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Straight News
Students review the 'Inverted Pyramid' and demonstrate their ability to outline it in a published news story. For this Inverted pyramid lesson, students read an article that is out of order and decide which order it should go in.
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Informative Speech with Research
Students complete an informative research activity. In this informative speech lesson, students select a topic to research and write an informative speech for the topic. Students rehearse and give their speech in class.
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Essay Writing
Students complete essay writing activities. For this essay writing lesson, students use an outline activity to learn about the advantages and disadvantages for various essay writing types. Students also break down the paragraphs into...
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How to 'Write Right'!
Students practice their reading, writing, and listening skills by completing the sentence writing journal activity. In this reading and writing sentences lesson, students read sentences from the board, identify vocabulary within the...
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Our Monster Travels...
Students write emails to their parents and locate specific places on a map. In this email lesson, students email their parents from the teacher's account and map locations of their parents.
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Dear Future Writing Assignment
Students write a letter to future residents of their town to complete a time capsule activity. In this letter writing lesson, students discuss the ideas of past, present, and future and review writing conventions. Students study images...
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Pictures of Our School
Students explore their school. In this technology lesson, students use digital cameras to photograph common areas of their school building. Students write stories to accompany the photographs and create a book.
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Finding Main Ideas
Students complete several reading activities to learn about main ideas. In this main ideas lesson, students read an article and find main ideas for the story. Students then read news articles and complete main idea activities for those...
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If I Wasn't Me, What Would I Be?
Students use their metacognitive skills to complete a self-worth and self-concept activity. In this self-worth lesson plan, students finish a sentence about what else they would like to be and then explain why they would want to change....
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Here's an Instant Activity for February 19, 2007
Sixth graders complete a writing sentences activity using words that contain Latin roots. In this Latin roots lesson, 6th graders write words containing Latin roots. Students then write the words into sentences.
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Scrambled Paragraphs
Learners examine the structure of paragraphs. In this writing skills lesson, students examine a scrambled paragraph with no formatting or punctuation. Learners rearrange the text to create a well-developed paragraph.
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Write to Music
Students improve their creative writing skills. In this writing skills lesson, students learn about picture captions, story writing, critiques, poems, reports, letter writing, creative writing, and a rap poem.
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Beginning Sentence Completion 12
In this sentence completion worksheet, students read the sentences and select the best word to complete the sentences. Students complete 12 sentences.
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Beginning, Middle, End in Paragraph Writing
In this descriptive writing worksheet, students use the titles to each page to write a beginning, middle, and ending paragraph for each title. Students write 5 stories.
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Sequential Writing
In this writing instructions activity, students use sequential order to write instructions for brushing their teeth. Students write what to do first, next, then, and finally.
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Bottom of the Ninth and Down by Four
In this writing prompt worksheet, learners use the prompt 'It was the bottom of the ninth and we were down by four runs,' to write a short story.
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Complete the Sentences Intermediate Level
In this sentence completion worksheet, students choose the best option to complete the sentences. Students complete 10 sentences.
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Writing Descriptions
In this writing descriptions worksheet, learners write a description of the person pictured. Students write about her physical description and mood. Learners then write 3 or more descriptions for students in their class.
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Winter Fun
In this writing skills worksheet, students write 3 statements about the picture of winter fun. Students then write 3 questions about the picture.
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Beginning Sentence Completion 1
In this sentence completion worksheet, students read the sentences and choose the best word or words to complete the 12 sentences.
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Writing Postcards
In this writing skills worksheet, students imagine they are visiting Antarctica and write a postcard home about their experiences. Students use the picture for help.
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Dragon
In this coloring page worksheet, students color the picture of the dragon. Students write a story to match the picture. Students enhance their fine motor and writing skills.
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Writing Conventions: Singing Watermelon
In this writing and drawing practice worksheet, students study the picture of the singing watermelon and add to the picture by drawing more to the picture's story. Students then write 3 sentences about the picture.
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Writing Conventions
In this writing conventions worksheet, students read each question, circle the first letter of the sentence, and draw a line under the ending punctuation for the 7 sentences.