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Make a Van Gogh-Style Self-Portrait

For Students 4th - 7th
Learn by doing! Young artists try their hand at creating their own self-portraits in the style of Vincent van Gogh. This worksheet contains a brief explanation of the essential qualities of van Gogh's art: complementary colors and...
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How To Write Good Letter to the Editor

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students discover how to write a letter to the editor that would be good enough to be considered for publication. They include her or his opinion about the story, share a story of a similar experience to the author's or offer advice to...
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Writing Letters Lesson Plan

For Teachers 6th - 9th
Students compare slang and formal writing. In this letter writing lesson, students use formal language to write letters to political leaders regarding a current issue.
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The Great Mail Race

For Teachers 5th - 7th
Students explore the art of letter writing. In this writing skills lesson, students examine the format of friendly letters and business letters. Students create mail race surveys and practice writing letters according to the formats...
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Bullying Essay

For Teachers 6th - 7th
In this bullying essay worksheet, pupils find statistics on the internet about bullying and write an essay about their findings or write a letter to the principle explaining what should be done about bullying.
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November 13th Writing Prompt

For Students 5th - 8th
In this daily writing prompt worksheet, students learn that learn that November 13th is Mom and Dad's Day. Students write a letter to the their parents or someone else who is important to them.
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June 21st Writing Prompt

For Students 5th - 8th
In this daily writing prompt instructional activity, students reflect on Father's Day as they write a poem about their father or write a letter to their father.
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September 29th Writing Prompt

For Students 5th - 8th
In this daily writing prompt learning exercise, students learn that the act establishing an official U. S. Military was passed on September 29, 1789. Students write a letter to a serviceman or servicewoman.
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A Sample Mini-lesson for Teaching Writing Conventions

For Teachers K - 8th
Students study writing conventions. In this writing conventions lesson plan, students study writing they have already completed and look for conventions they are already using without realizing. In a small group, students discuss...
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Writing The Cover Letter

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Young scholars identify the differences between the different types of cover letters and determine which type of letter should be used given different scenarios. They determine which type of letter is best for different situations.
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Letter of Complaint

For Teachers 6th - 10th
Students write letters of complaint. In this written communication lesson, students use the active voice to compose letters of complaint to selected audiences. 
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Environmentally Friendly

For Teachers 4th - 8th
What can your pupils do to promote better conditions for wildlife? After researching issues around wildlife management, class members use the Internet to locate three different organizations devoted to protecting wildlife. They then...
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Postcard Template

For Teachers 1st - 8th
A basic postcard worksheet could be a creative addition to your novel unit, pen pal project, or any other activity involving writing letters or sending mail. The template provides two postcards, each with lines for a message, a space for...
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Virtual Field Trip: Lesson Ten - Publishing

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Class members publish a letter describing their Virtual Field Trip incorporating data from previously developed charts, graphs, and data tables. The final activity in a series devoted to collecting information and publishing data.
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Letter to the Editor

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students analyze and interpret letters to the editor, and use this information to write their own. Groups of students analyze letters, then submit one of their own design to an actual newspaper.
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Writing - The Persuasive Essay

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Pupils, in groups, work together to develop a five-paragraph essay that defends the group's viewpoint on an assigned topic. Each student in the group writes one paragraph.
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Sending E-mail

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Middle schoolers learn about writing and sending e-mail. They discuss the differences between the ways messages may travel. Then, they learn and compare the writing process between e-mail and regular mail.
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Who? What? Why? - Using Interrogative Pronouns

For Students 7th - 10th
Interrogative pronouns are an important part of learning the interrogative sentence form. Middle schoolers learn about using interrogative pronouns in sentence writing, and use what they read to answer the nineteen questions on the...
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Worksheet
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The Complex Sentence

For Students 7th - 9th
Develop the writing skills of your middle and high schoolers with this worksheet on complex, compound, and simple sentences. This resource assumes your learners are familiar with simple and compound sentences, so only the complex...
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Write for Change

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students discuss and list injustices experienced in the novel "Hoot". They review the different ways letter writing was a part of the novel "Hoot". They choose one issue that is of concern to them and state their viewpoint on the issue....
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Crystal Set & Letter Writing

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Students comprehend the details necessary to create a complete set of directions. They compile their directions into a friendly letter format. Students and teachers are able to follow written directions to complete a task.
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Learn the Steps to Clear Essay Writing!

For Students 7th - 12th Standards
Introduce your young writers to the five-paragraph expository essay format with a four-page worksheet that uses color codes to model for writers how to craft the essay. Although designed to prepare writers for the GED, the approach can...
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Project WRITE: Class Interview Book

For Teachers 7th - 9th
Get your language arts class moving, build community, and strengthen writing skills with this kinesthetic activity. The class brainstorms interview questions from which each chooses three. Individuals then collect information about six...
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Narrative Writing

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students create new sentences using adverb clauses identified from a book.  In this narrative writing lesson, students write new sentences from some of the dependent clauses used in a book read to them by the teacher.  Students put the...

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