1st Grade Okaloosa Writes, Informational

1st Grade Okaloosa Writes

Write an informative essay telling how a fox family works together to live in the forest. Use information from the passage in your essay.

Manage your time carefully so that you can

· Read the passage

· Plan your response

· Write your response

· Revise and edit your response

Write your essay on the paper your teacher gives you.

You have 60 minutes to read the passage, and plan, write, revise, and edit your essay.

An excerpt from

Hidden in the Forest

Written By: Dawn McMillan

A fox family works together to live in the forest.

The fox and her kits live in a small den.

The den is a good home for them.

The kits drink milk from the fox, but she wants some food, too.

What can she eat?

The father fox is looking for something to eat.

He finds a very big fish in the water.

He brings it home to the small den.

The fox family likes fish very much.