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Curated OER

Writing Formal and Informal Letters

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders write a thank-you note and a formal letter of request that included relevant information, such as a return address, date, inside address, proper salutation, body, closing, and signature. They write an imaginary letter to...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Power Writing to Elaborate: Paragraph Writing, Main Idea

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students are walked through an outline (Power Writing) and shown how to elaborate on a main idea in their writing.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Learning About Hurricanes

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students write a research paper on hurricanes. In this weather lesson, students use a science text book to write down facts about hurricanes on note cards and then outline their essay. Students use the outline to create an organized essay.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Characters in Nathaniel Hawthorne's Stories

For Teachers 11th - Higher Ed
Students read literature by Nathaniel Hawthorne and write an essay comparing the main characters in the two stories. In this character analysis lesson, students read the stories Young Goodman Brown and The Minister's Black Veil. Students...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

COMPARE AND CONTRAST LIFESTYLES AND TIME PERIODS

For Teachers 8th
Eighth graders demonstrate the steps needed for a compare and contrast essay by writing a paper comparing and contrasting two selected pictures.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings

For Teachers 9th - 11th
Young scholars write a literary response essay to Maya Angelou's novel, I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings. In this literary response lesson, students complete pre-writing activities, discuss the rubric for the essay, and visit the given...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry

For Teachers 8th
Eighth graders read the novel, Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry and then watch a movie based on the novel. They write an essay comparing the movie to the book.
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Handout
Curated OER

Stages in Preparing an Essay

For Students 5th - 6th
In this writing worksheet, students analyze 9 steps to writing an essay from choosing a topic to making a final draft. Students do not write an essay on this page, which is from the UK.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Words That Will Haunt You

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students create taxonomies of Halloween-related terms. Drawing from their compiled vocabulary lists and previous reading, they compose personal essays of their own memories of the holiday. Students present their essays at a...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Expository Writing

For Teachers 4th - 7th
Students write a short essay.  In this essay writing lesson, students select from a tiered assignment a topic  in which to compose an expository essay.  
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Study Guide
SparkNotes

Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov: Study Guide - Mini Essays

For Students 11th - Higher Ed
In this online interactive literature worksheet, students respond to 8 short answer and essay questions about Vladimir Nabokov's Lolita. Students may check some of their answers online.
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Study Guide
SparkNotes

The Return of the King by J. R. R. Tolkien: Study Guide - Mini Essays

For Students 8th - 12th
In this online interactive literature activity, learners respond to 9 short answer and essay questions about J.R.R. Tolkien's The Return of the King. Students may check some of their answers online.
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Study Guide
SparkNotes

Paradise Lost by John Milton: Study Guide - Mini Essays

For Students 11th - Higher Ed
In this online interactive literature instructional activity, students respond to 7 short answer and essay questions about John Milton's Paradise Lost. Students may check some of their answers online.
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Study Guide
SparkNotes

The Taming of the Shrew by William Shakespeare: Study Guide - Mini Essays

For Students 10th - Higher Ed
In this online interactive literature learning exercise, learners respond to 7 short answer and essay questions about Shakespeare's The Taming of the Shrew. Students may check some of their answers online.
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Study Guide
SparkNotes

American Dream by Edward Albee: Study Guide - Mini Essays

For Students 11th - Higher Ed
In this online interactive literature worksheet, students respond to 8 short answer and essay questions about Edward Albee's American Dream. Students may check some of their answers online.
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Study Guide
SparkNotes

Bible: The New Testament: Study Guide - Mini Essays

For Students 8th - Higher Ed
In this online interactive literature learning exercise, students respond to 7 short answer and essay questions about the New Testament of the Bible. Students may check some of their answers online.
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Study Guide
SparkNotes

A Doll’s House by Henrik Ibsen: Study Guide - Mini Essays

For Students 9th - 12th
For this online interactive literature worksheet, high schoolers respond to 8 short answer and essay questions about Henrik Ibsen's A Doll's House. Students may check some of their answers online.
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Study Guide
SparkNotes

Dr. Zhivago by Boris Pasternak: Study Guide - Mini Essays

For Students 10th - Higher Ed
In this online interactive literature worksheet, students respond to 9 short answer and essay questions about Boris Pasternak's Dr. Zhivago. Students may check some of their answers online.
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Study Guide
SparkNotes

Girl, Interrupted by Susanna Kaysen: Study Guide - Mini Essays

For Students 10th - Higher Ed
In this online interactive literature worksheet, students respond to 8 short answer and essay questions about Susanna Kaysen's Girl, Interrupted. Students may check some of their answers online.
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Lesson Plan
Bright Hub Education

Find Future Employment Ideas by Writing a Career Essay

For Teachers 6th - 9th
Use the constructive ideas in this resource to assist in developing your own career writing project for your junior high or young high school scholars. The resource provides step-by-step plans for the educator and learners, as well as...
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Writing: Parallel Structure

For Students 7th - 9th
In this writing with parallel structure activity, students examine 20 sentences and note whether they are correctly or incorrectly written in terms of parallel structure.
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Lesson Plan
Virginia Department of Education

Writing Counterarguments

For Teachers 11th - 12th
This activity is better utilized as a peer-editing exercise and not as an activity on how to write counterarguments. Writers take their argumentative rough drafts, peer edit in groups of four, and review the author on common essay...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

"Shooting An Elephant": George Orwell's Essay on his Life in Burma

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers read an essay by George Orwell's life in Burma and place it in its cultural and historical context. They identify the main points of the essay and Orwell's use of symbolism in the essay. They explain how each persuasive...
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Scholastic

Adding Expository Elaborations

For Teachers 2nd - 4th Standards
How can you tell if a prompt is expository or narrative? Help your learners identify key words in writing prompts to determine how they should craft their essays.

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