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Describing How to Get a Shop or Restaurant

For Students 4th - 5th
In this descriptive paragraph worksheet, students first draw a map showing how to get to a location. Students then write sentences explaining how to get to a location using directional phrases. Students then write the sentences into a...
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Virginia's Historical Figures

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders write full paragraphs about important historical figures from Virginia's history. They research an the historical figure before word processing three complete paragraphs using facts and appropriate clipart. They compare...
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Proofreading Practice

For Students 3rd - 4th
In this proofreading worksheet, students read a paragraph and find the misspelled words. Students rewrite 5 words correctly that they find misspelled in the paragraph.
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Fiscal & Monetary Policy Writing Exercise

For Students 11th - Higher Ed
In this economics activity, students follow the provided instructions to write an essay that refers to fiscal and monetary policies.
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Easy Essays Step 2

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders write essays after participating in mini-lessons that encourage better writing. They write using the model of a skeleton to which they add the muscles.
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Should Voting in the United States be Mandatory? Research Activity

For Teachers 8th
Eighth graders research how many voters actually vote in the U.S. and nine other nations. They create a spreadsheet using this information and write a persuasive essay.
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Persuade Me

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students develop their writing skills. In this writing strategies lesson plan, students examine persuasive writing techniques on order to write persuasive mailers.
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Graphic Writing Web

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Young scholars discuss and develop graphic writing webs, writing supporting ideas for a given topic.
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Review of Yes/No Questions

For Students 5th - 8th
In this yes and no questions worksheet, students read a 2-paragraph news story and then write 5 questions that may be answered with the provided answer statements.
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Globe Lesson 5 - Latitude - Grade 6+

For Students 6th - 8th
In this latitude learning exercise, students read a 3-paragraph review of latitude and respond to 12 short answer questions.
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Information Reports

For Teachers 7th - 9th
Students practice essay skills. In this essay skills lesson, students select an essay subject and take notes for their topic. Students create a web for their essays. Students organize, write, revise, and publish their essays.
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Algebra Project

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
What would your dream house look like? A cottage? A medieval castle? High schoolers enrolled in Algebra design the perfect house while using slopes to write equations for various aspects of the project.
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Visible Speech: What is a Sentence?

For Teachers 7th - 9th
Use this straightforward presentation as a basic guide to your grammar unit. With explanations of the parts of a simple sentence (subject, verb, direct object), the slideshow is a good way to reinforce students' prior knowledge about...
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Data Analysis - AP Statistics

For Students 11th - Higher Ed Standards
What better way to study survey design than to design your own survey! Bring a versatile data analysis project to your AP Statistics class, and encourage them to apply the practices from their instructions to a real-world survey project.
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Writing a press release

For Teachers 8th - 11th
Students scan through a selection of newspapers or online stories from the Newsround website and chose one story each. They use the top TWO paragraphs of the story to complete the grid of the four W's.
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Worksheet 5/7 Nouns and Verbs

For Students 4th - 5th
In this nouns and verbs worksheet, learners read a one paragraph text about Popsicles. Students circle the nouns and underline the verbs. Learners make two lists and sort the words into noun and verb columns.
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Pair-Share: Constructing Paragraph Order

For Teachers 3rd - 11th
Students write with controlled and/or subtle organization. They identify the main idea and explicit details. Students analyze paragraph and essay structure. They utilize context clues to identify organization.
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Science Writing

For Students 7th - 9th
In this science writing worksheet, students read about the details used in science writing such as facts, observations and conclusions. They answer 5 questions about paragraphs they read and they identify the differences between science...
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Writing Drama-Trying Your Hand at being a Playwright

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders chart the elements of drama. In this performing arts lesson, 5th graders discuss the role of a playwrite, practice doing some Reader's Theatre scripts, write a paragraph about a problem between two people, and perform their...
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Paint My Counties: Map Coloring the Counties of Arizona

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders identify the counties of Arizona. In this social studies lesson, 4th graders color a county map of Arizona using the fewest number of colors possible. Students write a persuasive paragraph.
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Main Idea and Details

For Students 3rd - 4th
For this main idea and details worksheet, students read the paragraphs and the examples sentences. Students write if the sentences are a main idea or detail to complete the 8 examples.
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From Ordinary To Extraordinary Writing

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students investigate the quality of writing while focusing on the use of sensory words to convey meaning and ideas. The power of similes and metaphors is emphasized while they create and edit works of writing. The skill of descriptive...
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Adverbs and Time Order

For Students 5th - 6th
In this adverb usage instructional activity, students use adverbs to help them write a how-to report. Students complete three activities for adverbs showing time order.
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Grade 5: Alphabet Frequency

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders collect and organize data from writing samples, use fractions and decimals to describe the experimental data, and use the experimental results to make predictions about the frequency of letter usage in the English language.