Activity
Texas Education Agency

Texas Gateway: Write a Short Story: Practice 1

For Students 9th - 10th
A learning module that gives students practice writing a short story in four lessons: Introduction; Before Writing-Brainstorm, Brainstorm, Brainstorm; Writing Prompts; Point of View; and Quick Tips for Writing a Timed Response.
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Writing Fix

Writing Fix: 5th Grade Narrative Practice Prompt: Relevant Setting Details

For Teachers 4th - 6th Standards
This exercise was designed to serve as a pre-writing activity for one of their three designated fifth grade practice prompts. The prompt is: Remember a time when you did something that made you feel proud of yourself. Think about what...
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Writing Fix

Writing Fix: 4th Grade Narrative Practice Prompt: Showing Amazement

For Teachers 3rd - 5th Standards
This exercise assists fourth grade Nevada students in preparing for their fifth grade Writing Exam. This exercise was designed to serve as a pre-writing activity for one of their three designated fourth grade practice prompts. The...
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Writing Fix

Writing Fix: A Revision Lesson: Introductory Prepositions and Series of Three

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
After giving students the writing topic "A Special Day that I Remember, give students ten to fifteen minutes to write on the topic. Then tell them they will be revising their "Special Day" prompt writing, but first they will listen to...
Lesson Plan
Writing Fix

Writing Fix: Leads for a Most Embarrassing Moment Narrative

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Inspired by the embarrassing situation Byron finds himself in during chapter 1 of Christopher Paul Curtis's The Watsons Go to Birmingham - 1963, students will think of their own embarrassing moments they might write about. Using the...