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Unit Plan
Texas Education Agency

Texas Gateway: Generate Ideas and Questions

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This lesson focuses on the writing in high school. Whether you write expository and persuasive essays or short stories, your first steps are to determine and define your audience. After that, you will begin to generate ideas and...
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Activity
University of Richmond

University of Richmond: Brainstorming

For Students 9th - 10th
This site from the University of Richmond provides step-by-step guidelines through the prewriting brainstorming process. Recommended as a solution to writer's block. Though brief in its content, the site is factual and informative.
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Unit Plan
Scholastic

Scholastic: Myth Writing Workshop With Jane Yolen

For Students 6th - 8th
Well-known author Jane Yolen takes you step by step through the process of writing a myth. The site includes a Myth Brainstorming Machine to help get ideas flowing.
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Lesson Plan
Writing Fix

Writing Fix: Exploring Patterns & Writing Word Problems

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
For this lesson, students will listen to the book called The Grapes of Math by Greg Tang, but before reading, students will listen for the "different" way to solve the problem on each page. After reading, students will focus on one page...
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Unit Plan
Sophia Learning

Sophia: I Just Got Assigned a Paper, Now What?

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This lesson focuses on what to do after being assigned a paper; it provides the basic steps to writing a paper: brainstorm topics, organize your thoughts (Venn diagrams, tree diagram examples), conduct preliminary research, create a...
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Handout
Online Writing Lab at Purdue University

Purdue University Owl: Choosing a Topic

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This Purdue University OWL (Online Writing Lab) provides information related to writing a research paper. This guide explains to choose an appropriate research paper topic.
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Unit Plan
Texas Education Agency

Texas Gateway: Generate Ideas and Questions

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This lesson will focus on the writing you do in high school. Whether you write expository and persuasive essays or short stories, your first steps are to determine and define your audience. After that, you will begin to generate ideas...
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Whiteboard
ClassFlow

Class Flow: How to Write a Poem

For Teachers 6th - 9th
[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart is a great start for teaching the process of writing a poem. It covers brainstorming about subject matter and finding a topic that means something to the author.
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Graphic
Other

Write Design: Graphic Organizers

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This site explores what graphic organizers are and why they are such valuable instructional tools. Five main types of organizers are addressed: webs, charts, trees, chains, and sketches.
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Activity
Harold D. Underdown

The Purple Crayon: How to "Cook Up" a Great Picture Book

For Students 9th - 10th
An article outlining (in culinary form) the process of developing a successful picture book, from brainstorming to publication. Excellent tips and advice from a successful writer.
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Unit Plan
McGraw Hill

Glencoe Literature Library: "High Elk's Treasure" Study Guide [Pdf]

For Students 6th - 8th
Explore the novel "High Elk's Treasure," by Virginia Driving Hawk Sneve, with the help of this study guide, useful for all stages of the reading process. Complete with pre-reading material, including author biography, novel introduction,...
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Unit Plan
McGraw Hill

Glencoe Literature Library: "A Separate Peace" Study Guide [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th
Explore the novel "A Separate Peace," by John Knowles, with the help of this study guide, useful for all stages of the reading process. Complete with pre-reading material, including author biography, novel introduction, discussion...