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Writing Fix
Writing Fix: Purposeful Paragraphs on Memorable Teachers [Pdf]
How can we use questioning to create lead sentences and details in order to create a purposeful paragraph? This PDF lesson offers an organization technique that asks students to pre-plan paragraphs by brainstorming interesting questions...
Writing Fix
Writing Fix: I Wanna: Writing a Persuasive Letter
In this lesson, students will experiment with word choice as it relates to persuasion.
Writing Fix
Writing Fix: Alliterative Insects
In this lesson students develop a story about an insect while utilizing previously written sentences with strong word choice.
ACT360 Media
Writing Den: Paragraphs
How do you write a paragraph? Use this site to learn more about the different parts of a paragraph.
Robin L. Simmons
Grammar Bytes: Exercise 2: Finding Fragments in Short Passages
Practice sentence skills by choosing the sentence fragment in each of 20 passage.
Education Development Center
Tv411: Summarizing
This activity asks students to read short paragraphs and select the statement that best summarizes each paragraph. It is part of a larger reading unit.
Other
Pearson Education: Declarative and Interrogative Sentences [Pdf]
Here is a set of worksheets on identifying and using declarative and interrogative sentences.
Writing Fix
Writing Fix: Complex Pirate Sentences
In this lesson, Melinda Long's picture book entitled How I Became a Pirate is used as the mentor text. Students will record their favorite complex sentences from the text and share them. Students will also use interactive buttons to...
Other
Rhl School: English Basics: Real Sentences
How do you know that a group of words is really a sentence? This resource features examples of complete and incomplete sentences that students can identify and fix.
TES Global
Blendspace: Opinion/persuasive Writing 3rd Grade
A collection of resources that includes videos, images, activities, and graphic organizers to use while learning to write opinion and persuasive pieces.
Soft Schools
Soft Schools: Complete Sentence Quiz
What makes a sentence a complete sentence? Take this quiz to see if you can spot the complete sentence out of four choices.
University of North Carolina
University of North Carolina: Writing Center: Fragments and Run Ons
What are sentence fragments and run-on sentences? Explore this informative resource to review the meaning and some examples of these. Provides techniques for avoiding fragments and run-ons in writing assignments.
ReadWriteThink
Read Write Think: Writing Good Endings
This lesson plan explores endings and conclusions to children's literature in an attempt to teach how to successfully write a good ending. Included in the lesson plan are an overview, practice, objectives, resources, preparation, and more.
Capital Community College Foundation
Guide to Grammar and Writing: Sentence Fragments Exercise 3
A practice exercise with ten questions. Each question has three sentences and students are asked to choose the one that is a complete sentence. Answers can be checked when finished, and correct answers are provided for any questions missed.
Capital Community College Foundation
Guide to Grammar and Writing: Sentence Fragments Exercise 2
A ten-question practice exercise where students look at a set of three sentences and then choose the one that is a complete sentence. Answers can be checked and correct answers are provided for any questions missed.
Capital Community College Foundation
Guide to Grammar and Writing: Sentence Fragments Exercise 1
An exercise where students read ten sets of three sentences and chooses which sentence in each set is a complete sentence. When finished, students can check their answers and see the correct answers to any that were missed.
Better Lesson
Better Lesson: W.3.1b: Provide Reasons That Support the Opinion
Links to 27 lessons and activities that build student skills in standard W.3.1b: Provide reasons that support the opinion.
Better Lesson
Better Lesson: W.4.2e: Provide a Concluding Statement or Section
Links to 3 lessons and activities that build student skills in standard W.4.2e: Provide a concluding statement or section related to the information or explanation presented.
Education.com
Education.com: W.4.1 Worksheets: Write Opinion Pieces on Topics or Texts
[Free Registration/Login Required] A site with links to 29 worksheets that can be downloaded and printed for student use while building skills with standard W.4.1: Write opinion pieces on topics or texts, supporting a point of view with...
Education.com
Education.com: W.4.3.e Worksheets: Provide a Conclusion for a Narrative
[Free Registration/Login Required] A site with links to 7 worksheets that can be downloaded and printed for student use while building skills with standard W.4.3.E: Provide a conclusion that follows from the narrated experiences or events.
Organization for Community Networks
Organization for Community Network: Writing Successful Paragraphs
How can you learn to write a successful paragraph? This site features a lesson plan to help your students sharpen their writing skills.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: 4.1: Persuasive Essay
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Learn to write a persuasive essay by organizing arguments in a logical order, providing appropriate supporting details, clarifying main arguments, and identifying...
Scholastic
Scholastic Instructor: Puzzled Over Paragraphs?
Here is an excellent list of ideas for teachers to utilize in their classroom to accompany paragraph writing skills. These creative and exciting activities will sharpen your student's writing abilities.