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Cambridge Rindge & Latin School

Cambridge Rindge & Latin School: Basic Steps in the Research Process

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
A comprehensive list of the important steps in researching and writing a report or project. Includes links to tip sheets for each step.
Unit Plan
Wisc-Online

Wisc Online: Communication: The Writing Process

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
The learner will identify the three steps: prewriting, drafting, revising/editing, in the writing process and the elements in each step. W.9-10.5 Writing Process, W.11-12.5 Writing Process
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Other

Pressbooks: Virginia Western Community College: Let's Get Writing!

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This is an open textbook created to assist students in their writing efforts. Topics covered include critical reading, rhetorical analysis, writing arguments, steps in the writing process, rhetorical modes, using credible sources, citing...
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LD Online

Ld Online: Teaching Expressive Writing to Ld Students

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Author provides a research-based instructional essay on three components that consistently led to improved outcomes: adhering to a basic framework, teaching critical steps in the writing process, and providing feedback.
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W. W. Norton

W.w. Norton & Company: The Writing Process: Revising

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Information about the process of revision including three steps to keep in mind: play the role of the reader, think in terms of strength and weakness, and take advantage of computer capabilities. Use the links on the right for other...
Activity
University of North Carolina

University of North Carolina Writing Center Handouts: Reorganizing Drafts

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
One step you might want to take in revising a draft is to examine the organization of your paper and decide if and how the organization needs to be adjusted. This handout offers five strategies for examining and reorganizing your draft....
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ClassFlow

Class Flow: Writing Process Intro

For Teachers 6th - 9th
[Free Registration/Login Required] Subtitled, You are what you eat, this flipchart correlates the steps in the writing process to the steps involved in baking a cake emphasizing the importance of not leaving anything out. You may even...
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Writing Fix

Writing Fix: A Revision Lesson: Zooming in on a Prompt About Friendship

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
Take your students step by step through the revision process of with this prompt and guide.
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Other

Oslis: Research Process

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Excellent site outlining each step for Internet research for grades 6-12. This site focuses on writing a research paper from selecting a topic through to the final paper. Click on Cite My Sources to get the electronic citation machines....
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Online Writing Lab at Purdue University

Purdue University Owl: General Writing Resources

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This helpful resource details the process of writing, including how to plan, write, and revise. Content also includes the different types or genres of writing, and exercises in grammar and mechanics.
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Georgia Department of Education

Ga Virtual Learning: Technology and the World Around Us: Best Research Practices

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This lesson focuses on the steps of the research process and the writing process in order to prepare a good research project. It also offers an extensive presentation of how to conduct research and the steps of the writing process. It...
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W. W. Norton

W.w. Norton & Company: The Writing Process: Drafting

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Information about the process of writing a rough draft including three steps to keep in mind: start with your thesis, stick to it, write the body and then the introduction and conclusion. Check the links on the right for more information...
Unit Plan
Department of Defense

Do Dea: Real Survival Skills

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Learn about process analysis, writing procedurals texts, the steps of the writing process, and cause and effect in this unit. Also, examine patterns of organization in writing. A handy chart shows common organizational patterns which...
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ClassFlow

Class Flow: Steps in a Process Using Halloween

For Teachers K - 1st Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart helps students to understand steps in a process by using Halloween examples (carving pumpkins).
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Other

Crayons and Cuties in Kindergarten: Launching Persuasive Writing in Kindergarten

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st Standards
A kindergarten teacher shares how she introduced persuasive writing in her classroom. After a discussion about "problems" that need to be fixed in their school, the class decided they wanted to write the principal a persuasive letter...
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Other

Young Author's Workshop: Resource Pages

For Students 4th - 7th Standards
This site provides middle school students with links to online resources that will take them step by step through the writing process. The steps in this process are those used in Writer's Workshop.
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NC State University

Nc State University: Lab Write

For Students 9th - 10th
LabWrite guides you through the entire laboratory experience, from before you walk into the lab to after you get back your graded report. Click on the correct link to find procedures for each step of the lab process. In LabCheck, there...
Handout
Cambridge Rindge & Latin School

Cambridge Rindge & Latin School: Writing the Body of a Research Paper

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
An excellent tip sheet on how to write and create the bulk of a research paper: the body includes in-depth information, examples, as well as links to earlier steps in the process such as thesis statements, notecards, outline,...
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Writing Fix

Writing Fix: Revising Leads [Pdf]

For Teachers 3rd - 5th Standards
Revision can be a difficult step to teach in the classroom. Use this tool to help students better understand how to revise their leading sentences. [PDF]
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ClassFlow

Class Flow: Writing With Pizazz

For Teachers 3rd - 9th Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart helps the students with the first step in the Six Traits Writing Process-- gathering ideas. Students are encouraged to analyze writing samples and brainstorm possible personal writing...
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University of North Carolina

University of North Carolina: Writing Center: Writing About Literature (Fiction)

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Students are instructed in a nine-step process of how to write a literary response paper that includes a thesis, strong ideas, and specific supporting details from the text. W.11-12.9a Amer Lit 18th,19th, 20th cen/Analy
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Texas Education Agency

Texas Gateway: Strategies for Revising: Practice 3

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
[Accessible by TX Educators. Free Registration/Login Required] In this lesson, you will review the different types of clauses and sentences. You will also use editing strategies to help you add variety to your sentences. A step-by-step...
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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...
Article
Harvard University

Harvard College Writing Center: How to Do a Close Reading

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
A brief explanation of the tasks involved in doing a close reading in preparation for writing. This writer breaks the process into three steps which involve annotating the text, looking for patterns, and asking questions of the text.