"Lions and tigers and bears, oh my!" Primary graders write about an animal that interests them, describing what it looks like, where it lives, and what it eats.

Concepts

Expository Writing, animals, animal attributes

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Additional Tags

english language arts

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Instructional Ideas

• Have class members create a mural with various habitats, and then have them place their illustrated paragraph within this classroom zoo

Classroom Considerations

• The prompt is the first in a series of seven informative/expository writing prompts
• Some writers may need assistance

Pros

• The exercise encourages writers to add sensory details to their discription

Cons

• None