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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Yawn!

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Write about something that you used to enjoy doing but that you no longer find interesting. What has changed and what have you learned?
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Writing Fix

Writing Fix:"oh, That's Good!" "No, That's Bad!"

For Teachers 1st - 5th
How can something that is good, be bad and something that is bad, be good? Inspired by the pattern and concept in Margery Cuyler's picture book That's Good! That's Bad!, learners will brainstorm a sequence of related events as the story...
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Polk Brothers Foundation Center for Urban Education at DePaul University

De Paul University: Center for Urban Education: What Is Your Own Big Plan? [Pdf]

For Teachers 8th
"What is Your Own Big Plan?" contains excerpts from a speech by President Barack Obama, Arlington, Virginia, September 8, 2009, concerning the need for a good education regardless of vocational plans. It is followed by a writing...
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ReadWriteThink

Read Write Think: Family Memoir: Getting Acquainted With Generations Before Us

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This very detailed lesson plan includes readings, discussion questions, handouts, interactives and a rubric, all aimed at helping students construct a themed memoir while documenting the artistic process they used to create it.
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Polk Brothers Foundation Center for Urban Education at DePaul University

De Paul University: Center for Urban Education: Chicago Legacy: Burnham's Plan [Pdf]

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
"Chicago Legacy: Burnham's Plan" is a one page, nonfiction passage about Daniel Burnham, an architect and city planner for Chicago. He planned the layout of the city including Navy Pier, railroads, streets, and public buildings. It is...
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Love To Know Media

Your Dictionary: Reflective Journal Writing Tips for Students

For Students 9th - 10th
This site focuses on reflective journal writing including the benefits to students, ways to deal with writer's block, and tips for journal writing.
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EL Education

El Education: Iconic: The Black and White of Our Heroes and Heroines

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Eleventh grade students at High Tech High Media Arts School in San Diego California are the authors of this book: Iconic: The Black and White of Our Heroes & Heroines. To create this collection of essays each student reflected on...
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Writing Fix

Writing Fix: A Left Brained Writer's Notebook: A Pentalogue: 5 Personal Beliefs

For Teachers 3rd - 8th Standards
This instructional activity has students create an end-of-year reflective pentalogue (five personal beliefs). The list is to be about five different things each student has learned in the past year about what makes good, high-quality...
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EL Education

El Education: 20 Years Project Portfolio

For Teachers 7th - 9th
This project is a portfolio of an 8th grader who projects herself 20 years into the future including her future occupation and life. To prepare students interview someone who works in a field similar to their projected one. The project...
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Other

This I Believe: This I Believe Essay Writing Guidelines

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Guidelines and tips on writing a good essay following the "This I believe " format.

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