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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Desktop Pub. - Quark XPress 5: Brochure

For Teachers 8th - 9th
Learners explore publishing software. They create a multi-fold brochure. Students recognize common folds. They demonstrate correctly placed text boxes, bullets and graphics. Learners develop a resume to be used for future employment.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Creating a Landmark Calendar-An Enterprise for Your School

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students scrutinize the steps necessary to produce a school calendar featuring local architectural sites and landmarks.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

The Kidlink Day Project

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Students create journal entries on-line as part of a "Kidlink Day" activity. Entries are compared and evaluated by their peers. The writing process is practiced in this lesson.
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Handout
Capital Community College Foundation

Guide to Grammar and Writing: The Editing and Rewriting Process

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This site examines all aspects of the rewriting process. Includes advice on how to use computers during the process, comments on peer editing, links to related topics, and an editing checklist.
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Website
Other

An Excerpt From Silverberg's Sorcereres of Majipoor

For Students 9th - 10th
This site provides an excerpt from Robert Silverberg's novel, SORCERERS OF MAJIPOOR, as well as biographical information. At this site you will also find photos.
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Unit Plan
Scholastic

Scholastic: Write It: Memoir

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Write It Memoir offers a complete writing workshop to develop your personal story. Search your memory through the brainstorming activities to launch your piece. Draft a map of the memories along with reading other models. As the process...
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Activity
Other

Creating Brochures That Sell

For Students 9th - 10th
Quick review of purposes of company brochures, includes styles, copyediting, and other considerations in their production.
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Activity
Other

Writers Write, Inc.: Proper Manuscript Format

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Article by science fiction writer William Shunn on the proper way to submit a manuscript to a publisher. A link at the end of the article allows you to see the text in the manuscript form described, allowing for manuscript copy and...
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Activity
Harold D. Underdown

The Purple Crayon: Getting It Out of the "Slush Pile"

For Students 9th - 10th
The "slush pile" is a publisher's sizeable reading stash, and this site is a great resource for attempting to get a publisher to get your manuscript OUT of the pile. Includes several pieces of advice concerning the story itself, your...
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Lesson Plan
ReadWriteThink

Read Write Think: Writing and Publishing Book Reviews

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st Standards
This lesson plan outlines classroom methods to teach both how to evaluate and how to write book reviews. Included in the lesson plan is an overview, practice, objectives, resources, preparation, and more.
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Handout
Capital Community College Foundation

Guide to Grammar and Writing: Formatting Your Paper

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This site gives general formatting guidelines applicable to most papers.
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Activity
Other

John E. Stith: Manuscript Format

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Science fiction author John E. Stith's guidelines for manuscript format, plus some warnings about common errors. This describes the standard format used to send material to a publisher and may not match what your teacher requires.