Do your students leave out important steps when writing directions or instructions? This freebie explanatory writing (or "how-to" writing) lesson will help students remember to add LOTS of detail and specifics! In this lesson for grades 1-3, students write directions to make a peanut butter and jelly sandwich. Once they have published a copy, the teacher acts as an "alien" or "Amelia Bedelia" to act out the instructions with hilarious results. The students who forgot to tell their reader to…
