Essay Writing

Narrative | Expository | Persuasive

links verified 11/8/2019

Expository Essays:

1. Expository Prompts - from Jefferson County Schools [This expired link is available through the Wayback Machine Internet Archive.]
2. Expository Writing - Eight different examples of expository organizational patterns
3. Expository Writing Prompts used in past Writing Assessments in Tennessee - Grade 8 [This expired link is available through the Wayback Machine Internet Archive.]
4. Expository Writing Resources - from Lee's Summit School District [This expired link is available through the Wayback Machine Internet Archive.]
5. Exploratory Essays - Some things to consider when writing expository essays.
6. Expository Writing Rubric - very detailed
7. Food for Thought - an expository writing lesson plan for eighth grade [This expired link is available through the Wayback Machine Internet Archive.]
8. Writing a "How-to" Explanation - Student model as an example [This expired link is available through the Wayback Machine Internet Archive.]
9. Self Evaluation Writing Rubric - Check yourself!
10. Writing Paragraphs - Precise instructions with definitions of each part.

Narrative Essays

1. Narrative Writing Prompts used in past Writing Assessments in Tennessee  - Grade 5 [This expired link is available through the Wayback Machine Internet Archive.]
2. Narrative Writing Resources - from Lee's Summit School District [This expired link is available through the Wayback Machine Internet Archive.]
3. Multiple Paragraph Essay - pointers on writing an essay [This expired link is available through the Wayback Machine Internet Archive.]
4. Narrative Essay - article on how to write a narrative essay
5. Ten Prewriting Exercises for Personal Narratives
6. Student Writing Tools Handbook - [25 pages] Transitions, rubrics, grammar, citations, and more [This expired link is available through the Wayback Machine Internet Archive.]
7. Self Evaluation Writing Rubric - Check yourself!
8. Writing Paragraphs - Precise instructions with definitions of each part.

Persuasive writing

 

1. 16 Persuasive Writing Secrets and Influential Words - an Infographic by Jennifer Frost
2. Scholastic's Writing Workshop - You already spend a lot of time trying to persuade your parents or teachers to allow you to watch more TV or do less homework. Now you can use those same skills to write a persuasive essay!
3. Writing to Persuade - Persuasion means making someone with a different point of view from your own change their mind to your way of thinking.
4. Argument & Persuasive Writing Lesson plans and teaching resources - many lesson resources
5. Can You Convince Me? - basic concepts of lobbying for something that is important to them (or that they want) and making persuasive arguments. Lesson plan
6. Practice with Argument - a lab activity to identify reasons and write an argument paragraph
7. Practice with Argument - another lab activity to identify reasons and write an argument paragraph
8. Study Guides and Strategies - persuasive writing
9. Ten Persuasive Prompts: Persuasive-Descriptive
10. Writing Paragraphs - Precise instructions with definitions of each part.

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