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Article
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Sample Essay 1 With Admissions Feedback

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This article gives multiple samples of college admission essays that have been evaluated by college admissions officers.
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Professional Doc
Reading Rockets

Reading Rockets: Looking at Writing: Third Grade

For Teachers 3rd Standards
In this section, you'll find writing assessment resources, writing strategies, and additional tip sheets for teachers and parents on how to help third graders build strong writing skills. You'll also find videos on teaching writing....
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Professional Doc
Reading Rockets

Reading Rockets: Looking at Writing: Second Grade

For Teachers 2nd Standards
In this section, you'll find writing assessment resources, writing strategies, and additional tip sheets for teachers and parents on how to help second graders build strong writing skills. You'll also find videos on teaching writing....
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Professional Doc
Reading Rockets

Reading Rockets: Looking at Writing

For Teachers K - 1st Standards
An interactive tool to help teachers and parents learn more about writing. Here, writing samples from real kids provide examples and next-step guidance for students from pre-K to third grade.
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Website
Reading Rockets

Reading Rockets: Launching Young Readers: Episode 12: Growing Writers

For Teachers K - 1st Standards
Find video excerpts from this program on how to build students' writing skills. Includes links to recommended resources and transcripts for the videos.
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Lesson Plan
Louisiana Department of Education

Louisiana Doe: Curriculum Hub: Ela Guidebooks: The Joy Luck Club: Prepare to Write

For Teachers 9th
Ninth graders prepare to write, develop, and publish a culminating task essay. They also reflect on the understanding they've built through the unit texts by engaging in a discussion about the unit question, and they prepare for the...
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Article
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Writing Tips and Techniques for Your College Essay

For Students 9th - 10th
This article gives the reader writing tips and techniques for your college essay.
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Professional Doc
AdLit

Ad lit.org: Escritura Basada en Los Estandares Para Estudiantes Ell

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Escribir es comunicacion, creatividad y colaboracion. Escribir es un proceso social para los estudiantes ELL, igual que para cualquier otro escritor. Para los estudiantes que estan aprendiendo ingles lograr el equilibrio entre escribir...
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Writing Fix

Writing Fix: Revising Leads [Pdf]

For Teachers 3rd - 5th Standards
Revision can be a difficult step to teach in the classroom. Use this tool to help students better understand how to revise their leading sentences. [PDF]
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Lesson Plan
Writing Fix

Writing Fix: Revision of Word Choice [Pdf]

For Teachers 1st - 9th Standards
Helping students revise their rough drafts can be a difficult process. Make it a little easier with this 3-step lesson regarding revision of word choice.
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Activity
ACT360 Media

Writing Den

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
The WritingDEN includes feature articles with associated words, sentences, and paragraphs to aid in the writing process. Interactive features include pronunciation guides and content quizzes. The Tips-o-matic section offers grammar...
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abcteach

Abcteach: Student Writing Checklist

For Teachers 3rd - 5th Standards
Excellent printable writing checklist that helps students proofread their pieces and pay attention to elements of strong writing.
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Other

Young Author's Workshop: Resource Pages

For Students 4th - 7th Standards
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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Activity
Other

Young Author's Workshop: Revising

For Students 3rd - 5th Standards
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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Activity
Other

Young Author's Workshop: Editing

For Students 3rd - 5th Standards
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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Handout
Other

Indiana University of Pennsylvania: Writing Center: Creating an Outline

For Students 9th - 10th
The Indiana University of Pennsylvania Writing Center provides a tutorial lesson for "outlining" as a way of prewriting for an essay.
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Professional Doc
Austin Independent School District

Austin Independent School District: Conference Tips [Pdf]

For Students 3rd - 8th
Six steps followed by nine tips to successful teacher-student writing conferences. Also includes a list of possible questions in both English and Spanish to ask students while conferencing.
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Rubric
ReadWriteThink

Read Write Think: Compare and Contrast Rubric

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Students and teachers can assess their own writing with this compare and contrast rubric.
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Activity
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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Unit Plan
Sophia Learning

Sophia: Capitalization: Lesson 7

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This lesson introduces capitalization. It is 7 of 10 in the series titled "Capitalization."
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Unit Plan
Sophia Learning

Sophia: Capitalization in Quotations: Lesson 5

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This lesson introduces capitalization in quotes. It is 5 of 5 in the series titled "Capitalization in Quotations."
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PPT
Sophia Learning

Sophia: Global Editing

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This lesson introduces the concept of global editing. Students learn to edit for big picture ideas like organization, strategy, and effectiveness. W.9-10.5 Writing Process, W.11-12.5 Writing Process
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PPT
Sophia Learning

Sophia: Revising an Introduction: Lesson 2

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This lesson discusses improve an introduction through revision. It is 2 of 2 in the series titled "Revising an Introduction."
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PPT
Sophia Learning

Sophia: Word Choice: Lesson 2

For Students 4th - 8th Standards
A slideshow introducing the topic of word choice and discussing its importance.