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Growth Mindset Strategies

For Teachers K - 12th Standards
Help your students develop a growth mindset with a list of sample strategies for prioritizing efforts instead of results.Pupils learn how to embrace mistakes, set high expectations, and focus on process over product.
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Randall Davis

Esl Net world.com: How Do You Write E Mail Messages?

For Students 9th - 10th
This tutorial explains writing email messages in formal and informal style using Hotmail. It explains the steps taken in composing, replying to, and sending messages.
Lesson Plan
ReadWriteThink

Read Write Think: Beginning Writers Compare E Mail With Letter Writing

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st Standards
Contains plans for three lessons that teach younger students the differences between letter writing and e-mail writing. In addition to objectives and standards, this instructional plan contains links to sites used in the lessons as well...
Lesson Plan
ReadWriteThink

Read Write Think: Recognizing Readers? Needs and Expectations for E Mail Replies

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st Standards
Contains plans for three lessons that teach about using e-mail as well as literary concepts like audience awareness. In addition to objectives and standards, this instructional plan contains links to sites used in the lessons as well as...
Lesson Plan
ReadWriteThink

Read Write Think: E Pals Around the World

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Contains plans for three lessons that teach about writing friendly letters and parts of e-mails by asking students to write to pen-pals around the world. In addition to objectives and standards, this instructional plan contains links to...
Lesson Plan
ReadWriteThink

Read Write Think: Mail Time! An Integrated Postcard and Geography Study

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st Standards
Contains plans for five cross-curricular lessons that teach about geography, reading, and writing by having learners send postcards to relatives and asking them to send postcards back. In addition to objectives and standards, this...
Lesson Plan
Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Snail Mail or E Mail Blast!

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students will use business letters and email to recruit professional members for the Career Technical Student Organization (CTSO) using the Chamber of Commerce member listing. This lesson plan is targeted toward Future Business Leaders...
Handout
Letter Writing Guide

Business Email Writing

For Students 9th - 10th
This user-friendly site for teachers and students provides some tips for writing business letters via email.
Activity
Colorado State University

Colorado State Writing Center: Overview: Email

For Students 9th - 10th
This resource provides information about the uses and effectiveness of the email system. Includes information about writing emails, logistics, courtesies, and perspectives.
Lesson Plan
ReadWriteThink

Read Write Think: Reading/writing About Whales Using Fiction and Nonfiction Texts

For Teachers K - 1st Standards
Young scholars will have a whale of a good time in this activity in which they use fiction and nonfiction texts to write a letter to an online scientist.
Handout
Online Writing Lab at Purdue University

Purdue University Owl: Email Etiquette

For Students 9th - 10th
This is a guide for those interested in writing emails in the proper format. Provides information on format, attachments, and length.
Lesson Plan
ReadWriteThink

Read Write Think: Lesson Plan: Audience, Purpose, Language in Electronic Messages

For Teachers 6th - 8th Standards
Lesson plan considers changes in writing style since the inception of e-mail and text messaging.
Activity
Other

Storyarts: The on Line Writing Workshop

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Storyarts is a free online writing workshop that includes not only assignments, but also publication of writings to other e-mail subscribers through its Storyarts Listserv. Samples of published works are included.
Lesson Plan
Common Sense Media

Common Sense Media: Education: Lesson: Writing Good Emails: K 2

For Teachers K - 1st
[Free Registration/Login Required] Students explore the components of a well-written email.
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Mind Tools

Mind Tools: Writing Effective Emails

For Students 9th - 10th
This resource has ten techniques to use when writing an effective business email message.
Activity
Mind Tools

Mind Tools: Writing Effective Email

For Students 9th - 10th
This resource has ten techniques to use when writing an effective business email message.
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Other

Wisconsin State Reading Association (Wsra)

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Learn about the goals, membership, publications, and committees of this affiliate of the International Reading Association. Links also take you to useful reading resources and to its hotline, which allows members to be a part of an...
Unit Plan
Education Development Center

Alma: Setting the Tone

For Students 9th - 10th
Discover more about personal letter writing when you use this informative site from the Adult Literacy Media Alliance. This site gives you tips on how to set the tone of your personal letter. This is an excellent resource for all ages.
PPT
Sophia Learning

Sophia: Email Etiquette

For Students 9th - 10th
This slideshow lesson focuses on how to write and reply to professional email. It includes greeting, font, spell check, signature and tips for replying to email.
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Other

Magnetic Poetry: Kids' Magnetic Poetry Kit

For Students 1st - 8th Standards
Students use magnetic words, phrases, and suffixes to create their own poems. They can save their poetry and, if they choose, e-mail their poems to others.
Unit Plan
ACT360 Media

Act Den (Digital Education Network) Software Tutorials

For Students 9th - 10th
Free online tutorials for computer software, including FrontPage, Office, PowerPoint, and Outlook Express are generously offered at this website. Students will find it easy to follow Agent Max Millennium as he guides them through...
Activity
Mind Tools

Writing Effective Email

For Students 9th - 10th
If you want your audience to pay attention, and you want your email communication to help, rather than hinder your career, take a few minutes to read through these tips.
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Other

Speak Speak: Making Requests in Emails and Letters

For Students 9th - 11th
We often have to make requests and ask for things in our letters and emails. To do this, we use phrases like 'could you' and 'would you.' Here we can see some examples of requests using these. Note the different levels of politeness.
Lesson Plan
Better Lesson

Better Lesson: Email Clarifying Questions

For Teachers 1st - 3rd Standards
At the end of this lesson, students will demonstrate the use of commas, clarifying questions, and a friendly letter format by sending an email. Email is part of student's lives, and it is part of the digital landscape they will need to...

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