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Run-On Sentences
This PowerPoint addresses how to avoid run-on sentences. The slides contain examples of these types of errors and how to avoid them. The run-on sentence rules that are given are clear and concise, and are geared towards the upper grades....
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Opening Statement
Looking for a good presentation which addresses persuasive writing? Then, this one's for you! Learners are given all sorts of good tips on how to construct a well-written persuasive essay, or an essay where they are stating an opinion on...
Odyssey of the Mind
Odyssey of the Mind Curriculum Activity: Sentence Structure
Statements can be taken out of context and interpreted or used to support a very different view than the one originally intended. Young journalists start thinking about leading questions, sentence structure, context, and how they all...
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Personal Narrative Paragraphs: Class Quilt
Begin this activity by asking third graders to bring from home pieces of cloth that represent something important to them. (Have extras for students who need them.) They reflect on important events in their lives, compose narrative...
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Using Different Types of Sentences
In this types of sentences worksheet, students use a variety of sentences to make their writing interesting. Students complete three activities to help them with different sentences.
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Capitalization
In this capitalization instructional activity, students learn about when to capitalize words in sentence writing and when not to. They then use what they learned to answer 12 questions. The answers are on the last page.
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Information Questions Review
In this creating interrogative sentences worksheet, students read words or phrases and write questions about them. Students write 10 sentences.
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Using a Computer to Write a Letter: Verbs
Review the procedure of using a word processor to write a letter. Writers read 20 sentences that are each missing one action verb. They use the words in the word bank to complete the sentences.
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Organizing Writing to Convey a Central Idea
Fourth and fifth graders practice the skill of organizing their writing to convey a central idea by sorting 14 facts about the dogwood tree into four categories of facts. The categories, which are written on the board, are; Governmental...
Poetry4kids
Personification Poetry Lesson Plan
Scholars take part in two exercises to boost their knowledge of personification. After reading a detailed description and excerpts from famous poems, writers list action verbs and objects then combine words to create a humorous...
Cambridge English
Words Related to Weather: Vocabulary Activities
Study all things weather with a packet of weather vocabulary activities. The 12-page packet includes three crosswords varying in difficulty, a mixed letter sort, a sentence sort, weather word search, and fill-in-the-blank sentences with...
School District of Palm Beach County
Framed Paragraphs characterization, problem and solution, symbolism, conflict
Support your learners as they work on writing paragraphs by providing graphic organizers, outlines, and frames. Sift through this packet to find the perfect organizers and templates to prepare pupils for writing. The resource...
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Reading Non-Fiction Sentences
Students identify differences in types of sentences. In this sentence structure lesson plan, students discuss the different ways sentences are written according to their intended audience. Students create different types sentences and...
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Responding to a Writing Prompt
Fourth graders explore the writing and proofreading process. They practice responding to a writing prompt. Students write three paragraphs about the given prompt and proofread their work.
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Writing Lesson 9
Fourth graders explore the writing process by responding to a writing prompt. They practice responding to a given writing prompt. Students write about a daydream. They write two or three paragraphs about the topic.
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Asking Questions About a Picture 1
In this writing interrogative sentences activity, students view a picture and write questions about it. Students write 3 questions.
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Forming Questions "Who"
In this intermediate forming questions worksheet, students unscramble words to form interrogative sentences using who. In this short answer worksheet, students write eight sentences.
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Intermediate Forming Questions "Why"
In this intermediate forming questions worksheet, students rearrange words to form interrogative sentences using why. Students write eight sentences.
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Solar System -- Writing Conventions
In this solar system worksheet, students learn writing conventions such as alliteration, similes, and acrostic poems. All pertain to the topic of space and solar system.
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Change of Perspective
After reading an example of a Cultural Connection about a particular person, class members are asked to think about what this person might experience on a daily basis. They then craft a narrative from the subject’s point of view.
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Interjections
Teach your class that they can use interjections to make their writing more interesting. Individuals read a selection of sentences from their book using great expression and then explain to the teacher how interjections can make their...
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Choose Your Words Wisely
Improve word choice! Writers use dictionaries and thesauruses to aid them in choosing exciting words to incorporate in their writing. They rewrite sentences and practice identifying words that can be replaced using a better word. Flip...
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Descriptive Prompt: Precise Language
Incorporate sensory details into a piece of descriptive writing. First, elementary and middle schoolers improve a piece of writing by using precise, vivid language, as well as appropriate word choice. They then listen to a variety of...
Teacher Writing Center
Thanksgiving Lesson
Practice using proper verb tenses in the spirit of Thanksgiving! Learners are given holiday photographs as prompts to create oral and written sentences in a targeted verb tense.