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Short Story Inspiration
Tenth graders write an original story using a picture of a scene inspiration. In this short story instructional activity, 10th graders write short stories using a picture.
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A Cowboy's Life
Students observe a photograph of a cowboy and brainstorm things a cowboy would do. They reveiw text about Wyoming and locate facts and information about a cowboys life then create a friendly letter containg key components found in a...
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Women Who Inform Our World
Young scholars examine the contributions of women on the international, national, and local platforms. In this writing skills lesson, students analyze a quote from Eleanor Roosevelt and compose essays that reveal how women...
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Multiple Intelligences: What Are You Good At?
For this multiple intelligences worksheet, students write words, write sentences, fill out a web, and more. Students complete 9 activities.
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Yo Ho, Yo Ho, A Pirate's Map for Me: An Original Story
Students read Blackbeard and brainstorm their knowledge of maps. In this language arts and geography lesson, students use landmarks on their playground to review north, south, east and west and discuss the compass rose. Students read...
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Why Map a Map?
After brainstorming reasons why Native Americans mapped their lands, your young critical thinkers will work together to review their ideas and determine the definition of a map. With today's extensive use of mapping technology and GPS...
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Creating a Memorial Day Poster Poem
Does your class know about the meaning of Memorial Day? Discuss the history of the holiday in this lesson, which prompts elementary and middle schoolers to create word webs of ideas about the holiday. Additionally, they create poems...
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Career Education: Office Workers
Frist and second graders explore career options. First they will watch career videos and then prepare to interview school personnel regarding their job responsibilities. They will then send thank you cards to the interviewed subjects...
Creative Visions Foundation
Developing a Structure for Documentaries
Provide some group brainstorming and story-planning time with the fifth activity in a series on examining and creating documentaries. After you've explained the purpose of each section of a documentary, groups meet to plan the beginning,...
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Combining and Rewriting Sentences
Learners practice combining sentences using the conjunction handout provided. They search magazines and newspapers to identify combined sentences that use conjunctions. Finally, these are rewritten again as two separate sentences.
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Requesting Information
Students create a letter requesting information from a local vocational agency using word processing software. They send the finished letter to the Office of Vocational Rehabilitation.
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The Game of Persuasion
Why is it so important to learn the art of persuasion? Being persuasive helps you acquire the things you want or the things you feel are necessary. Print out these scenarios and assign one to each group of high schoolers. As a team, they...
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ABC Brainstorm
Students practice a variety of strategies for mastering ABC brainstorming about a major topic. They take a topic and try to think of a word or phrase associated with that topic that begins with each letter of the alphabet and match them...
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Brainstorm Adjectives
For this grammar worksheet, students work with adjectives. First, students brainstorm adjectives and write them in a box. Then, students use the adjectives from the box to complete five descriptive sentences. Finally, students write...
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Creative Writing: Halloween Theme
Second graders are read a book about different authors. They identify the parts of a story such as plot and setting. They brainstorm topics for their own paper and begin the writing process. They create a final copy of their story about...
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Writing: Lesson 3
Eighth graders are read the material in the boldface print inside the boxes. They study several key elements of composition and examine sentence structure using the English Language Arts Writer's Checklist. They then critique another...
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Amelia Bedelia (Persuasive Writing)
Students read and discuss the book "Amelia Bedelia". They brainstorm all of the options certain characters in the book could have done instead of what they chose to do. They decide if the decision was a good or bad. They write a...
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Descriptive Writing
Students create a descriptive paragraph about themselves and use a PowerPoint template to add a picture. Students participate in a brainstorming session of descriptive words to use for their paragraph before beginning their assignment.
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Graphic Writing Web
Students discuss and develop graphic writing webs, writing supporting ideas for a given topic.
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Narrative Writing
Students create a studenT book based on their knowledge of writing stories. They must complete a pre-writing activity and provide illustrations for the book.
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Ultimate Writing and Creativity Center
Third graders engage in a writing lesson on constructing an introductory paragraph and is also a literature extension activity to be used after reading Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day.
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Introduction to the Writing Process: Character Description Essays
Students analyze and evaluate an essay and write a character description. In this character description lesson, students read and analyze an essay in a teacher-led lecture. Students brainstorm then write a...
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Interactive Writing
First graders write about vehicles that float using the interactive writing procedure.
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Writing Places
Pupils brainstorm ideas after being read a poem and then are to write their own poem and read them out loud.
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