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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Show Not Tell

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Middle schoolers learn to show, not tell, in their narrative writing. A slide show takes them through the process of choosing strong, descriptive words, and then provides writing prompts for them to use as practice. The first two pages...
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Writing
Curated OER

Paragraph Development Exercise: Illustrating the Idea

For Students 9th - 12th
How can young writers make their writing engaging? They might paint a picture for the reader through specific examples or illustrations. A sample paragraph is provided here. Class members can use this as a model as they compose a...