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Unit Plan
Texas Education Agency

Texas Gateway: Revision for Relevant Evidence and Well Chosen Details

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
[Accessible by TX Educators. Free Registration/Login Required] You will learn strategies for evaluating and revising an essay so that it contains relevant evidence and well-chosen details.
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Unit Plan
Georgia Department of Education

Ga Virtual Learning: Contemporary Literature: Rhetorical Landscape

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This is an introduction to a unit on the use of rhetoric in speaking or writing to persuade an audience to the desired way of thinking or action. If focuses on rhetorical techniques and the three audience appeals: ethos, pathos, and logos.
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Unit Plan
Department of Defense

Do Dea: Justice and Injustice

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
In this self-guided unit, you will be exploring the themes of justice and injustice. Included are lessons, self-assessments, background information, and learning activities. At the end of the unit, you will follow the research process to...
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Activity
McGraw Hill

Writing Lab Reports and Scientific Papers

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This site list and describes the seven pieces necessary for a lab report.
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Handout
Online Writing Lab at Purdue University

Purdue University Owl: Choosing a Topic

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This Purdue University OWL (Online Writing Lab) provides information related to writing a research paper. This guide explains to choose an appropriate research paper topic.
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Handout
Online Writing Lab at Purdue University

Purdue University Owl: Rebuttal Sections

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This Purdue University OWL (Online Writing Lab) provides information related to writing an argumentative essay. This guide explains to develop the rebuttals section.
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Handout
Online Writing Lab at Purdue University

Purdue University Owl: Writing a Research Paper

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Provides a comprehensive guide to writing a professional/technical research report. Includes information on purpose, pre-writing, audience analysis, and general technical writing guidelines. For more specific information, click on the...
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Handout
Online Writing Lab at Purdue University

Purdue University Owl: Writing Report Abstracts

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
From Purdue University, a lesson that lays out the details to writing a good abstract.
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Unit Plan
Texas Education Agency

Texas Gateway: The Writing Process: Generate Ideas and Questions

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
[Accessible by TX Educators. Free Registration/Login Required] A learning module that teaches students how to generate ideas and questions as a part of the writing process in five mini-lessons: Introduction, Writing the Persuasive Essay:...
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Unit Plan
Thinkport Education

Thinkport: Democratic Processes

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
In this activity, students write informative/explanatory texts describing various aspects of the political process in the United States. This self-paced module is aligned to College and Career Ready Standards for Literacy in Social...
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Unit Plan
Thinkport Education

Thinkport: Writing Explanation Pt. 2: Crafting a Well Written Explanation

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
In this module, students will write an explanation about climate change based on the claims, evidence and reasoning they identified in the Writing Explanation Part 1: Claims, Evidence and Reasoning.
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Unit Plan
Thinkport Education

Thinkport: Writing Explanation Part 1: Claims, Evidence and Reasoning

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
In this module, students will explore how claims, evidence and reasoning are used to write an effective explanation. Students will read an article that addresses the question, "Should Congress consider comprehensive climate change laws?"
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Unit Plan
Thinkport Education

Thinkport: Writing Explanation Part 3: Building an Argument

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
In this module, students will explore how claims, counterclaims, evidence and reasoning are used to write an effective argument. Students will read texts that discuss the climate change debate.
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Unit Plan
Thinkport Education

Thinkport: Writing Explanation Part 2: Well Written Explanation

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
In this module, students will write an explanation based on the claims, evidence and reasoning about climate change that they identified in Writing Explanation Part 1: Claims, Evidence, Reasoning.
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Unit Plan
Thinkport Education

Thinkport: Writing Explanation Part 1: Claims, Evidence and Reasoning

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
In this module, students will explore how claims, evidence and reasoning are used to write an effective explanation. Students will read an article that addresses the question of whether climate change is now confirmed after record high...
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Activity
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Holt, Rinehart and Winston: Writer's Model: Cause and Effect Essay Example 1

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This five-page essay provides a written example of a cause and effect essay. Clicking on the "Writer's Guide" link in the upper right-hand corner of the page enables the user to get tips, directions, and explanations on the essay.
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Activity
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Holt, Rinehart and Winston: Writer's Model: Editorial Essay Example

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This four-page essay provides an example of an editorial essay. Clicking on the "Writer's Guide" link in the upper right-hand corner of the page enables the user to get tips, directions, and explanations on the essay.
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Activity
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Holt, Rinehart and Winston: Writer's Model: Extended Definition Essay

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This five-page essay provides an example of writing an extended definition to something (the meaning of work in this case). Clicking on the "Writer's Guide" link in the upper right-hand corner of the page enables the user to get tips,...
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Activity
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Holt, Rinehart and Winston: Writer's Model: Persuasive Brochure

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This six-page example provides information on creating a persuasive brochure. Clicking on the "Writer's Guide" link in the upper right-hand corner of the page enables the user to get tips, directions, and explanations on the essay.
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Activity
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Holt, Rinehart and Winston: Writer's Model: High School Persuasive Essay Example 1

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This seven-page essay provides an example of a persuasive essay. Clicking on the "Writer's Guide" link in the upper right-hand corner of the page enables the user to get tips, directions, and explanations on the essay.
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Activity
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Holt, Rinehart and Winston: Writer's Model: High School Persuasive Essay Example 2

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This five-page essay provides an example of a persuasive essay. Clicking on the "Writer's Guide" link in the upper right-hand corner of the page enables the user to get tips, directions, and explanations on the essay.
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Article
Georgetown University

Georgetown University: News Values

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Learn the essential elements of every good news story from Gerald Lanson and Mitchell Stephens, authors of Writing and Reporting The News, who emphasize eleven judgments that journalism students should make when evaluating newsworthiness.
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Lesson Plan
Writing Fix

Writing Fix: Teaching Students to Compose a Power Essay [Pdf]

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
The Power Essay, like the power paragraph, focuses on helping students understand the structure of a piece of expository writing. The "power" concept teaches students to organize their ideas according to levels of specificity and to...
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Handout
Lumen Learning

Lumen: Boundless Communications: Conclusion

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
In this section of a textbook, students learn how to develop and facilitate an effective closing to a speech. It includes links to the following topics: the role of a conclusion, summarizing ideas, and signaling the end of the speech and...