Help your students confidently transition from paragraph writing to full essay structure with this Step Up to Writing-inspired, SUTW model resource! Perfect for middle school writers, this toolkit also works for advanced 5th graders or high school remediation.
📋What’s Included:
☑️Paragraph & Essay Anchor Charts – Visual, student-friendly models to support comprehension and organization.
☑️Step Up to Writing-Inspired Model Paragraph: “Technology’s Impact” – Includes color-coded highlighting practice to identify topic sentences, reasons, supporting details, and concluding sentences.
☑️Paragraph-to-Essay Outline – Step-by-step guidance to expand a strong paragraph into a five-paragraph essay, with tips and transition reminders.
☑️Final Draft Example – A polished essay on Technology’s Impact, demonstrating how the introduction, body, and conclusion paragraphs work together.
☑️Side-by-Side Comparison – See the model paragraph and final essay together, helping students visualize the writing process.
☑️Tips & Reminders – Practical advice to enhance student writing, including concluding sentence strategies, transition words, and hook ideas.
💗Why Teachers Love This Resource:
✅Ease students into essay writing with simplified, scaffolded models for introduction and conclusion paragraphs.
✅Supports middle school ELA standards and is aligned with test prep for state assessments such as AIR, PARCC, PSSA, STARR, and more.
✅ Encourages active engagement with color-coded visuals and highlighting practice, making essay structure clear and approachable.
✅Saves time with ready-to-use anchor charts, outlines, and examples — perfect for classroom display, small groups, or independent practice.
Perfect For:
- Middle school writers transitioning to multi-paragraph essays
- Advanced 5th-grade students ready to stretch their writing skills
- High school remediation students who need structured support
- Test prep practice aligned to Common Core and state ELA assessments.
With this resource, students learn how one strong paragraph can evolve into a full essay, develop confidence in writing introductions and conclusions, and acquire strategies to effectively organize and support their ideas.
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