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Lesson Plan
ReadWriteThink

Read Write Think: Promoting Authentic Letter Writing

For Teachers 1st - 5th Standards
This lesson plan teaches letter-writing format by using literature and shared writing. Included in the lesson plan is an overview, practice, objectives, resources, preparation, and more.
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Lesson Plan
ReadWriteThink

Read Write Think: Identifying and Writing Effective Opening "Hooks"

For Teachers 3rd - 5th Standards
Contains plans for four lessons that teach students to write effective "hooks," or beginnings, to their writing. They read the introductions of fiction passages and analyze the techniques they use before applying these techniques in...
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Lesson Plan
ReadWriteThink

Read Write Think: Developing, Writing, and Evaluating Persuasive Speeches

For Teachers 4th - 5th Standards
Contains plans for four lessons that teach students how to make and present strong persuasive speeches. In addition to objectives and standards, this instructional plan contains links to sites used in the lessons as well as assessment...
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Lesson Plan
Teachnology

Teachnology: Lesson Plan: Buy Me!

For Teachers 3rd - 5th Standards
This third-fifth grade lesson focuses on students choosing a product to sell, determining their target audience, and creating a PowerPoint presentation to sell their product.
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Lesson Plan
Teachnology

Teachnology: Lesson Plan: It's All About Organization

For Teachers 3rd - 5th Standards
In this instructional activity, third through fifth graders learn to organize their writing to form a cohesive paragraph. They began by making an art project such as a drawing; then they write sentences describing their art, and write an...
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Activity
TES Global

Tes: Writing Task Sheets

For Students 5th - 8th Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] This resource includes a collection of ten different task sheets for independent work on particular writing skills. Each worksheet provides practice for one aspect that will help improve student writing.
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TES Global

Tes: Assessing Pupil Progress in English: Writing

For Students 5th - 9th Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] This PowerPoint provides exemplar pieces to guide students to understand how to revise a standardized, on-demand writing assessment piece.
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Activity
TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Write On!

For Teachers 3rd - 5th Standards
In this activity, students create a book, newspaper or other published work to communicate what they have learned about engineering and the environment.
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Lesson Plan
TES Global

Tes: Creative Writing Lesson Plan: Speed Writing

For Teachers 4th - 6th Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] During this guided creative writing lesson plan, students will develop written pieces and writing stamina. Students will write for short timed periods with the goal of writing progressively more...
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Activity
Read Works

Read Works: The Scientific Method

For Teachers 5th Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] This nonfiction passage lists steps in the scientific method. This passage reinforces essential reading comprehension skills. Opportunities for vocabulary acquisition are also included. Several...
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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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Activity
Scholastic

Scholastic: "I Feel" Origami Boxes

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st Standards
Give your students writing prompts to help them with their writer's block by using these PDF templates of boxes with open-ended prompts written on them. Although targeting elementary students, the concept could be used for middle school...
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Handout
Other

Kim's Korner: Definitions: Purposes for the Modes of Writing

For Students 4th - 8th Standards
What are the modes of writing? Use this site that details the different types of writing.
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Activity
Other

Northwest Regional Educational Laboratory: 6+1 Traits

For Teachers K - 1st Standards
This site focuses on the 6+1 TraitTM Writing framework.
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Handout
Other

Writing world.com: Writing Dialogue for Children

For Students 3rd - 8th Standards
A good site for teachers and writers looking to write for children, or teach children how to write dialogue. Includes tips and guidelines.
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Lesson Plan
Utah Education Network

Uen: 5th Grade Opinion Writing Prompt

For Teachers 5th Standards
In this lesson, 5th graders are asked to write an opinion about whether the United States should stop using pennies. Their opinion must be based on ideas and information from the two reading passages provided.
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Professional Doc
Reading Rockets

Reading Rockets: Writing

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st Standards
A collection of videos, articles for parents and for teachers, teaching strategies, webcasts for teachers, and research briefs on helping children develop their writing skills.
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Activity
BBC

Bbc Bitesize: Writing

For Students 3rd - 6th Standards
The BBC offers quick (bitesize) activities, revision options, and quizzes on a variety of writing skills, covering writing arguments, writing factual documents, and writing stories.
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Lesson Plan
Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Unlocking the Author in You

For Teachers 3rd - 5th Standards
This lesson is designed to help students develop a love for writing. Students use the attached presentation to guide them in the writing process. They will navigate a variety of websites to help them learn about writing.
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Website
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: What a Pest

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Students are asked to identify issues related to integrated pest management and how they affect the environment.
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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.
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Writing Fix

Writing Fix: Constructed Response Organizer [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This PDF is a graphic organizer designed two help students respond to a writing prompt.
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abcteach

Abcteach: Student Writing Checklist

For Teachers 3rd - 5th Standards
Excellent printable writing checklist that helps students proofread their pieces and pay attention to elements of strong writing.
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Rubric
Other

Rubric: Six Trait Assessment for Beginning Writers

For Teachers 2nd - 5th Standards
Teachers will find this rubric useful in the classroom as a means of assessing student writing skills. It has a printer friendly version.