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Writing a Query Letter
Young scholars examine how to write a query letter to a publisher. They plan a short story they would like to write, conduct Internet research about possible publishers, and write a sample query letter.
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Public Defenders
Students research laws related to copyright and privacy for pamphlets educating the public about their rights when publishing original works on the Internet.
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Time Out for Timelines
First graders, while in the computer lab, manipulate events onto a calendar created in Publisher and then create a time line of important dates. They place their important dates in the correct month on a calendar and then sequence the...
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Desktop Pub. - Quark XPress 5: Brochure
Students explore publishing software. They create a multi-fold brochure. Students recognize common folds. They demonstrate correctly placed text boxes, bullets and graphics. Students develop a resume to be used for future employment.
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Brett Whiteley
Students employ a PowerPoint to publish an Interactive Multimedia Information Kiosk, where students can click on an object to gain more information or branch to different locations. They publish information that is exciting, dynamic and...
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What Can I Write About When I Can't Think of Anything To Write About?
Third graders write, illustrate, and publish a collaborative story. In this writing lesson plan, 3rd graders review story elements by reading stories written by professional authors and other students. They work in groups to write a...
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Summing Up the Disaster
Learners are introduced to news writing being a concise, factual, and informative type of writing. They assess that publishing an article in a newspaper style utilizes a word processing program. Each student researches the Titanic and...
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Rhyme Time!
Students practice working with rhymes in groups to create wanted posters for rhyming words utilizing Publisher to assist them. They recognize words that rhyme and identify words that rhyme and show examples of rhyming words from the...
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Lesson 2: Chief Executives Compared: The Federalist Papers
Fix the Articles of Confederation or develop a new constitution? That was the question facing the Founding Fathers. Several of those in favor of a new constitution published a series of essays, collected in the Federalist Papers, urging...
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Launching a Writer's Workshop
Learners interview each other and their parents to examine why and when writers write and where published authors get their ideas. They complete a class T-chart, fill-out an interview worksheet, and read and discuss a variety of book...
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Guidebook
Learners create a guidebook page about a plant on the school grounds. In this life and plant science lesson plan, students identify plants around the school, then research the plant and write a narrative about it. Learners publish the...
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Our City, Our Words
Students write poetry that captures their feelings about their city or town. After presenting their poetry at a class reading students compare their poetry to the work of published poets who have written about the same city.
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Kid-Created Biographies
Students create biographies on the people they know best-- their teachers! students use various skills to collect information, organize details, publish the biographies and present the information.
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Printing Error
Learners explore the controversy surrounding recently published Danish political cartoons depicting the Prophet Muhammad.
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Book Swap
Students explore the publishing roles of author and illustrator. Stories are written and the illustration done by other students. Answers to several questions act as a motivating force for the creation of the stories.
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Mammal's Around the World
Fifth graders, exploring all the ins and outs of using a computer, publish their own mammal papers with the use of word searches, thesaurus and spell checks. While in the computer lab, they research their mammal and country on the...
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Class Vacation Book
Young scholars, utilizing technology and its avenues, create, produce and publish a variety of works. They generate a bubble map to brainstorm words that describe a specific vacation spot as well as create a pattern book with graphics...
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The Important Thing About Technology
Students assess the advantages of modern technology tools by creating a page in a class book utilizing pattern writing as well as the writing process. They organize and develop a composition on a selected topic after going through the...
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One Giant Leap
Students brainstorm important scientific advancements of the twentieth century. They examine the implications of the completion of the first rough draft of the human genome on society. They research a selected scientific advancement of...
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Through the Looking Glass: Eudora Welty's Photography and The Ponder Heart
Learners study the context of The Ponder Heart through Welty's photographs.
They analyze how illustrations and photographs interact with written text and
create their own images to illustrate a well-known Welty short story....
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The Muckrakers Interdisciplinary Unit
Eighth graders complete an Interdisciplinary Unit on the Muckrakers and the Progressive Movement. Students describe life in America and how Progressive Reformers changed it. identify specific problems and propose solutions. Students...
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Tell It to the Judge - Persuasive Essay
Students 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 essay and...
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The Newspaper
In this journalism worksheet, students use a copy of their local newspaper to complete this page. Students answer questions about the publisher and staff of the paper, the weather, TV programming, comics and classified sections. There...
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Bicycle Metric Math
This terrific task is appropriate for practicing calculating times and distances for people riding bikes. Strangely, the publisher has marked this as designed for third through fifth grade Common Core math standards, but the skills are...
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