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Handout
Colorado State University

Colorado State Writing Center: Understanding Your Purpose

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Use the links on the right to get a better understanding of purpose in writing including the types of purposes and how audience affects purpose. Click on Purpose and Audience and Purpose and Strategies. W.9-10.4 Write/Audience/Purpose;...
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Handout
University of Richmond

University of Richmond: Putting Voice Into a Paper

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This site provides tips and activities to help students develop voice in their writing. The tips are brief and direct and, if followed, should help a writer improve both voice and confidence.
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Handout
Colorado State University

Colorado State University: How Thesis Is Related to Purpose

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This table shows the progression from topic to purpose to thesis, as well as explaining the role of the thesis statement. Use the links on the right to get to the specific information you are interested in including forms to fit purpose...
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Website
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Write Now! A Big Pot

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
A short video displays several people stirring a large pot of stew, and the prompt at the end asks students to describe how they would make the same dish. This is one in a series of creative writing prompts. [0:38] W.9-11.12 Write Routinely