Writing to Learn/Learning to Write with Chicago Topics
The Reading/THINKING\Writing Core
These guides are adaptable to different grade levels depending on the amount of guidance.
All can be completed independently or collaboratively.
We recommend that students "pair and compare" their writing so that they can appreciate
each other's writing and also recommend improvements.
How Do Writers Communicate a Main Idea? -- with "Chicago Then and Now" reading
A True Story about My Part of Chicago
Chicago Book Maker organize information to write about an expository topic English / Spanish
Chicago Culture Alphabet identify words related to a topic
My Family History Book write about a real person and events English / Spanish
My Pictures Show My Community communicate information in a variety of ways
Show and Tell Community History organize information to explain a topic
List What's Important locate and evaluate information English / Spanish
Poem Builder create a poem English / Spanish
Chicago Poem Construction Kit (8.5 x 14) create a poem about Chicago
Write and Illustrate a Children's Book organize and communicate about a topic English / Spanish
Chicago Economic Writers--A Chicago Economy Book English / Spanish write a booklet
Expository Writer--An Important Part of Chicago
Expository Paragraph Writer: Profile a Person write a paragraph to describe a person
Expository Paragraph Writer: Profile a Person's Character Trait write a paragraph to describe a person's character traits
Expository Paragraph Writer: Profile a Place write a paragraph to describe a place
Chicago History Dramatists write a play
Chicago History Writers English / Spanish
Chicago Poem English / Spanish
Map Your Community collect and organize information English / Spanish
People Working Together to Make Greater Progress organize and present information about an idea and summarize it
Write an Article--Chicago Changes organize and write a comparison/contrast essay
Write about a Proverb, English-Spanish interpret an idea in writing
Chicago Science Writers--How an Ecosystem Works organize and write expository text
Chicago Writers--An Important Change in the History of the Chicago River organize and write narrative
Community History-Future Book make a plan and communicate it
Organize to Write Clearly--Sort Facts and Write an Essay about Barack Obama
Narrative Writer Chicago History: organize writing about a theme or idea