Lesson plans for teaching organization A collection of LEARN
NC's lesson plans for teaching organization, the second of the
five features of effective writing. - Getting Paragraphing Down
P.A.T. - One way to remember when to indent and begin a new
paragraph is when (P) the place changes, (A) the action changes,
and (T) the time changes (P-A-T). In this lesson, students will
learn how to identify appropriate places to indent new
paragraphs in their writing. - Great beginnings - Good
beginnings hook readers and make them want to continue reading.
Students will learn the features of good beginnings by reading
the beginnings of several narrative picture books, and then
writing good beginnings for their own narratives. - Great
endings - Sometimes authors end their stories with a memory, a
feeling, a wish, or a hope. Other times they end the story by
referring back to the language of the beginning. In this lesson,
students will examine the characteristics of good endings by
reading good endings of narrative picture