Writing Strategies Draft:Builder Templates
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A Three Paragraph Essay
Author: Don Johnston Incorporated
Expository Writing
3 Paragraph Essay outline template for use with Draft:Builder. Gather information and form ideas using the Outline, add detail in Notes, and write a first-draft essay in the Draft.
Based in part on the think sheets concept as described by Englert et al. (1991). Making writing strategies and self-talk visible: Cognitive strategy instruction in regular and special education classrooms. American Educational Research Journal, 28, 337-372.
Download this template: A3ParagraphEssay.zip
A Five Paragraph Essay
Author: Don Johnston Incorporated
Expository Writing
5 Paragraph Essay outline template for use with Draft:Builder. Gather information and form ideas using the Outline, add detail in Notes, and write a first-draft essay in the Draft.
Based in part on the think sheets concept as described by Englert et al. (1991). Making writing strategies and self-talk visible: Cognitive strategy instruction in regular and special education classrooms. American Educational Research Journal, 28, 337-372.
Download this template: A5ParagraphEssay.zip
Beginning Middle End
Author: Don Johnston Incorporated
Creative Writing
Simple story outline template for use with Draft:Builder. Plan the story in Outline, turn ideas into complete sentences in Notes, and write and revise the story in Draft.
Download this template: BeginningMiddleEnd.zip
Biography Draft:Builder
Author: Don Johnston Incorporated
Reading and Writing
Biography Book Report outline template for use with Draft:Builder. Follow the outline to gather information and write your opinion of the book in Notes view. Then, use your notes to write a Biography Book Report in Draft view.
Download this template: Biography_DraftBuilder.zip
Book Report Fiction
Author: Don Johnston Incorporated
Reading and Writing
Fiction book report template for use with Draft:Builder. Gather information about a fiction book using the outline and notes. Then, write a draft of your final report.
Download this template: Book_Report_Fiction.zip
Compare Contrast General
Author: Don Johnston Incorporated
Expository Writing
General Compare and Contrast outline template for use with Draft:Builder. Gather information using the outline and notes. Then, write a draft of your final essay to compare objects, ideas, people, places or events.
Based on Comparison/Contrast Organization Form by Englert, C.S., et al (1991). Making writing strategies and self talk visible: Cognitive strategy instruction in regular and special education classrooms. American Educational Research Journal, 28, 377-372.
Download this template: CompareContrastGeneral.zip
Descriptive Paragraph
Author: Don Johnston Incorporated
Writing
Descriptive Paragraph outline template for use with Draft:Builder. Use the Outline, Notes and Draft to write a 6-sentence paragraph. Includes Topic Sentence, 4 Body Sentences for descriptive detail, and a Closing Sentence.
Download this template: Descriptive_Paragraph.zip
Persuasive Essay 1
Author: Don Johnston Incorporated
Expository Writing
3-Paragraph Persuasive Essay outline template for use with Draft:Builder. Gather information and form ideas using the Outline, add detail in Notes, and write a first-draft essay in Draft.
Download this template: Persuasive_Essay_1.zip
Persuasive Essay 2
Author: Don Johnston Incorporated
Expository Writing
5-Paragraph Persuasive Essay outline template for use with Draft:Builder. Gather information and form ideas using the Outline, add detail in Notes, and write a first-draft essay in Draft.
Download this template: Persuasive_Essay_2.zip
Plan a Story
Author: Don Johnston Incorporated
Creative Writing
Plan a Story outline template for use with Draft:Builder. Think and write about the main parts of a narrative story in the Outline. Then, write a short, simple 3-paragraph narrative story draft.
Based on Story Map by Beck,. I & McKeown, M. (1981). Developing questions that promote comprehension: The story map. Language Arts (November/December), 913-918.
Download this template: Plan_a_Story.zip
