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Grade 4 · English Language Arts · Unit 15 of 17

Plan Your Writing

Topics, plans and the four kinds of writing

What your child practises

Practises choosing a topic and audience, planning with brainstorming and organizers, and matching narrative, informational, descriptive and persuasive writing to a purpose.

Manitoba Curriculum learning outcome: ELA.4.C1.1, ELA.4.C1.2, ELA.4.C1.3, ELA.4.C1.4, ELA.4.C1.5 · choosing topics, planning, kinds of writing and creating multimodal texts

Sample questions

A taste of this unit. In the app, questions change every time and get easier or harder to match your child.

  1. Question 1

    Before writing a report, you ask an expert and read a book. This is…

    • copying
    • guessing
    • gathering information from sources

  2. Question 2

    Which writing tool helps you plan a story's beginning, middle and end?

    • a calculator
    • a story organizer
    • a ruler

  3. Question 3

    A story about a lost puppy finding its way home is…

    • narrative writing
    • descriptive writing
    • a report

  4. Question 4

    Which type of writing paints a picture of a place or person with details?

    • persuasive
    • descriptive
    • informational

  5. Question 5

    A paragraph describing a rainy day with sounds and smells is…

    • a list
    • descriptive writing
    • informational writing

  6. Question 6

    You must choose an audience for a thank-you note. Who is the best audience?

    • The person who helped you
    • No one
    • A stranger

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