Give your fifth-graders the fun and focused writing practice they need to become to become strong and successful writers! The 125 engaging, 10- to 15-minute lessons support any writing program.

25 weeks of instruction cover the following trait-based writing skills:

Ideas

Week 1: Choosing a Strong Idea

Week 2: Writing a Topic Sentence and Supporting Details

Week 3: Developing Character, Setting, and Plot Ideas

Week 4: Elaborating on Ideas and Details

Week 5: Maintaining Your Focus

Organization

Week 1: Sequencing

Week 2: Organizing Information Logically

Week 3: Organizing Information to Compare and Contrast

Week 4: Organizing to Persuade

Week 5: Choosing Which Way to Organize Your Writing

Word Choice

Week 1: Writing About Action

Week 2: Using Descriptive Language

Week 3: Using Similes, Metaphors, and Personification

Week 4: Choosing Words for Your Audience

Week 5: Getting the Reader's Attention

Sentence Fluency

Week 1: Combining Sentences with Conjunctions

Week 2: Writing Complex Sentences

Week 3: Parallel Structure Within a Sentence

Week 4: Beginning Sentences in Different Ways

Week 5: Writing a Smooth Paragraph

Voice

Week 1: Identifying Different Writing Voices

Week 2: Using Different Voices for Different Purposes

Week 3: Using Voice in Poetry

Week 4: Writing from Different Points of View

Week 5: Using Voice in Persuasive Writing

This resource contains teacher support pages, reproducible student pages, and an answer key. This is a reproducible resource (photocopying of lessons is permitted) for single classroom or individual home use only.