Lesson Plan
Writing Fix

Writing Fix: Racetrack Sentences

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st Standards
In this lesson plan, The Berenstain Bears and the Big Road Race, written by Stan Berenstain, is used as a mentor text. Learners will record their favorite adjectives from the mentor text, rank them according to their favorite, and share...
Interactive
Writing Fix

Writing Fix: Airplane Flight Sentences

For Students 3rd - 8th
In this lesson, Robert Burleigh's picture book entitled Flight is used as the mentor text. Students will record their favorite adjectives from the mentor text, rank them according to their favorite, and share them. Students will also use...
Lesson Plan
Writing Fix

Writing Fix: Creepy Crawly Sentences

For Teachers 3rd - 8th Standards
In this lesson, the picture book entitled Toad, written by Ruth Brown, is used as the mentor text. Students will record their favorite adjectives from the mentor text, rank them according to their favorite, and share them. Students will...
Lesson Plan
Writing Fix

Writing Fix: Complex Pirate Sentences

For Teachers 3rd - 8th Standards
In this lesson, Melinda Long's picture book entitled How I Became a Pirate is used as the mentor text. Learners will record their favorite complex sentences from the text and share them. Students will also use interactive buttons to...
Handout
Online Writing Lab at Purdue University

Purdue University Owl: Adjective or Adverb?

For Teachers 9th - 10th
A clear comparison of adverb and adjective function in sentences for the advanced English learner. Two practice exercises can be printed.
Activity
Writing Fix

Writing Fix: A Left Brained Writing Prompt: Start & Stop Game: Adjectives

For Students 3rd - 8th Standards
To use this writing prompt generator, click on the button until you find an adjective that inspires a description or a poem in your mind. Sometimes just one good word can put a whole story idea in your head! The object of every Start...