A&E Television
History.com: 8 Ways the Original 'Star Trek' Made History
When "Star Trek" premiered on NBC in the fall of 1966, it promised "To boldly go where no man has gone before." More than half a century later, it has done just that. The original "Star Trek," which lasted for only three seasons, birthed...
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Writing Business Letters: Business Letter Sample
A helpful example of what a business letter should look like. Also includes some general guidelines for the letter-writing process.
English Plus+
English Plus: Grammar Slammar!
An easy-to-use grammar resource containing rules for style, usage, capitalization, abbreviations, punctuation, and letter writing. This site also includes a glossary of common grammatical mistakes.
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Use the Correct Business Letter Format
This site gives information on the format, layout, and content of a business letter. Also includes examples of business letters.
ABCya
Ab Cya: Write a Letter to Santa
Ho ho ho! Let ABCya get you in the holiday spirit with our Write a Letter to Santa activity! By providing answers to our writing prompts, children will be able to create a personalized and printable letter to St. Nick. With Write a...
ReadWriteThink
Read Write Think: Writing a Persuasive Letter
This lesson plan uses "Emily's Runaway Imagination" by Beverly Cleary in conjunction with writing a persuasive letter. Included in the lesson plan is an overview, practice, objectives, resources, preparation, and more.
South Carolina Educational Television
Know It All: Writing Letters
The students will learn how to form a proper letter. They will be able to remove key ideas/details from a text and apply it to their writing. They will also be able to incorporate transition and descriptive words into their writing.
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Writing Scientific Reports
This tutorial site provides links to articles about writing a scientific report or essay as well as to sample essays.
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Laus Dnet: Grade 5 Word Lesson Plan (Mr. President)
In this lesson, students write a persuasive letter to the President of the United States. Students will research the 2000 Presidential election, interview parents, and reflect on their own opinions and experiences to write their letter....
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Write Express: Request Information on a Product or Service
How to write this letter: Ask the reader for the information you want. If applicable, tell the reader how you learned about the product or service or why you are interested in it. Inform the reader about how to contact you. Thank the...
Scholastic
Scholastic: Writing Persuasive Letters
A lesson plan that prompts young scholars to write persuasive letters and lobby for issues they feel strongly about.
ReadWriteThink
Read Write Think: Reading/writing About Whales Using Fiction and Nonfiction Texts
Students will have a whale of a good time in this lesson in which they use fiction and nonfiction texts to write a letter to an online scientist.
Online Writing Lab at Purdue University
Purdue University Owl: High Order Concerns (Ho Cs) for Business Writing
A great reference when writing business messages or letters. Discusses the most important issues involved in business writing and an organizational system for them.
TES Global
Tes: The Pardoner's Tale by Geoffrey Chaucer
[Free Registration/Login Required] During this PowerPoint lesson, each student will learn how to write a letter that requests a pardon for a personal mistake made. Each student will reply to a letter from a classmate and serve in the...
ReadWriteThink
Read Write Think: Zines for Kids Multigenre Texts About Media Icons
Contains plans for nine lessons that ask students to create multigenre zines for popular culture figures that include letter, persuasive, narrative, acrostic poetry, comic, and biography/autobiography writing. To accomplish this,...
Starfall
Starfall: Grandparents Day
Select the correct words to help write a letter for Grandparents Day.
Better Lesson
Better Lesson: I Need a Pet
This is a fun lesson to allow young scholars to try to convince their parents to buy them a pet of their choice in an opinion letter.
Writing Fix
Writing Fix: Unusual Friendly Letters: Persuasive Writing Techniques
In this instructional activity, students will use active voice in regards to persuasion. Lesson incorporates the A R.A.F.T. strategy: role, audience, format, topic.
Cyberbee
History Investigation: Old Hand Written Letter
Examine this old hand-written letter to discover information about the author, his plans, and the time he lived in. A transcript of the letter is provided, as well as bonus activities and links to sources to complete the activities.
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Enjoy English: Effective Inquiry Email Writing: Get the Information You Need!
The word inquiry means an act of asking for information. So, business inquiries email are email used to ask for information. It is very simple: you write an email to ask people for the information you need.
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Teachers Network: Writing a Short Story Based on Kindred
In this lesson plan, students will engage in the technology, social studies, and language arts standards as students engage in reading by Octavia Butler's book entitled Kindred. Students will research tslavery. Students will keep a...
Polk Brothers Foundation Center for Urban Education at DePaul University
De Paul University: Center for Urban Education: Settlement Multiple Choice Questions [Pdf]
"Settlement with Multiple Choice Questions" is a one page, nonfiction, reading passage about the hardships of life of the prairie for the early settlers. It is followed by questions which require students to provide evidence from the...
Read Works
Read Works: North America Dear Pen Pal
[Free Registration/Login Required] A letter from Sara Makpah who lives in Canada to her pen pal living in New York City. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
Letter Writing Guide
Friendly Letter Format
This user-friendly site for teachers and students provides a friendly letter format.
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