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Writing Fix

Writing Fix: The Post It Writing Process

For Teachers K - 1st Standards
Based on Northern Nevada's 6-traits of writing, teachers can use a post-it note as a template for students to check their work throughout the writing process. Links to the 6-traits are included.
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Lesson Plan
ReadWriteThink

Read Write Think: History Comes Alive: Developing Fluency and Comprehension

For Teachers 2nd - 5th Standards
Let the power of imagination and inference serve as a "time machine" to bring Benjamin Franklin into the classroom! History and science come to life in a dialogue with Franklin the inventor, developed through lesson activities that...
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Writing Fix

Writing Fix: The Who/what/where/when Game: Wild Weather Sentences

For Teachers 3rd - 8th Standards
In this lesson, Teaching Grammar in Context by Constance Weaver provides foundational information for this lesson. Brave Irene, written by William Steig, is used as the mentor text of this lesson. Students will develop sentences with...
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Professional Doc
AdLit

Ad lit.org: Teach Vocabulary by Building Background Knowledge

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students need to develop an extensive vocabulary to read with fluency. In turn, fluency in reading leads to increased comprehension. Fluency also comes from the written language of the reader since the student writes words he or she...
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Unit Plan
TES Global

Blendspace: Traits of Writing

For Students 3rd - 8th Standards
A six-part learning module with links to videos, images, and a rubric about the six traits of writing: ideas, voice, organization, word choice, fluency, and conventions.
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Unit Plan
Free Reading

Free Reading: Letter Writing Activities

For Students Pre-K - 1st Standards
This invaluable site helps instructors teach students how to handwrite each letter of the alphabet. It includes the amsti sequence to introduce letters, followed by fluency-building activities and accuracy-building activities. Additional...
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Lesson Plan
Writing Fix

Writing Fix: Creating Memorable Advice

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Inspired by "Everybody's Free (To Wear Sunscreen)," this lesson asks students to think about memorable writing--writing that has, in some way, touched them personally. Students will make multiple drafts of simple advice in order to make...
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Website
Ingles Mundial

Ingles Mundial: Intermediate Level

For Students 9th - 10th
Improve English language proficiency at this comprehensive ELL (English Language Learner) site for Spanish-speaking students. It is subdivided into eight areas of language development: vocabulary, grammar, listening comprehension,...
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Ingles Mundial

Ingles Mundial: Beginning Level

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Improve English language proficiency at this comprehensive ELL (English Language Learner) site for Spanish speaking students. This section is subdivided into eight areas of language development: vocabulary, grammar, listening...
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Professional Doc
AdLit

Ad lit.org: Academic Language: Everyone's "Second" Language

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
Being able to speak English fluently does not guarantee that a student will be able to use language effectively in academic settings. Fluency must be combined with higher order thinking skills to create an "academic language," which...
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Activity
Writing Fix

Writing Fix: Revision Dice [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Revision can be a difficult process for students. With a roll of the dice, students are reminded of the steps they can take to improve their writing. Includes templates for four types of dice that focus on ideas, organization, voice, and...
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Lesson Plan
Writing Fix

Writing Fix: Different Ways of Looking

For Teachers 9th - 10th
In this activity students will use the sentence structure from Wallace Stevens' "13 Ways of Looking at a Blackbird."
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Lesson Plan
Writing Fix

Writing Fix: Little Toy Friend Poems

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
In this instructional activity students will create a poem from the viewpoint of a lost toy.
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Writing Fix

Writing Fix: Poems of Condition

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
In this lesson the students will use the conditional "if" in order to guide their reader to become someone or something.
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Writing Fix

Writing Fix: The Five Transition Adventure Planner

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
In this lesson, students will use transition words and phrases to shift from one idea to another within a story.
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Lesson Plan
Writing Fix

Writing Fix: Painting Places With Words

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
In this lesson students learn how to paint a setting with their descriptive choice of words.
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Unit Plan
Ingles Mundial

Ingles Mundial: Animals (Animales)

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Extensive site for teaching Spanish-speaking ELL. The theme of this unit is animals. Exercise follows short reading. Instructions are in Spanish; exercise in English.
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Activity
Capital Community College Foundation

Guide to Grammar and Writing: Run on Sentences

For Students 3rd - 5th Standards
This site shows how to repair run-on sentences. Students and teachers will find this interactive resource helpful.
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TESL Journal

Activities for Esl Students: Self Study Idiom Quizzes

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Vast array of quizzes and self-study exercises based on idioms and idiomatic expressions, categorized in a variety of ways (beginning with A, B, etc., by keyword, or by association with other groupings). Great practice for the ELL/ESL...
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Unit Plan
Ingles Mundial

Ingles Mundial: Understanding Maps and Directions

For Students 9th - 10th
Extensive site for teaching Spanish speaking ELL. The theme of this unit is the directions - An "e-mail" is presented, giving directions to a house party - Interactive exercise follows, asking comprehension questions - A guided writing...
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Unit Plan
Ingles Mundial

Ingles Mundial: Food (La Comida): Listening/dialogs

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Wonderful, extensive site for Spanish-speaking ELL. In this section, students listen to a couple of short audio clip dialogs in English and then answer interactive comprehension questions. Several activities provided - instructions in...
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Ingles Mundial

Ingles Mundial: House (La Casa): Pronunciation/sonidos

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Extensive site focusing on Spanish-speaking ELL. This section practices sound recognition - contrasts "b" and "v" sounds as in "very/bury." Great interactive listening comprehension exercises reinforce teachings. Site has a "Teacher's...
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Activity
Ingles Mundial

Ingles Mundial: Family (La Familia)

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Extensive site focusing on Spanish-speaking ELL. This section practices sound recognition - contrasts short "e" and "i" sounds as in "bill/bell". Great interactive listening comprehension exercises reinforce teachings. Site has a...
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Rubric
Georgia Department of Education

Ga Virtual Learning: Narrative Grading Rubric [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This site provides four versions of rubrics for narrative writing. The rubrics provide the following assessment categories: ideas, organization, voice, word choice, fluency, conventions. A 6-point rubric, a 5-point rubric, a 4-point...