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Revising for Organization and Style: Exciting Endings

For Teachers 4th Standards
Young writers compose a gripping ending to their historical fiction narratives. Following the previous lesson plan, where learners wrote a bold beginning, class members examine exciting endings from a literary text. They then draft their...
Organizer
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Boxes and Bullets: Persuasive Outline

For Students 3rd - 12th
Strong persuasive essays are the result of careful planning. Give your writers a leg up on the planning process with a graphic organizer that models the format and asks them to provide their thesis, main points, evidence they will use,...
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Mandala Portfolio Project

For Teachers 5th - 9th
Here's a great idea for writing portfolios. Kids decorate all four sides of their portfolio, introducing themselves, their families, goals, dreams, and favorite things. Detailed directions for all four panels and a rubric are included in...
Writing
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Story Opening Two

For Students 3rd - 5th
In this proofreading a story beginning and writing the ending of the story worksheet, students read and proofread the beginning paragraphs of a story, study questions about predicting events and the characters, and write the story...
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Cross Out Paragraph Puzzle One: To Keep it Secret

For Students 4th - 6th
Slightly confusing upon first glance, this lesson is actually a neat idea! Present your learners with a series of sentences (at the top of the page), and have them follow the directions to cross out adverbs, verbs in the past tense, etc....
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Peer Editing for Expository Essay

For Students 8th - 11th
You're class just finished writing an expository essay! Instead of having them do a self-edit, pair them up and give each person this guide. This is not your average peer editing checklist; it is a list of 35 things to look for in your...
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Five Paragraph Essay

For Teachers 8th
Eighth graders are introduced to the mechanics of writing a standard-form essay. They draft, edit and polish a five-paragraph essay about spending the day as an animal of their choice.
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Paragraph Parts

For Students 3rd - 4th
In this paragraph part instructional activity, students read the paragraphs and then draw an arrow to the start of each paragraph. Students underline a sentence and then find the main idea of the paragraph.
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Narrative Paragraphs

For Teachers 1st - 5th
Young writers use the provided Halloween-themed template to record information gathered after researching a topic related to the October holiday. Six different expository text structures are suggested as a guide; however, information on...
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Writing Strategies: Descriptive Words

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Pupils discover the importance of using descriptive words in good writing. They brainstorm words to describe elephants and dogs then watch a video that describes different items. Each student writes a paragraph using descriptive words...
Organizer
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Field Trip Writing Prompt

For Students 3rd - 5th
In this writing prompt worksheet, students fill in organizers and brainstorm a writing prompt about a field trip taken. Students are given multiple pages for brainstorming, writing and drawing.
Organizer
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One Hundred Dollars-Writing Prompt

For Students 3rd - 5th
In this writing prompt worksheet, students fill mini-organizers to help brainstorm a writing prompt about finding 100 dollars from the tooth fairy. Students are given multiple pages for brainstorming and writing.
Interactive
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Structure of a Paragraph Quiz

For Students 6th - 8th
In this structure of a paragraph activity, middle schoolers read a paragraph entitled "Why I Want to Learn English" and identify the parts of the paragraph, including the topic sentence, the main points, the supporting details, and the...
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My Favorite Sport: Writing Activity

For Students 3rd - 5th
In this writing instructional activity, students first correct mistakes in sentences about sports, use a word box and fill in blanks in a paragraph, then write a paragraph of their own about a favorite sport.
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The Cuneiform Writing System in Ancient Mesopotamia: Emergence and Evolution

For Teachers 7th - 9th
Students research the parallel development and complexity of writing and civilization in ancient Mesopotamia. In this ancient Mesopotamia activity, students analyze the Cuneiform writing system in ancient Mesopotamia and how the...
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Writing Descriptions

For Students 5th - 6th
In this writing descriptions learning exercise, students write a description of a young boy pictured on the lines provided and then write three more descriptions of students in their class.
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ESL: My Favorite Film Writing Exercise

For Students 4th - 6th
In this ESL writing worksheet, students correct mistakes in sentences about films, fill in blanks to complete sentences and write a paragraph about a favorite film.
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Have You Got...?: Practice With Have Got/Has Got

For Students 4th - 5th
In this possession worksheet, students work with the possession verbs have and has. They fill in blanks in a paragraph, write questions about possessions and correct mistakes in sentences to work on using the correct forms of has and have.
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Tell It to the Judge - Persuasive Essay

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Young scholars compare and contrast a classic fairy tale with a fractured one and complete a graphic organizer. Then they write a persuasive essay following the steps of the writing process. Finally, students publish their completed...
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Science Is . . .

For Students 2nd - 4th
In this paragraph writing learning exercise, students use the prompt "Science is . . . " to describe the subject and illustrate a picture of a scientist in action. Students complete 2 activities.
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Play-Doh and the Writing Process

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
The art of writing is very similar to that of creating a sculpture. They both follow a familiar process.
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Revise Your Punctuation - 2

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students explore various punctuation marks used in writing.  In this lesson, students read an article on punctuation, then complete several exercises to practice what they learned.
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Organizational Patterns: Comparison and Contrast Writing

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Young scholars write an essay comparing and contrasting their school experiences. Through guided practice, they create an outline of their elementary school experience and middle school experience. Using their outlines, students...
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Accentuate the Expositive: Unit 2 Expository Writing

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Middle schoolers analyze narrative passages in order to improve their writing skills. For this narrative writing lesson students use the same style of writing that they have analyzed in their own narrative passage.

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