Say WHAT??-Working on Elaboration in Writing

This week's goal in writing is for students to elaborate on the facts and ideas within their informational essays in order to clarify the topic for their readers. We discussed how an essay with straight facts can sound robotic and be difficult to comprehend at times. In order to practice this skill, we worked together to elaborate on facts pulled from texts we read during reading groups.Since our writing skills are always building on one another, we also tied in our work with transitions and discussed good ones to use for elaboration.

After practicing together, students edited their informational essays through the lens of elaboration. They worked to find facts that needed explanation/clarification and added elaboration sentences to their essays. Our next step is peer editing!