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Lesson Plan
Writing Fix

Writing Fix: Writing a Roundabout Story

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st Standards
In this lesson plan, If You Give a Mouse a Cookie, by Laura Numeroff, is used as a mentor text to highlight the trait of organization. The content focus of the lesson is to highlight that authors' story structures can be imitated. Story...
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Lesson Plan
Writing Fix

Writing Fix: Some Animals Don't Do That!

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st Standards
In this lesson plan, Dogs Don't Wear Sneakers by Laura Numeroff, is used as a mentor text for to highlight the trait of idea development. The content focus of the lesson is to highlight what topics cannot do. Students generate a list of...
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Unit Plan
Other

Paradigm Online Writing Assistant: Occasions for Thesis/support Essays

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
The basic thesis/support pattern promotes clear, systematic thinking on a single subject and can, therefore, be helpful whenever you want to set forth ideas and facts in an efficient, orderly way.
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Activity
Sophia Learning

Sophia: Paper Writing: Introduction, Body, Conclusion

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This site shows students how to write an introduction, body, and conclusion to create a complete paper. Students see examples of two different types of introductions, get ideas for attention grabbers, gain understanding of the type of...
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Handout
Online Writing Lab at Purdue University

Purdue University Owl: Where Do I Begin?

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This article provides an overview of writing a research paper by first understanding the specific assignment and then offering links to how to begin research; outlining; drafting; and revising, editing, and proofreading.
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Lesson Plan
Lumen Learning

Lumen: Writing Process: Drafting

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This lesson focuses on drafting including making an outline and writing a draft from it, the crappy first draft, writing, revising, rewriting, and time management. W.9-10.5 Writing Process
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Activity
Indiana University

Indiana University: Plagiarism

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Uses examples to explain the right and wrong way to use reference material. Shows how a rewrite can still be plagiarism. Briefly discusses common knowledge and paraphrasing.
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Unit Plan
Wisc-Online

Wisc Online: Communication: The Writing Process

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
The learner will identify the three steps: prewriting, drafting, revising/editing, in the writing process and the elements in each step. W.9-10.5 Writing Process, W.11-12.5 Writing Process
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Article
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: A Turner Drawing Guide

For Students 9th - 10th
This Khan Academy resource is an article that familiarizes the student with the Turner drawing technique.
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Unit Plan
Louisiana Department of Education

Louisiana Doe: Curriculum Hub: Ela Guidebooks: Application Student Selected Task: Develop Work: Compose

For Students 9th Standards
Review expectations and then draft a final product for the application unit.
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Unit Plan
Louisiana Department of Education

Louisiana Doe: Curriculum Hub: Ela Guidebooks: Application Student Selected Task: Draft Your Product

For Students 9th Standards
Review expectations and then draft your product for the application unit.
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Unit Plan
Louisiana Department of Education

Louisiana Doe: Curriculum Hub: Ela Guidebooks: Application Student Selected Task: Draft Your Product

For Students 9th Standards
Review expectations and then draft our product for the application unit.
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Lesson Plan
Louisiana Department of Education

Louisiana Doe: Curriculum Hub: Ela Guidebooks: Application Student Selected Task: Create a Draft

For Teachers 9th Standards
Ninth graders create a draft of their culminating task product. As needed, they conduct additional research.
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Activity
Louisiana Department of Education

Louisiana Doe: Curriculum Hub: Ela Guidebooks: Romeo and Juliet: Draft an Essay

For Students 9th Standards
Draft the culminating task essay including the thesis statement. Review the prompt to check your work.
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Activity
Joe Landsberger

Study Guides & Strategies: Writing Persuasive Essays

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This site focuses on the student learning how to write strong persuasive essays. Strategies are provided to help the student complete a persuasive writing assignment.
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Website
Exploratorium

Exploratorium: The Science of Sports Cycling

For Students 9th - 10th
A detailed look at the aerodynamic principles associated with cycling. Good science and even better web page design. Includes an online calculator that allows the user to calculate the aerodynamic drag and propulsive power of a bicyclist...
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Activity
Harvey Mudd College

Claremont Colleges: Writing an Argument

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Brief handout describing different forms of argument for writing.
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Activity
Other

Young Author's Workshop: Writing/drafting

For Students 3rd - 5th Standards
Once you have an idea for your story, is there anywhere you can go online for writing advice? Definitely--the links on this page take you to writing tips, examples of good writing, places to sharpen your writing skills, and places to...
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Handout
The Write Place

Literacy Education Online: Top Down Introduction Model

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This site which is provided for by the St. Cloud State University explains the top-down, or inverted pyramid, model of an introduction and lists facts about introductions.
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Unit Plan
TES Global

Blendspace: The Writing Process: Drafting

For Students 3rd - 8th Standards
An eight-part learning module with websites, videos, and texts about the drafting phase of the writing process.
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Activity
Literacy Head

Literacyhead: Images to Give Writers Ideas: Drafting

For Students 9th - 10th
This resource presents images that encourage students to generate their own writing ideas as they work on drafting.
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Article
Other

Unbc: Research Papers: The Steps [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This document provides information on various aspects of writing a research paper. This specific document outlines the steps in writing a research paper. This document is a PDF and requires Adobe Reader.
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Website
Other

English 100: Persuasive Essay

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This tutorial provides writing instructions and ideas to help the student in preparing a persuasive essay.