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Middle Ages Writing Journal

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students create a Middle Ages writing journal with narrative, expository and persuasive prompts.  In this creative writing lesson plan, students are given a list of Middle Ages topics and begin working in their journals. This is a...
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Write On! Express and Enjoy Yourself

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students discover how writers put their feelings into language. They identify words of emotion and imagery and see their experience as an important base for language use and writing skills. They use colorful words when describing a...
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Vocabulary / Writing Strategies

For Teachers 4th - 12th
Young scholars will increase spelling and vocabulary skills. Then they will develop critical thinking skills. Next, they will develop expository writing skills. Finally, students will practice language skills with non-traditional text: a...
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Check My Writing:Original Lesson Plan

For Teachers K - 2nd
Learners learn to check and evaluate their letter writing skills using a checklist created during interactive writing sessions. The lesson provides students with criteria for good letter writing and serves as an evaluation tool for...
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Middle School Writing: Semester Goals

For Teachers 7th
Seventh graders practice their writing skills by identifying their goals for the semester. They write an essay of four paragraphs and then combine all the information into one. As a class, they create a contract for each of them to use...
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October Writing Journal

For Teachers K - 3rd
Students work on Sustained Silent Writing which encourages them to develop their writing skills. Students are encouraged to share their writing with a partner, the class, a small group, or in a "donut". Lesson describes ways to journal...
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Who am I?

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students practice their writing skills by creating a character sketch of themselves. After viewing portraits, they select one personality trait and put their own picture into the painting of their choice. They include a conversation with...
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Who am I?

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students develop their writing skills by creating a character sketch about themselves. Students read character sketches, view portraits by famous artists, select one personality traits, and affix a mug shot of themselves into a famous...
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Global Warming: A Cause and Effect Writing Lesson

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students practice cause and effect writing skills on environmental topics.
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Writing a Children's Book -- Young Authors

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students practice their writing skills by creating a children's book. They integrate five elements of short stories into the narrative. They share their stories with their book buddies.
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Roughing It in the Backwoods

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Students have the opportunity to practice research and essay-writing skills using primary and secondary source materials. They explore aspects of early settlers' lives in the backwoods of Upper Canada.
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Holistic Lesson Plan - Potato Writing

For Teachers 11th
Eleventh graders, in groups of three, improve their descriptive writing skills by receiving a numbered potato. They write a description of their potato without disclosing the number. Groups take turns trying to guess which potato is...
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READ 180 Routine Assessment

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Young scholars complete assessments to determine strengths and weaknesses in their reading and writing skills. They use an educational software package to complete a computerized assessment. Afterward, they write a narrative about a...
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Letter Writing

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Students improve their letter writing skills. When given instructions and a model for writing a letter students compose a letter with 90% accuracy in form and editing one out of two trials.
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THE LIGHT HOUSE KEEPER

For Teachers 9th
Ninth graders interpret historic images to develop empathy with individuals who lived in the past. They imagine what life in coastal Alabama was like at the beginning of the twentieth century and work on writing skills.
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Poultry in Motion (The Little Red Hen Meets Chicken Little)

For Teachers K
Students read stories and use reading and writing skills to sequence, compare and contrast, predict, and identify parts of a story. Six lessons on one page.
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The Great American Fire Drill

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students read a story about fire safety and create their own ending to the story in order to learn about fire escape plans and to demonstrate their writing skills. In this fire safety instructional activity, students discuss the parts...
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Daily Language Practice Builds Skills, Test Scores

For Teachers 3rd - 12th
Pupils develop their proofreading skills. In this daily language practice lesson, students improve their writing skills as they edit passages. The editing work encompasses capitalization, punctuation, and grammar.
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One + One = One

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students develop problem solving skills while developing writing skills. They assume responsibility for a sugar or egg "baby" and journal the experiences. In addition, they create a birth certificate and a holder.
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Make a Menu

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students practice their descriptive writing skills by designing and writing a menu for a fictional restaruant.
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Destination Outer Space

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders use effective writing skills, their imagination, and their knowledge of the nine planets as they create travel pamphlets of the solar system.
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Mad About Parts of Speech

For Teachers 8th
Eighth graders review and use the different parts of speech using Mad Libs or Web Libs. They also utilize creative writing skills by providing the most interesting word(s) for the story line. They utilize worksheets imbedded in this plan.
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End of the School Year: It's Been a Great Year

For Teachers Pre-K - 2nd
Students write about their school year and reflect on the goals they have accomplished. In this writing lesson plan, students use their writing skills, draw pictures, take pictures, and chart paper to complete this project.
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Change for the future: Redesigning Maquoketa

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders research a problem to be solved in their town, develop a rationale as to why they should act on this problem, and present their ideas to the class and their community. In this problem solving lesson plan, 6th graders...

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