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Writing Fix

Writing Fix: Hate to Love Sonnets

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
For this lesson students will learn the meter and form of a sonnet and write one of their own regarding something they either love or hate.
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Writing Fix

Writing Fix: How Do I Love Sonnets

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
In this instructional activity students will learn the meter and rhyme of a sonnet and they will write one of their own using specific word choice.
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Writing Fix

Writing Fix: Death Personified

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
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

Writing Fix: Different Ways of Looking

For Teachers 9th - 10th
In this lesson students will use the sentence structure from Wallace Stevens' "13 Ways of Looking at a Blackbird."
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Writing Fix

Writing Fix: Come Hither, Stay Away

For Teachers 9th - 10th
In this lesson, students will analyze Christopher Marlowe's The Passionate Shepherd to His Love" and Sir Walter Raleigh's "The Nymphs Reply to the Shepherd."
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Writing Fix

Writing Fix: A Revision Lesson

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
Based on Northern Nevada's 6-traits of writing, this activity focuses on teaching students how to revise a rough draft. Links to the 6-traits are included.
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Writing Fix

Writing Fix: Revision [Pdf]

For Teachers 3rd - 5th Standards
Help your students learn to revise a rough draft with a little help from this instructional activity. [PDF]
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Writing Fix

Writing Fix: Revision Sprint [Pdf]

For Teachers 4th - 7th Standards
Based on Northern Nevada's 6-traits of writing, use this hands-on activity to help students revise their rough drafts. [PDF]
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Writing Fix

Writing Fix: A Revision Lesson: Zooming in on a Prompt About Friendship

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
Take your students step by step through the revision process of with this prompt and guide.
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Writing Fix

Writing Fix: A Revision Lesson: Sorcerer's Binocular Revision

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
Take students through the revision process with this prompt and lesson.
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Writing Fix

Writing Fix: A Revision Lesson: Focusing on Facial Expressions

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
Students will learn how to authentically revise their writing with this prompt and lesson.
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Writing Fix

Writing Fix: A Revision Lesson: Thinking About What Bugs You

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
Students will learn how to authentically revise their writing with this prompt and lesson.
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Writing Fix

Writing Fix: Action Words Bring Life to Setting Details [Pdf]

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
Students learn how to develop their ideas through description and action words through a story scavenger hunt. [PDF]
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Writing Fix

Writing Fix: Corresponding Punctuation Marks [Pdf]

For Teachers 1st - 5th Standards
In Robin Pulver's Punctuation Takes a Vacation students will see the value of punctuation and how it is necessary to use in writing. For younger students, use this book as supplemental reading material before beginning this lesson on...
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Writing Fix

Writing Fix: A Character's Decalogue [Pdf]

For Teachers 9th - 10th
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

Writing Fix: By Far the Best Book Ever [Pdf]

For Teachers 1st - 9th Standards
In Chris Van Allsburgh's The Z Was Zapped students will see the value of precise word choice by incorporating alliteration. Turn the material into a mini lesson without the book. [PDF]
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Writing Fix

Writing Fix: The Wacky "I Will Not" Chalkboard

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
Inspired by Barry Lane's book 51 Wacky We-Search Reports, this cross-curricular lesson involves having students Learn how to summarize correctly with this cross-curricular writing assignment and prompt.
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Writing Fix

Writing Fix: The Wacky "Box of Rocks" Assignment

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
Inspired by Barry Lane's book 51 Wacky We-Search Reports, in this cross-curricular lesson, learners learn how to summarize properly.
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Writing Fix

Writing Fix: The Wacky Smear Campaign

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
Inspired by Barry Lane's book 51 Wacky We-Search Reports, in this cross-curricular lesson students learn how to summarize properly.
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Writing Fix

Writing Fix: Who Doesn't Want to Be a Millionaire

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
Inspired by Barry Lane's book 51 Wacky We-Search Reports, in this cross-curricular lesson learners learn how to summarize properly.
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Writing Fix

Writing Fix: The Wacky Classroom Calendar

For Teachers 3rd - 6th Standards
Inspired by Barry Lane's book 51 Wacky We-Search Reports, in this cross-curricular lesson students learn how to summarize properly.
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Writing Fix

Writing Fix: The Wacky Geography Scrapbook

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Inspired by Barry Lane's book 51 Wacky We-Search Reports, in this cross-curricular lesson students learn how to summarize properly.
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Writing Fix

Writing Fix: The Wacky Advertisement (With Disclaimer) Activity

For Teachers 3rd - 8th Standards
Inspired by Barry Lane's book 51 Wacky We-Search Reports, in this cross-curricular lesson students learn how to summarize properly.
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Writing Fix

Writing Fix: Beyond the Basic Biography Report

For Teachers 3rd - 8th Standards
For this lesson students use the format and structure of a mentor text such as A. Lincoln and Me by Louise Borden to write an interesting biography about a historical figure with an emphasis on idea development, voice, and writing...