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Organizer
Curated OER

Writing Paragraphs

For Students 2nd - 4th
Bring burgers to you classroom! Print this fun graphic organizer to help beginning writers understand the most important parts of a solid paragraph. First, introduce your topic. Next, include supporting details. Finally, include a short...
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Handout
Scholastic

Leads in Narrative Writing

For Students 3rd - 8th
The beginning, a very good place to start, is also a very difficult thing to craft. Provide your writers with this handout that identifies, and provides examples of, six different types of narrative leads.
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Lesson Plan
EngageNY

End of Unit 2 Assessment, Part 1a: Writing Body Paragraphs

For Teachers 7th Standards
It is not what you say but how you say it. Class members prepare for writing their A Long Walk to Water essays by analyzing row four in the writing rubric. Learners discuss the words used and talk about the importance of correct grammar...
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Lesson Plan
EngageNY

End of Unit Assessment: On-Demand Informational Writing: Philo Farnsworth’s Invention of the Television and How It Changed People’s Lives, Part I

For Teachers 5th Standards
On-demand isn't just for TV anymore. Writers complete their end of the unit assessment with an on-demand writing task. They read the article Television and answer questions about the gist, vocabulary, and content. They then complete a...
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Coloring Squares - Write the Word

For Students Pre-K - K Standards
Let's learn about squares. Youngsters complete this coloring activity with multiple objectives including printing practice, spelling, shapes, and colors. First, they trace the word green. Pupils color all the squares in a string of...
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Writing
Carolina K-12

Writing Prompt: The Death Penalty

For Students 9th - 12th Standards
Is the death penalty unjust because it violates the Eighth Amendment of the United States Constitution, "cruel and unusual punishment"? Or is it just a form of permissible capital punishment? After weighing arguments for and against the...
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Persuasive Writing Skills Worksheets

For Students 4th - 8th Standards
What makes you want to buy that new car? Or vote for that popular politician? Study the persuasive techniques commonly found in advertisements or argumentative writing, including repetition, exaggeration, and fact vs. opinion.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Six Trait Writing with Jonathan Swift and Washington Irving

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders demonstrate and evaluate the six traits of writing. They read and identify good writing and bad writing, utilize a rubric to self-evaluate their own writing, participate in a Reader's Theater, and publish a class book.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Six Trait Writing with Kenneth Grahame and Ogden Nash

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders complete a unit of lessons on the process of six trait writing. They identify good writing traits, read and evaluate poems, literature, and myths, utilize a rubric to evaluate their own writing, and evaluate classmates...
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Lesson Plan
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Curated OER

Writing to Persuade

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students discover effective writing techniques to create persuasive essays. In this writing instructional activity, students investigate ways to express facts and points of view through persuasive essays. Finally, the students write...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Writing an Original Fable

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students discover how to write fables. In this writing skill lesson plan, students review the literary elements of fables and take all of the steps in the writing process to create their own fables.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Writing a Letter to a Friend

For Teachers 1st
First graders practice their letter writing skills by writing to a fictional character.  In this formal writing lesson plan, 1st graders read the books The Jolly Postman and Frog and Toad are Friends to examine the different parts of a...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Write Me a Story

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders use the writing process and submit a story to www.kids.com.  In this story writing lesson, 2nd graders choose a topic for a story contest.  Students develop their stories.  Students complete a  her prewriting organizer....
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Worksheet
Curated OER

The Writing Process

For Students 5th - 6th
In this writing as a process activity, students explore how writing is a process instead of a finished piece of work. Students also test out how to mind map a story.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Write Persuasively (Grades 3-5)

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students practice persuasive writing. In this writing lesson plan, students understand that there are different ways to write. Students build a list of words that can be used for persuasion. Students develop statements to use for...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

How Can We Write A Story Using Dr. Seuss' Writing and Illustration Style?

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students write a story.  For this writing style and illustration lesson, students review elements of Dr. Seuss' writing and illustration style and read a few more books written by him, examining the writing style.  Students work in...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Writing a Political Leader

For Teachers 5th - 9th
Learners investigate politics by writing a formal letter. In this U.S. Government lesson, students discuss political issues they would like to address and research their topic using the Internet. Learners locate an appropriate political...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Letter Writing Basics

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
Students write a business letter with information regarding specific writing mechanics. In this writing lesson, students learn to write a business letter and they focus on one area of concern. Students follow a business letter template...
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Organizer
Curated OER

Writing Poems Worksheet

For Students 6th - 8th
In this writing poems worksheet, students record 10 nouns, then write 2 or 3 verbs next to each noun, and finally write a simile or metaphor that matches the noun and verbs in that row. Students then organize these lines into stanzas to...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Letter Writing and Abigail Adams

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders learn the importance of letter writing for communication. In this letter writing lesson, 3rd graders identify how letter writing was important in the life of Abigail Adams. Students understand what a primary source is and...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Children Using Antonyms to Write Short Stories

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders discuss what antonyms are and read the book, Quick as a Cricket.  In this antonym lesson, 2nd graders write a short story by describing themselves. 
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Writing Folktales

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students consider the structure of folktales. In this writing skills lesson, students list the attributes of folktales that they read in class. Students then complete handouts based on the elements of the tales as well as types of tales...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Writing and Research with a Manatee Theme

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students use Internet research methods to find information about manatees. They write a story about a manatee, told through the manatee's eyes, and also a letter to an environmental group, thanking them for what they do to protect the...
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Curated OER

Language Arts: Putting Together a Position Paper

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students are able to identify the target audience for their writing. They are able to create an appropriate format for their papers. Students are able to focus on the developing clear arguments and supporting all key points with facts.

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