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Celebrating 100 Years of Flight

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Learners practice reading comprehension, note taking and writing skills. In this literacy and writing lesson, students read about the invention of airplanes, women pilots and the space race before writing their own news article on "100...
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Encouraging Writing Through Combined Photos

For Teachers K - 2nd
Pupils practice writing skills through using photography to help create a writing prompt. They investigate how images can be used to create new ones that related to each other. This is similar to making a collage except now the images...
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Yakety-Yak!

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
In this writing worksheet, students will use their imaginations to write the other side of a conversation about books. Students will practice dialogue writing skills.
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Summarizing

For Teachers 8th - 12th
Learners use their note-taking skills to write summaries of information. In this writing skills lesson, students use the notes they have taken in another lesson to write adventure stories by implementing the Rule-Based strategy.
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Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Program

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Here’s the overview for a series of lessons about the Japanese American internment introduced by the resource entitled “A Fence Away From Freedom.” Included are the link to the Smithsonian website on which the lessons are based, a list...
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Writing Transitions 2

For Students 4th - 7th
In this writing transitions instructional activity, students sharpen their writing skills as they read several examples and they rewrite 7 sentences using therefore, consequently, as a result, thus, and for this reason appropriately.
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Adventures of Huckleberry Finn Lesson Plan

For Teachers 8th - 12th
Students practice their writing skills. In this writing perspective instructional activity, students review The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn and consider the points of view of the main characters. Students write descriptions of a...
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The Differences Among Us

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students compare cultures. In this writing skills lesson, students collaborate to chart the tradition and cultural beliefs of their classmates. Students use their finding to write comparative essays regarding the similarities and...
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Vegetable Creatures

For Teachers K - 5th
Young scholars use different foods to enhance academic skills in all area contents.  In this food activity lesson, students use food, such as "bugs on a log" (raisins on peanut butter celery) to estimate and practice...
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Six Trait Writing with Charles Dickens and Shel Silverstein

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders identify the traits of good writing in poems and stories in the six lessons of this unit. The traits analyzed are used to improve the student's own writing skills.
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Scientist Are Like Detectives

For Teachers 5th - 7th
Students demonstrate proper scientific observation skills. In this investigative science lesson, students make observations, record their findings and form conclusions in order to improve their scientific documentation and writing skills.
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Write Where We Belong

For Teachers 1st
First graders develop the skills needed to improve writing skills. They use different practice writing prompts to use different styles while looking at the characteristics needed. Students make connections to their lives while writing...
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Fun with Making Sentences

For Teachers 2nd - 5th
Students develop their own children's book in order to develop writing skills. The skills include writing logical and complete sentences. This instructional activity is important because writing is applicable to many subject areas.
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My Favorite Kid Pix Pictures

For Teachers K
Students explore the computer software program "Kid's Pix." In this integrated technology lesson plan, students use their writing skills and technology skills to create a class book of their favorite "Kid Pix" stamps.
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Life Cycle of Butterfly

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders investigate life cycles of insects by writing a story.  In this butterfly life instructional activity, 2nd graders create a checklist of the many steps a caterpillar takes before growing wings and flying. ...
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Narrative Prompt

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders practice their writing skills on a daily basis. Using a prompt, they write about a time they surprised themselves or someone else. They use a graphic organizer to gather their thoughts before writing the first draft. ...
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Christmas Writing Prompts

For Students 2nd - 5th
For this Christmas writing prompts worksheet, students choose from the 33 writing prompts to develop their creative writing skills.
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Cinderella Stories

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Students explore their creative writing skills. In this Cinderella writing lesson, students compare perspective as they read and discuss 2 versions of the "Three Little Pigs." Students then watch "Cinderella" and use their creative...
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Effective Writing Quiz

For Students 6th - 9th
In this online interactive language arts skills instructional activity, students answer 15 multiple choice questions regarding writing skills. Students may submit their answers to be scored.
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I Have a Dream

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students use flip video cameras to film a speech about the 'I Have a Dream' speech. In this poetry and speech lesson, students listen to the speech from Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Students memorize part of the speech.
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Writing Prompt "Living With Fame"

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders practice their creative writing skills by describing fame.  In this writing prompt lesson, 4th graders identify fame and how their life would be dramatically different if they were wildly famous.  Students...
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Accentuate the Expositive: Unit 2 Expository Writing

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Middle schoolers analyze narrative passages in order to improve their writing skills. For this narrative writing lesson students use the same style of writing that they have analyzed in their own narrative passage.
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Integration of Photography with Other Learning Experiences

For Teachers K - 7th
Students studied photography in order to establish individual vision, creative thinking and writing skills while communicating ideas and emotions. They exhibit their work.
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May 19th Writing Prompt

For Students 5th - 8th
In this daily writing prompt worksheet, students reflect on Mother's Day and sharpen their writing skills as they write a paragraph using 1 of the 4 sentence starters provided.

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