How to Catch an Elf Christmas Writing Activity for Google Slides with Video

Item description

Engage students in writing at home or in class fun with this engaging Google Slides informative or how to writing project. Students will plan, draft, revise and edit an imaginative how to on how to catch an elf. This is great for any Christmas unit, or simply just teaching in December!

This resource pairs well with How to Catch an Elf, but is not needed for the project.

ALL teaching videos are already included.. simply assign and go! Excellent for digital learning, distance learning, homeschool teachers, hybrid teaching, guest teachers, student teachers and the average busy teacher!

Students will practice basic skills on Google Slides while working on this presentation. ALL TEACHING VIDEOS are included, or can be replaced with videos that you make. Simply assign, and students will be ready to go.

This unit includes 5 lessons for one week of writing.

Week Overview:

• Monday: Introduction and Prewrite – Students will learn to add bullet points to their graphic organizer

• Tuesday: Draft – Students will write a basic topic sentence and their first 2 steps with sequencing words

• Wednesday: Draft – Students will finish their last 2 steps with sequencing words and add a basic closing sentence

• Thursday: Revise/Edit – Students are walked through using a revising and editing checklist

• Friday: Students are taught to add photos and to use a rubric to check their work before turning it in

What you get with the download:

A PDF linking to:

• Teaching Slide

• Student Planning Template

• Student Publishing Template

This was designed for second graders, but can easily be implemented in first and third grade classrooms.

These lessons build on each other, so might go through previously covered topics rather quickly. If you would like the comprehensive resource, upgrade to the bundle.

Please open the preview file to see exactly what is included. Please ask all questions before purchasing.