Nonfiction Writing:Procedures and Reports

An Hour of POWER!!!!!

Part 1 : How-To Books

“ To write a How-To book, a child recalls a procedure he or she can do and then lays out the

directions for that procedure, starting at the beginning and proceeding in a step-by-step and

explicit fashion to the end.”

Part 2 Writing All-About Books

• Activity 1

List the features you have noticed in an all about book.

• Activity 2 Make a list of topics

“After you’ve studied what the pros do, get some paper from this tray and list possible topics you could write about”

• Activity 3

How to try on a topic: Making chapters from possible topics.

-the flute -running-cats

• Activity 4

• Choosing paper -different kinds of something-how to paper-list paper-parts of things

• Activity 5

• Labeling a diagram