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Pbs Kids: Plum Landing: Thank You, Trees!
After watching the "Thank You, Trees" episode of PBS Kids' Plum Landing, students will draw a picture of their favorite trees and publish them online. Then students will write "thank you" notes to the trees for what they provide.
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Pbs Lesson Plan (Affluenza): Advertising in Schools
Should companies be allowed to advertise in schools? For this lesson, young scholars examine this question, evaluating whether corporate advertising in the school setting is appropriate. The lesson is presented uses an integrated...
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The Seven Day Week and the Meanings of the Names
Ever wonder why Thursday is called Thursday? Find the answer to this and other word origins.
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Jingle Course
Contains a lesson on how to write good, successful jingles for fun or for a career.
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Writing Den: Essay Builder
Site that gives an overview and general rules in how to write an essay. Sections include Parts of an Essay, How to Write an Essay, and Kinds of Essays.
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Guide to Writing a Basic Essay
Step by step guidelines to the process of essay writing. Basic, but helpful.
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Writingsongs
Provides information about composing music and songwriting. Of interest is the Tips & Information section where there are several articles of advice about songwriting.
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Public Relations Writing: How I Grade a Press Release.
Specialized but useful rubric geared towards examining journalistic style writing. Provides evaluation guidelines that one teacher uses, with a rubric to evaluate.
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Young Author's Workshop: Resource Pages
This site provides middle school students with links to online resources that will take them step by step through the writing process. The steps in this process are those used in Writer's Workshop.
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Young Author's Workshop: Revising
Revise means to take another look at something. If you are not satisfied with your story, this is the step where you add details, dialog, and action to make the story more interesting.
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Young Author's Workshop: Editing
Now that you written enough drafts to be satisfied with the content and ideas of your story, you are ready to check spelling. You might also like to make sure you have any historical information correct, check other facts, or consult a...
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Practice With Numbers in Spanish
This site you can practice writing numbers as words and changing numbers as words to digits. Excellent resource to practice spelling and writing of numbers.
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Anthologies online.com: Understanding Theme and Premise
AnthologiesOnline.com provides this article Understanding Theme and Premise by Susan J. Letham, which provides tips on how to develop ideas for writing.
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Spelling police.com: Analogy
Informational site that provides the definition for and examples of analogy.
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Review of the Monkey Bridge
The writer interviewed Lan Cao about her book. She includes some biographical information in the article as well as discussion of the book.
English Plus+
English Plus: Format for a Friendly or Personal Letter
See the proper form of writing a friendly letter including spacing and content.
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English & Fun!: Strip Cartoons & Stories
This is a collection of printable cartoon and reading activities teachers can use with their younger ELL/ESL students. Materials include writing prompts, role and finger plays, limericks, and an activity on superlatives and comparatives.
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Isaac Asimov (1920 1992) Obituary
This obituary offers a critique of Asimov's (1920-1992 CE) writing and career.
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Hickman Community Charter District: Informative Writing
Sample topics in informative writing for K-3rd grades and 4th-8th grades. CSS.ELA-Literacy.CCRA.W.2. CCSS.ELA-Literacy.WHST.6-8.9 Draw evidence from informational texts to support analysis, reflection, and research.
The Franklin Institute
The Franklin Institute: Treasures at Sea
Learn about ocean systems and habitats. Lots of reading, writing, games, and interactive activities. Colorful and fun.
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Hoagies' Gifted: Differentiating Language Arts for High Ability Learners
This article outlines ways in which gifted students must be challenged in literature, writing, foreign language, and other types of language arts.
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Cyberwriter: Descriptive Writing
Resource gives writing activities leveled K-1st grade, 2nd & 3rd grades and 4th through 8th grades.
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Billy Beard4 Kids: Spelling Worksheet 5 C
This site provides a simple one-page exercise that lets students trace letters to spell words, such as zebra and the sun. Reinforces the connection between words and their sounds and how words are spelled. Corresponding pictures and...
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Grammar book.com: Effective Writing
Brief list from The Blue Book with examples of how to take ineffective writing and transforming it into effective writing.