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Elaborate It
Students read writing samples and discuss the differences between the writing with and without anecdotal examples. They write expository essays that include personal anecdotes.
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Water Safety Spelling Worksheets
In this water safety activity, students read paragraphs about water safety and write spelling words taken from each paragraph. Students write 5 words 4 times each.
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Delicious Descriptive Adjectives
Students write out recipes with different adjectives then share them with the class.
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Create Your Island Paradise
Sixth graders create a descriptive essay and map describing their island paradise. They try to evoke the reader's senses: seeing, hearing, touching, smelling, and tasting. They revise their paragraphs using their partner's feedback.
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Pumpkin Patch Fun!
Students research a website to find out about pumpkins. In this pumpkins lesson plan, students research the site, make a review sheet for another group to complete, draw a pumpkin, and write a summary about their learnings.
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Writing Police Reports
Students discover police procedures by filling out crime reports. In this government lesson plan, students discuss the benefits of historical reports pertaining to criminals and victims. Students listen to an officer of the...
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Lights On ! Lights Off! Exploring Human Settlement Patterns
Third graders write informational paragraphs based on the settlement patterns of the United States. In this settlement lesson plan, 3rd graders read about population and how it affects where people settle next.
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In Depth: Pearblossom Highway
Students analyze a photograph and a photo-collage showing the same highway. In this visual arts lesson, students write a descriptive paragraph about both images and identify one-point perspective in art. Students then draw...
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Who Rocks Your World?
Students develop their writing skills. In this business letter lesson plan, students write a letter of nomination to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame regarding a music artist of their choice. Students read their finished letters to their...
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"Write" Answers
Students examine the Q.& A. articles found each week in Science Times, focusing on how the answers are presented in a clear and logical way, as well as the relevance of understanding science's roles in our daily lives.
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Crazy Critters are Figuratively Fantastic
Eighth graders use creatures created from their imaginations to practice hyperbole, simile, metaphor, and alliteration in association with creative writing. They utilize a worksheet imbedded in this plan to guide their writing.
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Show! Don't Tell!
Students write a descriptive paragraph. In this writing lesson, students define elaboration and discuss the characteristics of an elaborate paragraph. Students write a paragraph that contains vivid adjectives, strong verbs and exact nouns.
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Dream Bed
Students design and write descriptions of imaginary beds. In this interior design lesson plan, students use various art materials such as paint, fabric, boxes, and string to create a model of a bed. Students use descriptive words to...
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Luscious Language Boxes
Students experience a writing activity aimed at spicing up their writing. They use the classroom Luscious Language Box to add creative parts of speech to their writing.
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Story Books
Students discuss a narrative work of art, then write stories describing the action and publish their stories and illustrations in books.
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Thoughts to the President
Students write a persuassive paragraph to the President stating their opinion on a topic. To do this, they start the message with a topic sentence such as "War is _____." The blank should contain a word or phrase expressing the student's...
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Real Estate Agent
In this occupation instructional activity, students read a paragraph about a real estate agent named Margaret. They then answer 5 true or false questions about the paragraph. Finally, students write a paragraph explaining what Margaret...
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Sequence Maker
In this story sequence activity, students read five sentences about getting up in the morning that are out of order. Students number them in the correct order and then write a paragraph using the sentences.
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Freshman Project-Part 5
In this project worksheet, 9th graders display their data, the make a graph and they answer analysis and conclusion questions on their experimental design project. They discuss the variables of their experiment, their major findings,...
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Sequence Writing: Life Cycles - Plant Life
Students investigate the stages of plant life. Students create a K-W-L chart. They describe six main stages of the plant life cycles. Using stickers, students create a life cycle flow map.
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Fish Tales
Have your class learn about marine life. Learners write a story about a fish, create an art project, and share their work with the class. This experience could be enhanced by having them conduct Internet research to discover some of the...
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Grassland Animals
Third graders will be able to cut and paste from Internet into a word document with 100 percent accuracy. They use their research to write a 1-2 paragraph paper about their animal with 90 percent accuracy.
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Guided Reading Organizer for Chain Reaction
The class uses Chain Reaction, a magazine, to build a better understanding of Latin and Greek roots found in scientific vocabulary. They use two attached worksheets to help them read a scientific article, using visual clues and their...