Grade 3 · English Language Arts · Unit 13 of 13
Ideas for Writing
Find ideas, plan and improve your writing.
What your child practises
Writers draw on memories, nature, pictures, books and conversations. Children practise planning, drafting, revising and editing.
Alberta Curriculum learning outcome: Apply writing strategies to create texts that draw upon a variety of sources of inspiration. · finding ideas and using writing strategies
Sample questions
A taste of this unit. In the app, questions change every time and get easier or harder to match your child.
Question 1
Put these steps of writing in order.
- ✏️Write a first draft
- 📚Share your writing
- ✅Edit spelling and punctuation
- 🔍Revise to improve it
- 💡Get an idea and plan
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Get an idea and plan → Write a first draft → Revise to improve it → Edit spelling and punctuation → Share your writing
Hint: Plan first, then draft, revise, edit and share.
Question 2
A writer wants to write about a grandparent's story. What should they do first?
👵- make up everything
- wait until the story is forgotten
- ask the grandparent and take notes
- skip the story
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ask the grandparent and take notes
Hint: Interviews can give strong ideas, and asking permission shows respect.
Question 3
A writer keeps a notebook to write down…
📓- ideas, words and things they notice
- only answers
- only spelling tests
- only phone numbers
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ideas, words and things they notice
Hint: A notebook is a good place to save ideas.
Question 4
Which question can help you find a writing idea?
💭- What time is it?
- What is something I will never forget?
- What is on the lunch menu?
- How many chairs are in the room?
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What is something I will never forget?
Hint: Memories can be rich ideas.
Question 5
Why do writers often read their work aloud while revising?
📢- they can hear what sounds clear or confusing
- to scare the cat
- because writing is always loud
- to hide mistakes
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they can hear what sounds clear or confusing
Hint: Reading aloud helps you hear mistakes and awkward places.
Question 6
Why do writers use strong, exact words?
🎨- to fill the page
- so the story is shorter
- they paint a clearer picture for the reader
- so no one understands
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they paint a clearer picture for the reader
Hint: Exact words help readers imagine.