# Lesson Plan: Writing - Arguments, Informative, Narrative for Year 6
**Grade:** Year 6
**Topic:** Writing: Arguments, Informative, Narrative
**Duration:** 3 x 45-minute sessions
## Lesson Objectives:
- Students will understand the structural differences between argumentative, informative, and narrative writing.
- Students will develop skills to write clear and coherent texts in each of these genres.
- Students will practice brainstorming, drafting, revising, and presenting their writing.
## Session 1: Introduction to Writing Genres
### Materials:
- Whiteboard and markers
- Chart paper and markers
- Handouts (examples of argumentative, informative, and narrative texts)
- Notebooks and pens
### Activities:
1. **Warm-Up (10 minutes):**
- Brief discussion about different types of writing students already do.
- Introduce the three main genres: argumentative, informative, and narrative.
2. **Explicit Teaching (15 minutes):**
- Define and explain the characteristics of each genre:
- **Argumentative Writing:** Develops a point of view, presents reasons and evidence, aims to persuade the reader.
- **Informative Writing:** Provides factual information, explains a topic, aims to educate the reader.
- **Narrative Writing:** Tells a story, includes characters, setting, and a plot, aims to entertain or convey a message.
- Display examples of each genre on chart paper and go through them as a class.
3. **Group Activity (15 minutes):**
- Divide students into small groups.
- Each group reviews a provided text (one of each genre).
- Groups discuss and identify the key features of their assigned text.
4. **Wrap-Up (5 minutes):**
- Groups present their findings to the class.
- Recap the key characteristics of each genre.
## Session 2: Writing Practice - Argumentative and Informative
### Materials:
- Whiteboard and markers
- Argumentative and informative writing templates
- Handouts (sample prompts)
- Notebooks and pens
### Activities:
1. **Quick Review (5 minutes):**
- Review the key characteristics of argumentative and informative writing.
2. **Argumentative Writing Practice (20 minutes):**
- Present a prompt for argumentative writing (e.g., "Should students have homework?").
- Guide students through brainstorming ideas and organizing arguments.
- Have students write a short argumentative essay in their notebooks.
3. **Informative Writing Practice (20 minutes):**
- Present a second prompt for informative writing (e.g., "The Life Cycle of a Butterfly").
- Guide students through brainstorming facts and organizing information.
- Have students write a short informative essay in their notebooks.
4. **Sharing (5 minutes):**
- Volunteers share their writing with the class.
- Provide positive feedback and constructive criticism.
## Session 3: Writing Practice - Narrative
### Materials:
- Whiteboard and markers
- Narrative writing templates
- Handouts (sample story starters)
- Notebooks and pens
### Activities:
1. **Quick Review (5 minutes):**
- Review the key characteristics of narrative writing.
2. **Story Elements Brainstorm (10 minutes):**
- Discuss the elements of a story (characters, setting, plot, conflict, resolution).
- Brainstorm possible characters, settings, and plot points as a class.
3. **Narrative Writing Practice (25 minutes):**
- Provide a story starter (e.g., “Once upon a time in a mysterious forest…”).
- Guide students through planning their story structure.
- Have students write a short narrative story in their notebooks.
4. **Wrap-Up and Sharing (5 minutes):**
- Volunteers share their narrative stories with the class.
- Provide positive feedback and constructive criticism.
### Homework Assignment:
- Students will choose one of the three genres (argumentative, informative, or narrative) and write a longer piece at home to be submitted next week.
### Assessment:
- Evaluate students' participation in class discussions and activities.
- Review and provide feedback on students’ written texts from the sessions.
- Use a rubric to assess the longer piece submitted as homework, focusing on clarity, structure, originality, and adherence to genre conventions.