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\nWriting a Personal Letter Using the Short Story \"Eleven\"\n

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\nChallenge your class to connect to the text of \"Eleven\" by Sandra Cisneros with this activity, which prompts them to write a personal letter from the main character's point of view. The story, prompt, and letter template are all included...\n
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\nThe Personal Letter: The Outsiders\n

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\nAfter completing S.E. Hinton’s The Outsiders, eighth graders compose a personal letter to their teacher detailing what they liked about the novel and the activities assigned during the course of the unit. A clever way to get feedback,...\n
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\nDear Pen Pal\n

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\nExplore cultures from around the world with an engaging pen pal resource. Through a series of classroom activities and written correspondence, children learn about the favoritec pastimes, schooling, geography, and weather that is...\n
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\nPen Pal Template: Hello!\n

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\nCorresponding with pen pals just got easier with this simple writing template. Including sentence frames and space for drawing pictures, this is a fun resource that introduces young learners to writing personal letters.\n
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\nUnsent Letter: Characterization in Briar Rose\n

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\nAfter completing Jane Yolen’s Briar Rose, class members assume the voice of Gemma and craft a personal letter to her granddaughter telling Becca how she feels about Becca’s actions and the discoveries at Chelmno. Complete directions for...\n
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\nAccess (1st Year) Pen Pal Format\n

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\nHelp young writers make a good first impression on their pen pals with this personal letter template. Including sentence frames and word banks, this resource supports children as they learn to write personal descriptions using complete...\n
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\nPreparing a Personal Letter\n

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\nStudents examine the parts of a personal letter. In this language arts lesson, students view examples of personal letters and write a personal letter.\n
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\nA Letter to Terry Fox\n

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\nStudents research information about Terry Fox on the Internet. They write a personal letter to Terry Fox.\n
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\nA Personal Letter from Lois Lowry\n

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\nFor this personal letter from Lois Lowry, students read Lowry's response to several letters from her fans and delights in being able to reach the fans on a personal level.\n
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\nA Personal Letter from Lois Lowry\n

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\nIn this Lois Lowry personal letter worksheet, students finish reading Lowry's letters to her fans and then complete five discussion points regarding detailed questions within the reading. Students may also continue this exercise with...\n
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\nWriting to an Author\n

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\nProvide your young readers with step-by-step directions for crafting a friendly letter to their favorite author. After drafting and revising their letter, class members illustrate a favorite scene in the book and mail their letters to...\n
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\nWRITING BUSINESS & PERSONAL LETTERS\n

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\nStudents write both a business letter and a personal letter to Jamie Bastedo at the Prince of Wales Northern Heritage Center to request his presence at a drama presentation for a unit on Northern Studies: Europeans and Fur Traders, which...\n
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\nUp Close With The Author\n

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\nLearners listen to the teacher read a book entitled, Hoot by Carl Hiaasen. In groups, students create KWL charts concerning the book, the author, and the author's writing style. In groups, learners research topics about the book and its...\n
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\nHow to Set Out an Informal Letter\n

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\nWalk your class through each step in writing an informal letter. This fabulous PowerPoint provides a great example for all parts of an informal, or personal, letter. After reviewing this presentation, your class will be ready to write...\n
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\nLife of a Civil War Soldier\n

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\nEighth graders write about the physical hardships endured by soldiers of the Civil War. They compare the losses between two communities during the Civil War. They analyze personal letters to understand what a battle was like. They...\n
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\nVirtual Field Trip: Lesson Ten - Publishing\n

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\nClass members publish a letter describing their Virtual Field Trip incorporating data from previously developed charts, graphs, and data tables. The final lesson in a series devoted to collecting information and publishing data.\n
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\nWrite a Letter\n

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\nThird graders examine personal letters written by Paul Lawrence Dunbar and discuss their characteristics. They write personal letters to a friend or relative and mail them.\n
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\nVan Gogh’s Self-Portraits\n

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\nScholars get to know famous Dutch painter, Vincent van Gogh, as an artist as well as a person. After reading personal letters and analyzing paintings, participants paint two self-portraits that represent their personality. Then, write a...\n
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\nCreative Writing - Research and Letters\n

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\nHere's a fresh approach that combines research, business and personal letter writing, and creative story telling. Student groups research different decades in the life of a famous Japanese astronomer. They then craft a decade fact sheet,...\n
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\nTunes for Bears to Dance to: A Letter for Henry\n

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\nReaders of Tunes for Bears to Dance to are asked to write a personal letter to Henry, the main character in Robert Cormier's young adult novel, offering Henry advice about whether he should do as Mr. Hairston wants.\n
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\nExploring Parent-Child Relationships Through Letter Writing\n

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\nThe PBS film, Bronx Princess, launches a study of complex parent-child relationships. Using the provided reading guide, viewers respond to clips from the film and compare Rocky and Yaa’s relationship to other parent-child relationships....\n
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\nEarly Childhood Education Lesson Plan for Good Night, Good Knight\n

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\nThe book Good Night, Good Knight is the inspiration for this plan. Learners get into small groups to search for words in books that begin with their names and fill out and illustrate their own personal letter and name pages.\n
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\nHow Two Alabamians Remembered Slavery Years Later\n

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\nDesigned to help readers recognize the point of view of the author of a primary source documents and analyze how that point of view influences the reliability of a text, young historians examine two personal letters, one...\n
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\nThe Civil War at Home\n

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\nTo conclude a study of the 4 C's (cause, course, consequences, and characters) of the Civil War, young historians examine personal letters that reveal the effects of the war on those at home.\n
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