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Activity
Curated OER

Create Your Own Country Project

For Teachers 5th - 8th Standards
Young scholars demonstrate their knowledge of geography with this fun, collaborative social studies project. Working in small groups, students develop their very own countries, writing descriptions of their physical location, social...
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Handout
Anchorage School District

Hints for Writing a Conclusion

For Teachers 4th - 10th Standards
Writing the conclusion of an essay can often seem like a superfluous or daunting task. Support your young writers in understanding the various types and purposes of a conclusion paragraph, such as summarizing key points of a paper or...
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Lesson Plan
University of Arizona

Language Registers

For Teachers 4th - 12th Standards
Do you speak to your parents the same way you speak to your friends? The differences between formal and informal language are highlighted in this exercise. Groups are asked to select a scenario and script different dialogues that might...
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Lesson Plan
Alabama Learning Exchange

Light Is

For Teachers 5th - 8th Standards
Learners explore the properties of light. In this light lesson, students investigate visible light by viewing a website, examining an electromagnetic spectrum chart, and observing light demonstrations. Learners write about their...
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Lesson Plan
Alabama Learning Exchange

Water Cycle Animation (A lesson involving handheld computer/Palm Pilots)

For Teachers 5th Standards
Fifth graders animate the Water Cycle using Sketchy on the handheld computers. They write an expository paragraph about the stages of the water cycle using "Word-to-Go" on the Handheld computers.
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Lesson Plan
Scholastic

Scholastic: Writing With Scientists

For Teachers 3rd - 5th Standards
After students investigate a topic through research, hypothesizing, observing, and experimentating, teachers can use this lesson to help their students prepare short science reports and publish them online. The Writing with Scientists...
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Unit Plan
Beacon Learning Center

Beacon Learning Center: Trailblazing Conclusions

For Students 3rd - 7th Standards
This tutorial focuses on conclusions for expository writing. It discusses the purpose of conclusions, what should be included, and ways to conclude.
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Unit Plan
Texas Education Agency

Texas Gateway: Write an Expository And/or Procedural Text

For Students 5th - 7th Standards
[Accessible by TX Educators. Free Registration/Login Required] You will learn how to write an expository/procedural text that synthesizes ideas from several sources.
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Lesson Plan
Writing Fix

Writing Fix: Purposeful Paragraphs on Memorable Teachers [Pdf]

For Teachers 3rd - 8th Standards
How can we use questioning to create lead sentences and details in order to create a purposeful paragraph? This PDF lesson plan offers an organization technique that asks young scholars to pre-plan paragraphs by brainstorming interesting...
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Activity
ACT360 Media

Writing Den: Paragraphs

For Students 4th - 8th Standards
How do you write a paragraph? Use this site to learn more about the different parts of a paragraph.
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Graphic
Polk Brothers Foundation Center for Urban Education at DePaul University

De Paul University: Center for Urban Education: Expand Story or History Text Based Dialog[pdf]

For Students 5th - 8th Standards
Students will use graphic organizers to help them make inferences about historical figures' feeings and motives. Students will summarize the information during an extension activity.
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Education Development Center

Tv411: Summarizing

For Students 3rd - 5th Standards
This activity asks students to read short paragraphs and select the statement that best summarizes each paragraph. It is part of a larger reading unit.
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Activity
Read Works

Read Works: The Scientific Method

For Teachers 5th Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text explaining the five steps of the scientific method. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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Lesson Plan
ReadWriteThink

Read Write Think: Writing Good Endings

For Teachers 3rd - 5th Standards
This lesson plan explores endings and conclusions to children's literature in an attempt to teach how to successfully write a good ending. Included in the lesson plan are an overview, practice, objectives, resources, preparation, and more.
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Graphic
Polk Brothers Foundation Center for Urban Education at DePaul University

De Paul University: Center for Urban Education: I Can Infer About a Story or an Event [Pdf]

For Students 5th - 9th Standards
Students will use this graphic organizer to help them make an inference about a story or an event. Students will list the literal text evidence and then make an inference about the text evidence.
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Lesson Plan
Better Lesson

Better Lesson: The Leprechaun Companion

For Teachers 5th Standards
In this lesson, 5th graders will explain the meaning of a text and its genre, summarize it, and draw conclusions. They work with a book called The Leprechaun Companion which is a cross between informational and literary text.
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Lesson Plan
Better Lesson

Better Lesson: Closing Up Our Writing by Summing Up the Main Ideas

For Teachers 5th Standards
In this lesson, 5th graders will write a strong concluding paragraph that summarizes the main ideas of a research essay.
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Lesson Plan
Other

Frist Art Museum: Before We Visit the Museum [Pdf]

For Teachers 5th Standards
In this activity, 5th graders are asked to examine the rationale behind a class visit to a museum or other cultural center, what happens during such a trip, and why museums have rules in place for their visit. After exploring images of...
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Lesson Plan
Organization for Community Networks

Organization for Community Network: Writing Successful Paragraphs

For Teachers 4th - 6th Standards
How can you learn to write a successful paragraph? This site features a lesson plan to help your students sharpen their writing skills.
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Lesson Plan
Scholastic

Scholastic Instructor: Puzzled Over Paragraphs?

For Teachers 1st - 5th Standards
Here is an excellent list of ideas for teachers to utilize in their classroom to accompany paragraph writing skills. These creative and exciting activities will sharpen your student's writing abilities.
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Lesson Plan
Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Better Living Through Science

For Teachers 3rd - 5th Standards
This lesson involves research on scientists whose accomplishments have impacted areas of nutrition, sanitation, or health care. Students will research an area of their choice, record information on a graphic organizer, and use the...
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Lesson Plan
Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Narrative Paragraphs

For Teachers 2nd - 5th Standards
Young scholars learn to use a one-main idea Think-sheet for producing a narrative paragraph. [Requires Adobe Reader.]
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Activity
Writing Fix

Writing Fix: A Left Brained Writing Prompt: The Start and Stop Game: Clauses

For Students 3rd - 8th Standards
To use this writing prompt generator, click on the button until you find a subordinate clause that inspires a description or a poem in your mind. Sometimes just one good clause can put a whole story idea in your head! The object of every...
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Graphic
Writing Fix

Writing Fix: Hamburger Paragraph Template for Students [Pdf]

For Students 3rd - 8th Standards
This is a PDF hambuger template (graphic organizer) to help students organize and write stronger paragraphs.