Generic animal writing frames for narrative and expository writing for teacher use. This is in our free eMember area. There are several animal writing PDFs such as the emu, koala, wolf, beaver, dolphin, echidna, red panda, platypus, lion, and kangaroo. However, a teacher might like to select an animal that might be the favorite of the children, or a class pet, to create some writing assignments. This generic document will allow flexibility.
Table of Contents
Pages 4—7 Fiction story writing pages
Pages 8 and 9 — Story map for pre-planning story or for listening to another writer’s story and making a map
Pages 10—15 Notetaking pages for nonfiction animal writing
Page 16—Report cover
Pages 17—-18 Final draft report pages
Page 19 Report animal illustration (or use for a diagram of animal)
Pages 20—21 Student and teacher rubrics for fiction writing piece
Pages 22—23 Student and teacher rubrics for a nonfiction report
Pages 24 and 25 Extra paper
Pages 10—15 are for pre-writing notetaking pages for which animal is selected. How big is it? What does it eat? Where does it live? Each question has room for taking three notes and combining the information in one sentence. The final sentence is then copied on the final draft pages.
The final report is written on two pages using sentences from the notetaking pages. This may be a whole class project based on one animal at first, and then students may select their own animals for another individual project.
Print whichever pages are wanted for class, fiction, or research writing. For story writing, there are two prewriting map options. There are pages with and without writing prompts.
