Introducing strategies of component writers and introducing purposes of writing

Guided Practice (10 minutes)

Tell students that they will write a letter to their parents telling them how they want their lives to be at age 25 and how their parents can support them to get to this point.

Model how to write the letter. Focus the first paragraph on describing the ideal life and the second paragraph on persuading parents how they can support the ideal life.

Tell students that they should prepare to email the letter to their parents, so they’ll need to come up with a descriptive title for their letter.

Model how to create a title and write it above your letter.

Have students look back on the letter you wrote and take turns circling all the verbs. Talk about how the verbs are all future tense and review the simple future tense (will)