Explanatory — Draft the opening

Teacher edition · Grade 6 · Lesson 29 · Road-map project

Writing Book 6 · sheet 68

Never announce. Open with the thing itself.

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 forCut the announcement and the sentence underneath is usually already there. Show them that — it is the fastest win in the year.