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Curated OER

Sense, Sensibility and Sentences: Examining and Writing Memorable Lines

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Involve your readers in finding works of literary genius. Have each individual write down compelling sentences that they read or hear, whether in a newspaper, advertisement, book, movie, song, or any other place! Once each person has a...
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Waterford Union High School

Writing the Persuasive Essay

For Students 6th - 12th
An excellent, in-depth resource would be an asset to your unit on writing an argument essay. It provides an explanation to each part of the essay as well as examples of transition words to strengthen your kids' writing. Additionally, the...
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Curated OER

Expanding Journal Writing Entries For Beginning Writers

For Teachers 1st
First graders through a variety of strategies assess how to write in journals openly and effectively. Those strategies include integration of technology, story telling, group and team work, performance-based assessment/rubrics, visual...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Journal Writing-Pets

For Teachers 2nd - 5th
Young scholars create a writing journal. In this journal writing lesson, students discuss what to write in a journal and why it is fun to keep a journal. Young scholars start their journal by writing about a pet and use the entry to...
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Activity
Poetry4kids

How to Start a Poetry Journal

For Students 3rd - 8th Standards
Practice makes proficient! Using a journal of their choice, authors organize pages, then begin their writing journey of on-going writing practice in which they compose all poetic forms including diamante, limerick, free verse, and more!
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Activity
American Museum of Natural History

Keeping a Field Journal

For Students 6th - 12th Standards
Recording scientific evidence allows for important discoveries and conclusions. A remote learning resource outlines how to create a field journal to record scientific observations. The outline resource includes notation about the...
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Activity
American Museum of Natural History

Keeping a Field Journal

For Students 6th - 12th
Young scientists begin a field journal by following four steps. A real-world example of an entry showcases the different parts, including location, date, drawings, and more. 
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Developing a Topic for Writing Using an Idea Web

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Teach your upper graders how to use an idea web to develop a topic for writing. After reading a variety of stories about friendship (a list of stories with the theme of friendship is included), model using an idea web. Class members...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Writing and Autobiography

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Are you working on an autobiographical or narrative writing unit? Bring this lesson to your class, as it takes young writers through the process of drafting and sequencing an autobiography. After observing and demonstrating steps of the...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Reading and Writing about the Solar System

For Teachers K - 2nd
A superb interdisciplinary approach highlights this lesson which incorporates space science knowledge and narrative skills. After reading The Magic School Bus, two excellent poems, and watching a video, all about our solar system, young...
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Writing Numbers 39-46

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Practice makes perfect when it comes to writing numbers! Young scholars examine sample numbers 39-46, including arrows to show them how to move their pencil. Then, they trace a lighter image and try a few freehand. Consider creating a...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Gandhi Speech Writing

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Explore non-violent protest in this social values and world history lesson. After viewing the movie Gandhi, and discussing important events in Gandhi's life, young orators write a speech defending Gandhi's position on the value of...
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Lesson Planet Article
Curated OER

Jazzing Up Journal Writing

For Teachers 3rd - 12th
Journal writing lessons can become a whole new experience when students start to learn about the variety of options available.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Journal Write about Colonial Times

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Students write a journal entry relating to their reading. This this writing lesson, students relate a book they are reading about the colonial settlers to their own life situations through journal writing.
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Novelinks

The Joy Luck Club: Writing Strategy

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Readers of The Joy Luck Club, use a double-0entry journal to record and reflect on passages from Amy Tan's novel.
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Worksheet
Teachit

Keeping a Reader's Journal

For Students 3rd - 5th
A reader's journal can help pupils comprehend, connect to, and remember a text. Have them follow the prompts here to write journal entries for any literary text.
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Lesson Planet Article
Curated OER

Talking with the Author

For Teachers 5th - 11th
Encourage your class to interact with complex texts through dialectical journal writing.
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Lesson Planet Article
Curated OER

Effective Writing Prompts: Getting Beyond the Dark and Stormy Night

For Teachers 8th - 10th
Help struggling writers with strategies to reach different learning styles and reduce anxiety.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Journal Writing

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students gain a better understanding of good journal writing. They examine how there are two types of journals - personal and public, yet each serves to describe the writers feelings and experiences about a given event.
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Curated OER

Journal Writing Ideas

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students choose a topic from a list to write a journal entry about. For this journal writing lesson, students use one of the ideas included in the comprehensive list of ideas when they cannot think of a topic to write about. They write...
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Writing
Curated OER

Narrative Journal Prompts

For Students 5th - 10th
Need some possible writing topics for your class? Look no further, this resource consists of a list of 24 writing prompts. Perfect for journal writing or quick writes, all 24 prompts ask about pupils' personal experiences and thus elicit...
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Writing
Unified School District of De Pere

Reader Response Journals

For Students 7th - 12th
Writing about and in response to what you read can help you process the text and lead to stronger analysis. Included here are four larger topics that students can write about, sentence starters to help pupils get started with their...
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Writing
Reproducible Master

Reader’s Journal

For Students 4th - 6th Standards
As you read a story or novel, have your class members put together and fill out a journal. They will have the chance to illustrate a cover page, draw and write about various topics, respond to a focus questions, and draft a paragraph.
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Bulgarian Creative Writing Competition

Creative Writing Prompts For Every Season and Month

For Teachers K - 12th Standards
Winter, spring, summer, and fall! Every season is covered in a 14-page list of writing prompts. Included are story starters, reflection questions, poetry topics, and more.

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