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Esl Independent Study Lab

For Students 9th - 10th
This is a great resource for ESL/EFL students; it presents a collection of more than 250 sites where you can find reading and writing exercises, games, vocabulary, pronunciation, grammar, and more. Rather than present a straight list,...
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abcteach

Abcteach: Dinosaurs

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
[Free Registration/Login Required] This resource features a variety of activities related to dinosaurs. There are interdisciplinary tasks that include writing exercises such as creative writing and story planner formats. Lessons for...
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Library of Congress

Loc: Explorations in American Environmental History

For Teachers 9th - 10th
These lessons introduce students to historical perspectives of nature and the environment, drawing on the American Memory collections, other digital resources, readings, and writing exercises. Students examine materials in a variety of...
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Utah Shakespeare Festival: Elementary Discussion Questions: Julius Caesar

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Use these questions as a review, writing exercises, or assessment for elementary school students.
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One Word: Writing Prompt Exercise

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This online tool provides a one-word writing prompt and gives the user 60 seconds to write freely on the topic. Note: If you choose to submit your writing at the end of the exercise (not required), One Word may edit and/or republish this...
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750 Words

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] This tool encourages writers to improve their skills by writing 750 words, approximately three pages, each day. Users can keep their writing private and score points for keeping up their participation.
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Writing world.com: Writing Dialogue for Children

For Students 3rd - 8th Standards
A good site for teachers and writers looking to write for children, or teach children how to write dialogue. Includes tips and guidelines.
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Fiction Writing Tips: Creating a Vivid Setting

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Some excellent guidelines to consider when evaluating your setting in a short story or novel. Discusses the importance of setting, some examples, as well as practical advice in setting your story. W.11-12.3d Sensory/precise lang narratives
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Boggle's World: Creative Writing Worksheets

For Students 2nd - 8th Standards
A large collection of downloadable writing prompt worksheets to encourage students to develop their writing skills. Includes a variety of themes and some on special celebrations, such as Christmas and Halloween.
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Writing World: Four Ways to Bring Settings to Life

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
A great resource outlining four major ways to make settings appear more real and genuine in fiction. Deals with themes such as motion, experience, mood, and the senses. W.11-12.3d Sensory/precise lang narratives
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Laus Dnet: Grade 4 Word Lesson Plan (My Autobiography) [Pdf]

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
In this lesson, students research the history, meaning, and personal significance of their life story. Students will interview parents and reflect on their own experiences to learn the history of their lives. Contains links to step...
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abcteach

Abcteach: Writing

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] These worksheets give beginning writers the opportunity to practice their skills. In downloadable and printable PDF format (requires Adobe Reader).
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Fiction Factor: The Importance of Setting

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
An interesting article concerning the importance of setting to any piece of fiction. Gives good information about how setting affects characters and "world-building."
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University of Richmond

University of Richmond: Putting Voice Into a Paper

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This site provides tips and activities to help students develop voice in their writing. The tips are brief and direct and, if followed, should help a writer improve both voice and confidence.
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Scholastic

Scholastic: Teacher: Mystery Writing With Joan Lowery Nixon

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Have you ever wanted to know how to write a mystery novel? Use this site to learn more about how a professional author goes about writing mysteries. With tips from prolific mystery writer Joan Lowery Nixon.
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Laus Dnet: Grade 3 Word Lesson Plan (Me, Myself and I)

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
In this lesson plan, students write their life story. Reflecting on a series of key questions, students will tell the tale of who they really are. Contains links to step sheets for creating a new document in Word, creating Word Art, and...
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History is Fun

Jan Brett: Coloring Alphabet (Traditional,cursive,modern)

For Students Pre-K - 1st Standards
Provides coloring pages for each letter of the alphabet in three styles: traditional, cursive, and modern. Each page features a printed upper and lower case letter of the particular style as well as an illustration of something that...
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School Express

Schoolexpress.com: Long and Short Vowel Worksheets

For Students 3rd - 5th
Teachers will find an assortment of detailed worksheets that engage students learning in vowels.
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Kim's Korner: Graphic Organizers for Writing and Reading

For Students 3rd - 8th Standards
What are graphic organizers for reading and writing? Use this site to learn more about these learning tools.
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Capital Community College Foundation

Guide to Grammar and Writing: Recognizing Prepositions

For Students 3rd - 8th Standards
This preposition practice activity provides a paragraph from a Hemingway short story. Students click on all of the prepositions used in prepositional phrases in the story. These words will appear in a box below. When finished they can...
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EL Education

El Education: Our Book of Tools

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st Standards
Students choose a tool from a photograph and then become an expert on that tool. Through field visits to a hardware store, interviews with community members, and descriptive writing exercises, students learn the use of each tool....
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SUNY Empire State College

Empire State College: Developing Ideas for Writing: Clustering

For Students 9th - 10th
Explains clustering and its advantages as a pre-writing exercise.
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SUNY Empire State College

Empire State College: Pronouns and Pronouns

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This writing lab tutorial explains the usage of pronouns in proper writing. Exercises included.
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Newspapers in Education

Ni Eonline: Cartoons for the Classroom: Draw Your Own Conclusions [Pdf]

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Newspapers in Education and the Association of American Editorial Cartoonists developed this caption-writing exercise for a cartoon that lampoons voter apathy.

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