The Zoo

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Title:

Structure

The writing . . .

• begins by introducing the topic and telling what the writing will be about.
• includes a middle part that explains different parts of the topic.
• organizes ideas effectively.
• ends by restating an important idea or sharing what you learned.

Ideas

• explains an interesting topic.
• gives specific details about different parts of the topic.
• uses specific words.
• uses a variety of sentence lengths and beginnings.

Conventions

• uses end punctuation correctly.
• capitalizes first words and proper nouns.
• spells names and key words correctly.