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Hemingway Editor

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
If you have ever struggled to write clearly and succinctly, the Hemingway Editor may be just what you need. Paste your writing onto the website and Hemingway will highlight parts that may need some clarity and score your text on its...
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Lesson Plan
Scholastic

Scholastic: Writing With Scientists

For Teachers 3rd - 5th Standards
After students investigate a topic through research, hypothesizing, observing, and experimentating, teachers can use this lesson to help their students prepare short science reports and publish them online. The Writing with Scientists...
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Jefferson County School District: Fifth Grade Editing I [Pdf]

For Teachers 4th - 6th Standards
Printable editing worksheet designed for 5th graders. Ten questions are included.
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Unit Plan
Scholastic

Scholastic: Writing Workshop: Research Paper

For Students 3rd - 5th Standards
A site for both students and teachers to explore the writing of a research paper. Find teacher resources, student interactive mini-lessons, and a review of types of research resources.
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Activity
TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Pingus Penguins: Writing Good Instructions

For Teachers 3rd - 4th Standards
Students use the free computer game Pingus to learn how engineers, specifically environmental engineers, use their technical writing skills to give instructions and follow the instructions of others. Students learn to write instructions...
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Graphic
Daily Teaching Tools

Daily Teaching Tools: Free Graphic Organizers for Planning and Writing

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
This Daily Teaching Tools resource provides graphic organizers that students can use to plan their written pieces. Graphic organizers for all modes of writing are provided.
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Website
ReadWriteThink

Read Write Think: Strategy Guide: Peer Review

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
This strategy guide explains how you can employ peer review in your classroom, guiding students as they offer each other constructive feedback to improve their writing and communication skills.
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Lesson Plan
Education.com

Education.com: Peer Conferencing 101

For Teachers 2nd - 4th Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] At the completion of this lesson, students will be able to use the peer conference format to provide feedback to a peer.
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Lesson Plan
Hopelink

Hopelink: Writing Lesson Idea: Self Editing

For Teachers 3rd - 8th Standards
This writing lesson plan teaches students how to become self-editors by learning to judge and critique their work.
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Activity
Scholastic

Scholastic: Writing Workshop: Oral History

For Students 3rd - 8th Standards
Great online lesson that takes students through the entire writing process- from prompt to publishing. Online or printable versions of each step are available. The prompt asks students to interview people and write about their oral...
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Lesson Plan
Writing Fix

Writing Fix: Puns and Punctuation

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
A Writer's Workshop idea in which students learn to use and punctuate adverbs and specific dialogue to create puns called Tom Swifties. Teacher instructions, student instructions, and student writing samples are provided, as well as an...
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Lesson Plan
Writing Fix

Writing Fix: Three Voice Important Book Passages

For Teachers 3rd - 8th Standards
A lesson plan made for students to write from various perspectives regarding the same topic. The mentor text entitled The Important Book is used, as students become more familiar with voice, point of view, persuasive techniques and the...
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Lesson Plan
Writing Fix

Writing Fix: Revision [Pdf]

For Teachers 3rd - 5th Standards
Help your students learn to revise a rough draft with a little help from this lesson. [PDF]
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Lesson Plan
Writing Fix

Writing Fix: Revision Sprint [Pdf]

For Teachers 4th - 7th Standards
Based on Northern Nevada's 6-traits of writing, use this hands-on activity to help students revise their rough drafts. [PDF]
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Lesson Plan
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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Lesson Plan
Writing Fix

Writing Fix: A Revision Lesson: Sorcerer's Binocular Revision

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
Take learners through the revision process with this prompt and lesson.
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Lesson Plan
Writing Fix

Writing Fix: A Revision Lesson: Focusing on Facial Expressions

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
Students will learn how to authentically revise their writing with this prompt and lesson.
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Lesson Plan
Writing Fix

Writing Fix: A Revision Lesson: Thinking About What Bugs You

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
Students will learn how to authentically revise their writing with this prompt and lesson.
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Lesson Plan
Writing Fix

Writing Fix: Keeping the Writing Going

For Teachers 1st - 9th Standards
A list of seven writing ideas designed to inspire students to continue writing in Writers Workshop even after they have finished working on a specific piece.
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Lesson Plan
Writing Fix

Writing Fix: Write About Something Real at School

For Teachers 1st - 9th Standards
In this Writers Workshop lesson, students look around themselves and think about their daily lives at school to find relevant writing topics.
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Lesson Plan
Writing Fix

Writing Fix: Great Lists Inspire Great Writing

For Teachers 1st - 9th Standards
A writer's workshop idea where students work together to brainstorm a list a possible writing topics to use throughout the year. Idea lists for primary and intermediate students are provided.
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Lesson Plan
ReadWriteThink

Read Write Think: Write Talks: Students Discover Real Writers/audiences/purposes

For Teachers 3rd - 5th Standards
There's a world of writers out there, and in this lesson students discover them as they listen to presentations from local writers and learn about what, why, and how they write in their day-to-day lives.
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eBook
Quia

Quia: Phonological Awareness

For Students 3rd - 8th Standards
This proofreading exercise asks students to read sentences and using the drop-down menu to select the correct choice for the blank. These sentences cover capitalization, punctuation, spelling, and usage.
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Lesson Plan
ReadWriteThink

Read Write Think: How to Writing Motivating Students to Write for a Real Purpose

For Teachers 3rd - 5th Standards
Contains plans for five fourth grade lessons that ask students to write essays for future fourth graders about how to have successful years. In addition to objectives and standards, this instructional plan contains links to sites used in...