Grade 4 · Writing · Lesson 40

Celebrate author day

Author Day celebrates everything you have learned and created as a writer this year. You have explored four major writing types — narrative, informational, persuasive, and functional — and developed skills in planning, drafting, revising, editing, and publishing. Today you look back, celebrate your progress, and demonstrate what you know.

What this lesson teaches

1Recall and apply writing skills from all four units of Grade 4 Writing
2Identify which writing type best fits a given purpose or audience
3Explain the key features that distinguish narrative, informational, persuasive, and functional writing
4Reflect on your development as a writer across the year

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