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Roald Dahl

Fantastic Mr. Fox

For Teachers 2nd - 5th
A fancifully illustrated guide to Roald Dahl's Fantastic Mr. Fox, this series of lessons, activities, and tasks could be used in its entirety or picked apart and used piecemeal. Have young readers investigate the role of dialogue in...
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Handout
California Federation of Chaparral Poets, Inc

Poetic Devices

For Students 6th - 12th Standards
Have everything you need to know about the elements of poetry with a nine-page handout. Split into four categories—word sounds, meanings, arrangement, and imagery—budding poets may reference terms, read definitions, descriptions, and...
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Lesson Plan
EngageNY

Grade 10 ELA Module 2: Unit 1, Lesson 4

For Teachers 10th Standards
Just read between the lines. Scholars analyze rhetorical devices in Martin Luther King Jr.'s letter by first discussing them with guided questioning. They then complete a rhetorical impact tracking tool before finishing the lesson plan...
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Curated OER

Teaching Writing on a Computer

For Teachers K - 2nd
Walk your young writers through the basics of typing and saving their work on a computer. Step-by-step instructions not only help you prepare classroom computers for this exercise but also provide specific instructions so that class...
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PPT
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Creative Writing

For Teachers 9th - 12th
While the idea presented in this resource, using emotions as a way to write creative descriptions, is a great suggestion, the example employed is troublesome. It focuses on describing fear. However, a teacher could substitute another...
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Worksheet
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Writing in Threes

For Students 3rd
In this writing in threes worksheet, 3rd graders will read examples of descriptive writing made better by listing three things when writing about ideas or feelings. Students will find and record examples from books and write 4 of their...
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Revising Character Descriptions

For Teachers 7th - 9th
Students effectively revise character descriptions.  In this revising character descriptions lesson plan, students work with a partner to give and receive constructive criticism to improve their character descriptions. 
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Getway to More Descriptive Writing

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Young scholars use more precise descriptive words in their writing.
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Reviewing Proper Writing Techniques

For Teachers 8th - 10th
Young scholars use proper writing techniques to write an effective description of the best or worst meal they have ever eaten.  In this proper writing techniques lesson, students review the parts of a composition and discuss was to...
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What Do I Write About?

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders write as essay describing the cooperative group drawing they made or describing the process to draw a group picture.
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Organizer
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The Golden Rules of Story Writing

For Students 3rd - 6th
For this story writing skills worksheet, students consider 6 guidelines for authoring their own stories. Students use the guidelines as they write their own stories.
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Worksheet
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Using Commas for Clear Writing

For Students 5th - 6th
In this commas activity, students learn to use commas to help write more clearly. Students complete three exercises with commas.
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Lesson Plan
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Creating Life Maps (Elementary, Reading/Writing)

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students create a personal life timeline to better explain how a historical timeline is effective in studying history. They also write a poem about themselves.
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Worksheet
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THE WORD WEAVER WRITERS WORKSHOP - Character One Description

For Students 4th - 5th
In this character development learning exercise, students write the characteristics of the first character in the story they are reading. They note the characters name, age, appearance, favorite things, and other important details.
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Lesson Plan
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Write into Fantasy, Humor and Suspense

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students discuss the characteristics of several different writing genres. They are given a prompt to and work in groups to continue writing in the style of a humorous, fantasy or suspense story. They share their stories with the class.
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Writing Lesson 9

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders explore the writing process by responding to a writing prompt. They practice responding to a given writing prompt. Students write about a daydream. They write two or three paragraphs about the topic.
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Revision Lesson

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students, through a series of 4 lessons, explore what it means to revise their written work. They revise a bland story together and then practice revising their own papers by identifying the main action and "exploding" that moment into...
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Writing a Biography - Part Three

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Young scholars edit and revise a first draft of an essay which they are in the process of writing. They proofread for grammatical, spelling, and punctuation errors while using their word processing skills.
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Unit Plan
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Reading and Writing Program Using Core Knowledge Literature

For Teachers 4th
Students improve their reading and writing skills using Step Up to Writing and Six Traits of Writing techniques. Students complete a Robinson Crusoe vocabulary crossword, a Treasure Island character analysis web, reading comprehension...
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Writing to Learn History: Annotations and Mini-Writes

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students use their critical thinking skills to write about historical events. In this historical perspectives lesson, students read documents about historical events and make annotations and marginal notes. Students then respond to...
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The Writing Process

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders analyze well written and poorly written essays and define the four steps in the writing process. In this writing lesson plan, 5th graders edit poorly written essays.
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Technical Writing / Siddhartha

For Teachers 12th
Twelfth graders are introduced to and produce several types of technical writing. They watch a crime video and write a police report, explore websites and draft summary sentences, write a personal vision quest based on "Siddhartha" and...
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Lesson Plan
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The Lost Art of Letter Writing

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students discover the art of writing letters. In this writing instructional activity, students read letters written by President Harry Truman and then write a series of their own letters that would give insight into the times in which...
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Lesson Plan
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Writing Example Paragraphs

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders explore language arts by writing basic paragraphs. In this writing techniques lesson plan, 6th graders define an "example" paragraph and discuss techniques to prove a point in one paragraph. Students practice writing their...

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