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Sample Summary Essay: Sophocles, Oedipus Rex

For Students 9th - 10th
A short summary of an article written on the famous Greek play by Sophocles. A good reference for a student looking for examples of summary essays.
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ReadWriteThink

Read Write Think: How to Writing Motivating Students to Write for a Real Purpose

For Teachers 3rd - 5th Standards
Contains plans for five fourth grade lessons that ask students to write essays for future fourth graders about how to have successful years. In addition to objectives and standards, this instructional plan contains links to sites used in...
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University of North Carolina

University of North Carolina: Writing Center: Writing About Literature (Fiction)

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Students are instructed in a nine-step process of how to write a literary response paper that includes a thesis, strong ideas, and specific supporting details from the text. W.11-12.9a Amer Lit 18th,19th, 20th cen/Analy
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Wheeling Jesuit University: How to Write a Cause Effect Essay [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This writing lab explains the terms "cause" and "effect" and how to write cause-effect essays.
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Read Write Think: Cooking Up Descriptive Language Designing Restaurant Menus

For Teachers 6th - 8th Standards
Contains plans for four lessons that ask students to develop their descriptive writing skills by creating their own restaurant menus. In addition to objectives and standards, this instructional plan contains links to sites used in the...
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Capital Community College Foundation

Guide to Grammar and Writing: Paragraph Development

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This site from the Capital Community College helps with paragraph development and topic sentences.
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W. W. Norton

W. W. Norton: The Research Essay: Integrating Source Material Into the Essay

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Information about integrating source material into an research essay. SL.11-12.2 Eval&Integrate sources
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W. W. Norton

W.w. Norton & Company: Elements of the Essay: Thesis

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
An explanation and examples of interpretive claims and evaluative claims in a thesis statement. Click on list on the right for more information about elements of the essay.
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National Endowment for the Humanities

Neh: Edsit Ement:charlotte Perkins Gilman's "The Yellow Wall Paper" Writing Women

For Teachers 9th - 10th
A close reading of "The Yellow Wall-paper" employing the analysis of such literary concepts as setting, narrative style, symbol, and characterization. Students will write an essay discussing what the story suggests about middle-class...
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Roy Rosenzweig Center for History and New Media

Teaching History: Teaching Guides: Stating Your Case: Writing Thesis Statements

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
Lesson plan on writing thesis statements specifically addresses writing essays on historical subjects and themes, particularly essays written in response to document-based questions (DBQs). Walks students through identifying clear thesis...
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Lumen Learning

Lumen: Writing Skills: Conclusions

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This lesson focuses on strategies for writing effective conclusions. It provides a list of strategies and a sample essay.
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University of Sydney (Australia)

University of Sydney: Using Quotes Effectively

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This 2-page resource provides guidelines for how to use quotations effectively in essays. Includes a list of ten common mistakes that writers make when using quotations in essays and how they can be avoided.
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ReadWriteThink

Read Write Think: Blogging With Photovoice: Sharing Pictures in Integrated Class

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Photovoice is a technique that has participants take photos in response to a prompt, reflect on the meaning behind three of their photos, and share the photos to find common themes. It is an ideal strategy for all forms of classrooms,...
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National Endowment for the Humanities

Neh: Edsit Ement: Carl Sandburg's "Chicago": Bringing a Great City Alive

For Teachers 9th - 10th
In this lesson students examine primary source documents including photographs, film, maps, and essays to learn about Chicago at the turn of the 20th century and Carl Sandburg's famous poem. After examining the poem's use of...
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University of Sydney (Australia)

The Write Site: Practice: Constructing a Working Thesis

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
In this interactive lesson, students will refer to a synthesis grid to determine the "best" thesis to use when answering a business management question.
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Poetry Foundation

Poetry Foundation: Ambrose Bierce (1842 1914)

For Students 9th - 10th
A synopsis of the life and works of writer Ambrose Bierce, who wrote short stories, poetry and satirical essays. With extensive bibliography and further readings list.
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W. W. Norton

W. W. Norton & Company: Lit Web: Types and Functions of Secondary Sources

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Information about secondary sources as they are used when writing a research essay.
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University of Pennsylvania

"Black Boys and Native Sons" Literary Criticism

For Students 9th - 10th
This critical essay first appeared in DISSENT in 1963. It looks at the work of Richard Wright, James Baldwin, and Ralph Ellison.
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EL Education

El Education: 20 Years Project Portfolio

For Teachers 7th - 9th
This project is a portfolio of an 8th grader who projects herself 20 years into the future including her future occupation and life. To prepare students interview someone who works in a field similar to their projected one. The project...
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PBS

Pbs: Masterpiece Theatre: Almost a Woman

For Students 9th - 10th
This site provides teachers with instructional activities to use when teaching the novel Almost a Woman by Esmeralda Santiago. It contains links to the poetry of other Puerto Rican authors and essays about the Puerto Rican/American...
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University of Sydney (Australia)

University of Sydney: Planning the Overall Structure

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This resource discusses the steps in planning the structure of a student's argumentative essay. Page 4 of this article focuses on Thesis statement.
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Philosophe.com: Getting to Know Your Audience

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Essays about understanding your audience in the development of websites. This extended discussion can enlighten the understanding the audience in writing any work.
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Guardian's Egypt: The Sphinx

For Students 9th - 10th
The site opens to a great picture of the Sphinx, referred to as the "Giant Sphinx" in this essay. If you can get through the "poetry style" of writing, you'll uncover many facts and interesting tidbits.
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Walden Woods Project: World Wide Waldens: Meet Thoreau

For Students 9th - 10th
A lengthy essay about Henry Thoreau's life, writing, environmental ethos, and legacy.

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