Expository Writing Mini-Lessons: Good Introductions Unit and Activities

Description

Teach students to write strong introductions. This expository and informational writing unit includes lesson plans and activities built around mentor texts with great introductions.

Good introductions in expository writing are an important strategy! In this unit, students will read books with great introductions and discuss what makes them great, understand different types of introductions, revise writing to improve the intros, and try out good introductions in their own writing. Activities are hands-on and authentic!

Included in this resource:

• Teacher tips for introducing writing strategies
• Mentor text list for five different types of expository introductions
• A hands-on activity in which students read examples of five different introduction types and identify the writing strategy being used in each
• Materials for building an anchor chart to record the hands-on learning
• Which is Most Effective? a handout for matching introductions with an expository piece
• 6 Good Introductions posters
• Good introduction notes: complete and ready to write
• Revise It: revise a boring introduction in four ways (sample key included)
• Revise Your Own: a guide to revising your own boring introduction
• Try It: write five different versions of an introduction to a topic of your choice
• Introductions Checklist: a bookmark-sized guide to writing better introductions

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