ClassFlow
Class Flow: A Guide to Expository Writing
[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart will help guide the teacher and students through an expository writing prompt. Develop the essay directly on the flipchart and model writing for your class.CCSS.ELA-Literacy.WHST.6-8.2.a
Better Lesson
Better Lesson: Cause and Effect With "A Bad Case of Stripes" Day One
Young scholars will really be writing to sources with this lesson. They will write about cause and effects in a multi-flow map and then write sentences to explain the cause and effect relationships in this story.
A to Z Teacher Stuff
Ato Z Teacher Stuff: Lifesaver Descriptive Writing Lesson
This site has a fun way to explore your senses. While eating a lifesaver, students observe their senses and write down what they discover. Great idea, but not many details in the lesson plan.
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Algebra Lab: Translating Word Problems Into Equations
Practice translating word problems into equations, and then solve some for review.
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North China City Believed to Be Ancient Capital
This site provides an article on Xingtai in North China's Hebei Province, which was probably one of the capital cities of the Shang Dynasty.
Cleveland State University
Cleveland State University: Getting Papers Started
This site from the Cleveland State University suggests using "invention techniques" to focus on a topic, find a controlling idea, and generate examples. Goes on the describe several types of invention techniques.
Curated OER
Weekly Writes: 52 Weeks of Writing Bliss! The Book
An article which should help any writer think more clearly about theme and develop theme in a greater way while writing fiction. Includes tips and advice on theme, including information on repetition, resonance, time, memory/emotion, and...
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Weekly Writes: 52 Weeks of Writing Bliss! By Shery Ma Belle Arrieta Russ
An article which should help any writer think more clearly about theme and develop theme in a greater way while writing fiction. Includes tips and advice on theme, including information on repetition, resonance, time, memory/emotion, and...
Curated OER
Theme: Finding Your Focus
An article which should help any writer think more clearly about theme and develop theme in a greater way while writing fiction. Includes tips and advice on theme, including information on repetition, resonance, time, memory/emotion, and...
Curated OER
Beacon Learning Center: Magnifying Glass
A cartoon image of a yellow magnifying glass and a piece of paper with black and red writing.
Curated OER
Sophia: Analyzing the Author Tutorial
A photograph of a man writing while sitting on the ground leaning against a tree in a cemetery on a sunny day.
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Writing Fix: Beginning a Kindergarten Writers Workshop: Drawing a Picture
Color photograph of a child sitting on the floor drawing a picture.
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Clip Art by Phillip Martin: Writing
A clipart illustration by Phillip Martin titled "Writing."
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Clip Art by Phillip Martin: Writing
A clipart illustration by Phillip Martin titled "Writing."
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Writing Fix: Caught Up in the Moment: Fun With Writing
Color photograph of a little girl smiling and writing.
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Merriam Webster: Visual Dictionary Online: Writing Implements
Composite illustration of select writing implements.