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Writing Fix

Writing Fix: A Traditional Haiku [Pdf]

For Teachers 1st - 9th Standards
A summary for writing a traditional haiku is provided with examples.
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Writing Fix

Writing Fix: A Haiku Variation [Pdf]

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
Tired of 17 syllables? Try a poem with 17 words instead with this variation on a haiku. Examples are provided. [PDF]
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Writing Fix

Writing Fix: Acrostic Summaries [Pdf]

For Students 1st - 9th Standards
Summarize any subject you'd like with these acrostic poems. Examples are provided. [PDF]
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Writing Fix

Writing Fix: Let's Read It!

For Teachers 1st - 5th Standards
Five mini-lessons to help young writers develop their writing skills within a Writers Workshop model.
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Writing Fix

Writing Fix: Expanding Serendipitous Similes in Poems

For Students 3rd - 8th Standards
An explanation of simile and its role in poetry followed by a simile maker. Press the buttons to create a simile and then write a poem that expands that simile.
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Writing Fix

Writing Fix: Serendipitous Personification for Poems

For Teachers 3rd - 8th Standards
An explanation of personification and how it is used in poetry followed by a personification maker. Students push the buttons to create a personification and then write a poem that uses and expands on it.
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Writing Fix: 6 Traits Post It Notes for Revision and Editing [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This is a printable page of checklists that students can use during revision and editing of descriptive and narrative writing.
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Writing Fix

Writing Fix: Revising for a Different Audience [Pdf]

For Teachers 3rd - 8th Standards
An activity where students are asked to write for a specific audience. CCSS.ELA-Literacy.WHST.6-8.5 Develop and strengthen writing
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Writing Fix

Writing Fix: A Left Brained Writing Prompt: Rather Unlikely Encyclopedia Entries

For Teachers 3rd - 8th Standards
After studying encyclopedia entries for structure and writing style, create unlikely encyclopedia articles for things in your life. If you really can't think of any, press the writing prompt generator button to get a few ideas. Do your...
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Writing Fix

Writing Fix: Revision Dice [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Revision can be a difficult process for students. With a roll of the dice, students are reminded of the steps they can take to improve their writing. Includes templates for four types of dice that focus on ideas, organization, voice, and...
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Writing Fix

Writing Fix: Writing for Math Class: Creative Math Equations

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st Standards
In this instructional activity, the mentor text called Mathematickles by Betsy Franco is used. Students will use the language of mathematics to demonstrate their understanding of the topics about which they write. Older students should...
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Writing Fix: Beyond the Basic Biography Report: A. Lincoln and Me

For Students Pre-K - 1st
The front cover of the book A. Lincoln and Me by Louise Borden.