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Get It Write

Get It Write: "Sit" and "Set"

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn something about the conjugation of verbs and transitive and intransitive verbs in this discussion about the meaning of "sit" and "set." This tutorial will teach you how to use these words correctly. A brief quiz checks your...
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Unit Plan
Get It Write

Get It Write: Lie and Lay

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn the difference between "lie" and "lay" in this tutorial. You'll also find out about transitive and intransitive verbs, so you'll be able to think through which form of "lie" or "lay" to use. A brief quiz checks your understanding.
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Handout
Indiana University

Indiana University: Writing Services: Incorporating Evidence Into Your Essay

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This handout explores how to effectively incorporate evidence to support your claims into your paper. It provides weak and strong examples to show effective ways to incorporate evidence clearly and cohesively. W.9-10.1c...
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Unit Plan
Georgia Department of Education

Ga Virtual Learning: Contemporary Nonfiction: Comparison/contrast Writing

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This lesson focuses on how to write a nonfiction comparison/contrast paper including the reasons for writing them and the three organizational strategies. It features links to transition words, graphic organizers, Venn diagrams,...
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Handout
Online Writing Lab at Purdue University

Purdue University Owl: Writing Essays for Exams

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This handout provides a comprehensive look at writing essays for exams including what a well-written answer to an essay exam question includes, a step-by-step decription of how to write an effective essay exam, an explanation of patterns...
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Handout
University of Ottawa (Canada)

University of Ottawa: Writing Paragraphs

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This site from the University of Ottawa provides a wonderfully designed website that not only gives you exhaustive information on paragraph writing. Students will engage in starting with outlines, writing topic sentences, dividing their...
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Handout
University of Wisconsin

University of Wisconsin: Writing Center: Using Semicolons

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
A writing tutorial for the correct use of semicolons to link two independent clauses, clauses with commas, clauses connected by conjunctive adverbs or transitional phrases, and to link lists where the items contain commas. Examples and...
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Activity
Read Works

Read Works: The Renaissance Renaissance Writing

For Teachers 4th
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about the changes in writing and poetry during the Renaissance. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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Article
Other

Analog to Digital: Why and How to Teach Students to Write for an Online Audience

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This article discusses the importance of teaching students how to write for an online audience using traditional writing skills but transitioning these to digital media. The author talks about ways to incorporate social media and...
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Handout
The Write Place

Literacy Education Online: Logical Fallacies

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This site from the St. Cloud State University provides many links in this index with general writing help. Under "Development" you'll find "Sensory Details." Under "Logical Fallicies" you'll find a link by the same name. Look under...
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PPT
Wisc-Online

Wisc Online: Writing the Ged Essay Using Transitional Words

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
A critical part of the writing process is using transitional words and phrases to let the reader know when a change is coming. Learn more about how to use transitions and acquaint yourself with examples of transitional words.
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PPT
Sophia Learning

Sophia: Chronological Transition Words

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This slideshow lesson focuses on chronological transition words; it defines and lists the categories of transition words. It defines chronological transition words, states their purpose, provides a list of them, and shows how to write...
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TES Global

Blendspace: Expository Writing Using Transitions

For Students 4th - 8th Standards
A seven-part learning module on using transitions in expository writing. Lessons include text, images, a video, and a writing prompt.
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Towson University

Towson University: Distinguish Between Transitive, Intransitive Verbs Exercise 1

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This is a 10-question, self-grading practice/quiz on distinguishing between transitive and intransitive verbs.
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Towson University

Towson University: Ows: Transitive and Intransitive Verbs Exercise 4

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This is a 10-question, self-grading quiz/exercise over Transitive and Intransitive Verbs.
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Towson University

Towson University: Ows: Transitive and Intransitive Verbs Exercise 5

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This is a 10-question, self-grading quiz/exercise over Transitive and Intransitive Verbs.
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Towson University

Towson University: Ows: Transitive and Intransitive Verbs Exercise 1

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This is a 10-question, self-grading quiz/exercise over Transitive and Intransitive Verbs.
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Towson University

Towson University: Distinguishing Transitive and Intransitive Verbs Exercise 2

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This is a 10-question, self-grading practice/quiz on distinguishing between transitive and intransitive verbs.
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Towson University

Towson University: Distinquish Between Transitive, Intransitive Verbs Exercise 3

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This is a 10-question, self-grading practice/quiz on distinguishing between transitive and intransitive verbs.
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Towson University

Towson University: Ows: Transitive and Intransitive Verbs Exercise 3

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This is a 10-question, self-grading quiz/exercise over Transitive and Intransitive Verbs.
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Towson University

Towson University: Distinquish Between Transitive, Intransitive Verbs Exercise 4

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This is a 10-question, self-grading practice/quiz on distinguishing between transitive and intransitive verbs.
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Towson University

Towson University: Ows: Transitive and Intransitive Verbs Exercise 2

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This is a 10-question, self-grading quiz/exercise over Transitive and Intransitive Verbs.
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Towson University

Towson University: Distinquish Between Transitive, Intransitive Verbs Exercise 5

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This is a 10-question, self-grading practice/quiz on distinguishing between transitive and intransitive verbs.
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Handout
University of Missouri

University of Missouri: Clear Writing: Ten Principles of Clear Statement

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This page features a list of ten principles that lead to writing clearly and concisely, such as avoiding unnecessary words, writing like you talk, writing to express and not to impress, and the like. It also discusses "fog indexes" to...

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