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Writing Fix: Voicing an Original Fairy Tale Character
In this lesson learners will create an original fairy tale based on one character's perspective.
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Writing Fix: Put 'Em on a Talk Show
In this lesson plan, students will write a script for a talk show, based on character traits from fairy tale stories. Scripts will be rehearsed, costumed, and performed in front of the class.
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Writing Fix: Don't Eat Me Monologues
In this lesson plan, students will create a 5-part (introduction, 3 ideas, conclusion) monologue incorporating persuasive techniques and strong word choice.
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Writing Fix: Creative Convincing
In this lesson, students will create a friendly letter taking on the persona and voice of a persuasive animal.
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Writing Fix: Dialogue Adventures
In this lesson students will learn how to write dialogue in a particular voice.
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Writing Fix: Lesson to Prepare for State Writing Test: Trait Rubics Vocabulary
This lesson focuses on teaching the vocabulary used in the rubrics for 4 of the 6 Traits of Writing. It requires students to learn the vocabulary used in the rubrics and to define the traits so they understand what is expected of them...
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Writing Fix: A Literature Inspired Writing Lesson: A Time Traveler's Log
Students will read chapter four of The Time Machine by H.G. Wells, noting both the time traveler's descriptions of the new world of 800,000 ACE, and the conclusions the main character draws as a 19th century man. Students will think of a...
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Writing Fix: Inventing Stories for Your Favorite Clothes
In this lesson plan students will write descriptors for a clothes catalogue.
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Writing Fix: Three Voice Important Book Passages
A lesson plan made for young scholars to write from various perspectives regarding the same topic. The mentor text entitled The Important Book is used, as students become more familiar with voice, point of view, persuasive techniques and...
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Writing Fix: Character Credo Poems
Build your student's vocabulary, word choice and voice by asking them to write from the perspective of a particular character. Lesson plan incorporates the R.A.F.T.S. strategy: role, audience, format, topic and strong verb.
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Writing Fix: What's Your Fifth Element?
In this lesson students will write persuasively in regards to a 21st century object.
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Writing Fix: Emotions and Colorful Days
In this lesson students will learn to write descriptively.
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Writing Fix: So Much Depends Upon
In this lesson young scholars will write a descriptive short story based upon 16-word imagery poems they have previously written.
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Writing Fix: Poems of Apology
For this lesson, young scholars will write an original poem for forgiveness after reading the poem "This is Just to Say" by William Carlos Williams and poems from the book "This is Just to Say" by Joyce Sidman.
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Writing Fix: Paulsen Inspired Nature Poems
In this lesson students will write a poem based on the descriptors in one of Gary Paulson's novels.
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Writing Fix: The Backwards Writing Assignment
In this lesson students will create a backwards poem based on descriptive settings and characters.
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Writing Fix: Just Because Poems
To be taught in concordance with The Lord of the Flies, this lesson teaches young scholars how to give a voice to some of those not being heard on the island.
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Writing Fix: Turning Point Poems
In this lesson students will analyze Ellen Hopkins' Crank for word choice, voice and idea development.
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Writing Fix: Poems of Condition
For this lesson the learners will use the conditional "if" in order to guide their reader to become someone or something.
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Writing Fix: Death Personified
In this lesson, students will personify an object within a poem. They will focus on voice and word choice in order to fully convey their message.
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Writing Fix: A Character's Decalogue [Pdf]
In this lesson plan students will write a personal decalogue for themselves, create a decalogue for an imaginary character and then, in the spirit of Because of Winn Dixie By Kate DiCamillo, they will write a short story where two...
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Writing Fix: The Preamble: More Than an Introduction
Strategies to help students learn the preamble of the Constitution. Includes a found poem lesson.
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Writing Fix: You Decide: Roanoke the Lost Colony
Inspired by Roanoke The Lost Colony, An Unsolved Mystery From History, students will learn and discuss this mysterious part of American history. Doing their own detective work they will make predictions and come to a conclusion regarding...
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Writing Fix: The Perilous Journey: My Experience
Inspired by The Perilous Journey of the Donner Party students will create journal entries based on the treacherous journey of the Donner Party.