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4th & 5th Grade Paired Passages with Informational Writing Prompt on Cell Phones
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4th & 5th Grade Paired Passages with Informational Writing Prompt on Cell Phones

4th & 5th Grade Paired Passages with Informational Writing Prompt on Cell Phones

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Use these paired passages all about advantages and disadvantages of cell phones with a highly engaging writing prompt to keep students on task during your dreaded writing block! Students will read the two sources and the writing prompt, plan out their essay, and write a four- or five-paragraph informative essay. Informational writing prompts using articles are the best way for students to practice writing skills.

Use these paired passages all about advantages and disadvantages of cell phones with a highly engaging writing prompt to keep students on task during your dreaded writing block! Students will read the two sources and the writing prompt, plan out their essay, and write a four- or five-paragraph informative essay. Informational writing prompts using articles are the best way for students to practice writing skills.
 
 
This Paired Passages Informative Writing Prompt Includes:
  • Text Source #1
  • Text Source #2
  • Writing Prompt: Explain the advantages and disadvantages of cell phones.
  • Planning Sheets
  • Writing Paper

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Spark a love of writing with this high-interest writing prompt.  A great way to meet multiple standards with one activity. 
 
Standards:
  • Write informative/explanatory texts to examine a topic and convey ideas and information clearly. -CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.5.2
  • Quote accurately from a text when explaining what the text says explicitly and when drawing inferences from the text. -CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.5.1
  • Integrate information from several texts on the same topic in order to write or speak about the subject knowledgeably. -CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.5.9
 
Ideas for Use:
  • Individual Writing Practice
  • Whole Group Instruction
  • Partner Practice
  • Substitute Plans
  • Send Home as Practice
  • ELA Work Stations or Centers
  • Assessment
I am the author of each text, I just used different author names so students could practice citing different names.
 
*This was designed to be perfect practice for state writing tests! Directly aligned with Florida’s FSA format, but probably similar to your state, too!
 
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