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PBS

Pbs Teachers: Story Writing With Arthur

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st Standards
This series of 12 downloadable activities teach students some basics of story writing, using books or videos from the PBS "Arthur" series as a springboard. Activities include creating story maps, asking questions about characters and...
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Handout
The Write Place

Literacy Education Online

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Literacy Education Online (or LEO) is a great place to start if you need help with your writing. The homepage is organized around kinds of problems or questions you might have concerning your writing. Find your problem, click on the...
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Article
Poynter Institute

Poynter Institute: Ten Copy Editor Traits That Guarantee Your Success

For Students 9th - 10th
Sooner or later you may function as a copy editor for yourself or for another. Follow these tips to enrich your writing.
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Handout
Online Writing Lab at Purdue University

Purdue University Owl: Revision in Business Writing

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Persuades the reader of the importance of revision, and outlines the process of good revision: language, tone, organization, and correctness.
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Lesson Plan
Hopelink

Hopelink: Writing Lesson Idea: Self Editing

For Teachers 3rd - 8th Standards
This writing lesson teaches students how to become self-editors by learning to judge and critique their work.
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Handout
Other

The Editing Process: Paradigm Online Writing Assistant

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
What does the editing process consist of for your students? Use this informative site to learn more about editing.
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Unit Plan
Texas Education Agency

Texas Gateway: Grammar (English I Writing)

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
[Accessible by TX Educators. Free Registration/Login Required] This lesson focuses on finding and fixing grammar errors in your writing. It includes strategies for locating errors such as reading your paper aloud to see if your are...
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Unit Plan
Texas Education Agency

Texas Gateway: Grammar (English Ii Writing)

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This lesson focuses on finding and fixing grammar errors in your writing. It includes strategies for locating errors such as reading your paper aloud to see if your are missing words. It also provides practice with subject-verb agreement...
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Activity
Harold D. Underdown

Self Editing Your Middle Grade Book

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
An excellent resource for writers who have completed a young adult novel or book. Includes links to helpful websites and "tried and true self-editing secrets."
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Handout
Grammarly

Grammarly Handbook: Unnecessary Words and Phrases

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This page explains the need to revise writing to remove unnecessary words and phrases to produce clear, concise writing. Examples are provided.
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Handout
Grammarly

Grammarly Handbook: Shifts in Writing

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Five areas to edit for shifts in writing: Consistent Point of View, Consistent Verb Tenses, Verbs Consistent in Mood and Voice, Shifts from Indirect to Direct Questions/Quotations, and Shifts from British to American English. Each area...
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Handout
Grammarly

Grammarly Handbook: Appearance

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This page focuses on the appearance of the paper after the writing is complete. It offers links to a pre-printing checklist and a post-printing checklist.
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Unit Plan
TES Global

Blendspace: At Resources

For Students K - 1st Standards
This eleven-part learning module provides assorted assistive technology references. This blendspace provides reading and writing video, print, and audio resources that will help special needs students with their reading and writing.
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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Earth Science: Scientific Community

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] How the scientific community shares results and monitors scientific integrity.
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Interactive
Grammar Check

Grammar Check: Online Editor

For Students 9th - 10th
This interactive site provides a site for students to enter text. Students can click a button to check their entered text for errors in spelling, punctuation, and grammar. A "deeper" search button with scan for plagiarized text.
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Graphic
Grammar Check

Grammar Check: 15 Shocking Student Writing Fails (Infographic)

For Students 9th - 10th
This infographic is provided to help alert students about common writing mistakes. The following types of errors are discussed: commas, verb tenses, subject-verb agreement, apostrophes, pronouns, and prepositions.
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Article
Other

Ten Tips for Company Newsletters

For Students 9th - 10th
The author of this article presents ten tips for those composing a company newsletter. Tips can also be used for other types of newsletters.
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Article
Caro Clarke

Explaining Too Much: Why More Is Less

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This is the eleventh article in a series that is designed to help the new novel author. This article focuses on how to eliminate needless information in your novel. The key is to not explain too much about the action.
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Website
Other

Efa: Editorial Freelancers Association

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This page is for freelance journalists who have narrowed their selected field to editorials and editorial columns. Newly combined with the Editorial Freelancers Association, this site contains materials from both organizations.
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Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Earth Science: Scientific Community

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] How the scientific community shares results and monitors scientific integrity.
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Handout
Grammarly

Grammarly Handbook: Mechanics

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
An explanation of the importance of mechanics and links to additional information on specific focus areas.
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Lesson Plan
Lumen Learning

Lumen: Writing Process: Introduction to Writing Process

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This lesson introduces the writing process and explains why it is a process. It lists the stages of the writing process and the learning objectives for the lessons on the topic. The NEXT button at the bottom of each section will take you...
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Activity
University of North Carolina

University of North Carolina: Writing Center Tips & Tools

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
The documents and videos collected here touch on most aspects of good academci writing, and all aspects of the writing process. Students can choose from the many topics to address the specific skill or concept they need to master.
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Unit Plan
Texas Education Agency

Texas Gateway: Edit Drafts for Grammar, Mechanics, and Spelling

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This lesson's focus is limited to the editing process for writing conventions: subject-verb agreement, capitalization, punctuation, and spelling.

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