamentals
is the perfect companion to
Daily Language Review
Thousands of grades 1 through 6 classrooms use Daily Language Review
for focused practice and review. Multiple studies show that this type
of distributed, or spaced, practice is a powerful strategy for achieving
proficiency and retention of skills.
Student responses on the weekly Daily Language Review units will indicate
those skills needing further reinforcement. Language Fundamentals can
then be used to provide the reteaching and additional practice. For example:

The student makes errors in week 14

of Daily Language Review. Your
assessment is that the student needs
more practice with these skills because:
• the student does not use a comma
to separate items in a series.
• the student identifies nouns as
adjectives.

Adjectives

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city
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item in a series.

hash browns, and

The turtles are young They will go to the fresh fruit.

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 Story Starters and Titles
Choose a story starter or title. Provide time for students to write a first draft.

Story Starters
1. The best thing about fall is...
2. The worst thing about fall is...
3. Pretend you are a leaf on a tall tree.
Describe what happens to you when autumn comes.
Tell how you change and how you feel.
4. Think of some interesting ways to use colorful fall leaves.
5. It is fall in the woods. You are a little squirrel.
How would you get ready for the coming winter?
6. Imagine you are rolling around in a huge pile of autumn leaves.
Describe what you smell, hear, and touch.
Use words that make me feel like I am there, too.
7. Describe your feelings when you hear the first
school bell in September.
8. Dad raked the backyard this morning. There is a huge
pile of leaves just sitting there. I think I will...
9. It is so cold you can see your breath. Describe how you
will get ready to go outside.
10. One crisp fall morning, I decided to take a stroll in the woods.
I had no way of knowing that...

Titles
1. How Fall Got Its Name
2. Autumn Colors
3. How to Climb a Tree
4. Why Leaves Change Their Colors (invent a legend)
5. One Cold, Frosty Morning
6. An Unusual Day at School
7. The Hardest Part of School This Year
8. The Year the Leaves Turned Purple
9. Jack Frost
10. In the Squirrel’s Nest

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 Name: _____________________________________ September
Tree Words
Think of as many words as you can that relate to trees.
Write down all the words you can think of and save them for a tree story.
Here are a few to start with:

forest leaves

nest squirrel

pencils limbs

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 Name: _____________________________________ September
A Is for Apple
John Chapman, better known as Johnny Appleseed, was born in
September 1774. He helped to plant apple orchards throughout Ohio
and Indiana as he roamed the countryside. In his honor, eat an apple.

Think about words that describe the apple as you eat it.
Write some of those words below.

Apple Words

Now use those words to write a thank-you note to Johnny Appleseed.

Dear Johnny,

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 Writing Forms
Storybook Characters
Storybook Characters writing forms
can be used to:
• outline the plot
• invent new stories
• practice handwriting
• write a review of the story
• write a poem about a character
• retell favorite parts of the story
• write new adventures about a character
• list books read about similar characters
• hold student work on a bulletin board display

1 Cut out the “top” of

the writing form.

2 Tape or glue a piece

of writing paper to
the top of the form.

3 Complete the
storybook character
by taping or gluing
the “bottom” to your
paper.

Cat
pages 22 and 23

Use the cat writing form with books such as:

Cookie’s Week by Cindy Ward
Only the Cat Saw by Ashley Wolff
Kitten’s First Full Moon by Kevin Henkes
Hondo & Fabian by Peter McCarty
Skippyjon Jones by Judith Byron Schachner

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 ✁

Glue along this edge

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 Glue along this edge

Cat

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 Centers Turn Academic Tasks into Fun Games!

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 Make History Come Alive
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 Group Story

A Circle Story

Circle stories require that each item leads to the next and that the story ends up where it started.
To help students understand how circle stories work, read If You Give a Mouse a Cookie
or If You Give a Pig a Pancake both by Laura Joffe Numeroff.

Follow these steps to write a group circle story:

1. Draw a large circle on the board. Draw a small
circle in the center. Divide the large circle into sixths.
1 hammer 2

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saw
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item in each part of the circle. Each item must 5 4
lead in some way to the next as you go around
the circle. The items should represent the parts
of the story or steps to follow.
4. Following the items in the circle, write each step
of the story on a large sheet of paper to display.

A boy wanted to make a birdhouse.

His dad gave the boy a hammer.
Then he needed a nail.
His dad gave the boy some wood.
Then the boy wanted a saw.
He cut the wood and nailed it.
Then he needed some paint.
The boy wanted to put his birdhouse in a tree.
He needed a ladder.
A bird moved into the birdhouse.
More birds came.
“I need to make more birdhouses,” said the boy.
He asked his dad for a hammer.

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 Name: _________________________________

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 Name: ________________________________________

Describe the Characters

Underline the words and phrases
that describe the girl.

Circle the words and phrases that

describe the robot.

Make an X by the words and

phrases that describe the dog.

You will not use all of the words or

phrases.

responsible brave looks like a large silver man

falling apart frightened standing large and tall

needs help small big tail flying in the wind

frisky and noisy friendly dents and rusty places

reckless strange protects his owner

curious strong hates to be on a leash

curly ponytail hair in a big bow created to build doghouses

Select one character. Using the descriptive words and phrases you marked, write a paragraph
to introduce that character to your reader.

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 Name: ________________________________________

Describe the Setting

Choose one picture. Write a description of the setting. Make your description so clear that
anyone will know which setting you are describing.

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 Name: ________________________________________

Describe the Plot

Choose one picture. Write a description of the situation that is illustrated. What else might
happen? Make your description so clear that anyone will know which picture you are
writing about.

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 Name: ________________________________________

Choose the Conclusion

An explorer is being held by a scary monster! What will happen?
Here are some ways this problem might be solved. Choose the one you think is best.

The explorer tickled the monster A tribe of friendly natives heard

until it was laughing so hard that the explorer calling for help and
it couldn’t hold on to her any longer. rescued her.

The explorer’s dog nipped at the It turned out that the monster
monster until the monster became so was trying to help by lifting the
irritated that it let the explorer go. explorer out of the path of a herd
of stampeding elephants.

Explain why you picked this conclusion.

Now write a different conclusion to the same problem, using your imagination.

Illustrate your conclusion.

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 Math Games to Enhance Learning
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