Explanatory — Draft the opening

Teacher edition · Grade 5 · Lesson 30 · Road-map project

Writing Book 5 · sheet 69

Say what the whole piece is about.

2. Your turn

In your notebook: draft the opening for your own piece, double-spaced so there is room to correct.

Below is what a full, correct answer looks like. Children's wording will differ and should — mark the thing this lesson taught, not everything at once.

Read the one sentence you are most sure of.model — accept any answer that does the same job

3. Before you finish

Read the one sentence you are most sure of.

Watch forRead only their opening aloud and ask the class what the piece will be about. If they cannot say, it fails.