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Better Lesson

Better Lesson: Writing a Topic & Concluding Paragraph for the Essay

For Teachers 1st - 3rd Standards
This lesson is a final step towards supporting young scholars to practice writing an informative/explanatory paragraph conveying complex ideas and presenting information clearly and accurately. Second-grade students can usually write a...
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University of Sydney (Australia)

The Write Site: Summary: Planning Your Essay

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This reference provides a summary of eight steps to follow when planning to write an essay.
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ReadWriteThink

Read Write Think: Essay Map

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
A fillable essay map in PDF format with boxes for an introduction, main ideas, supporting details, and a conclusion. Directions on how to use this type of graphic organizer as well as lists of teaching ideas and related resources are...
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ReadWriteThink

Read Write Think: Essay Rubric

For Teachers 9th - 10th
A printable four-point rubric to use when evaluating essays for focus/details, organization, voice, word choice, and usage/mechanics. Directions on how to use this type of graphic organize as well as lists of teaching ideas are also...
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Other

Park View Middle School: Mrs. Marro Sports Argument Writing

For Students 7th - 8th Standards
Numerous resources are provided to support the instruction of the argument essay.
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ReadWriteThink

Read Write Think: Alphabiography Project Totally You

For Teachers 6th - 8th Standards
Contains plans for two lessons that ask learners to write autobiographies using aspects of their lives for each letter of the alphabet. In addition to objectives and standards, this instructional plan contains links to sites used in the...
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Georgia Department of Education

Ga Virtual Learning: Fable Writing Assignment [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This two-page PDF is a literary analysis essay writing assignment for students after reading several of "Aesop's Fables." It explains the assignment, provides specific examples for parts of the assignment, and offers links to resources...
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Online Writing Lab at Purdue University

Purdue University Owl: General Writing Resources

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This helpful resource details the process of writing, including how to plan, write, and revise. Content also includes the different types or genres of writing, and exercises in grammar and mechanics.
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Daily Teaching Tools

Daily Teaching Tools: Free Graphic Organizers for Planning and Writing

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
This Daily Teaching Tools resource provides graphic organizers that students can use to plan their written pieces. Graphic organizers for all modes of writing are provided.
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Wisc-Online

Wisc Online: Ged Essay Writing Formula for Success

For Students 9th - 10th
In this learning module, students review the format for a five-paragraph essay, which is the second part of the GED Writing Test.
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Grammar Check

Grammar Check: How to Write a Descriptive Essay

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This article provides seven steps to follow when writing a descriptive essay. Ideas for ways to incorporate sensory details are emphasized. W.9-10.3d Precise/sensory details
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University of Sydney (Australia)

University of Sydney: Module 3 Unit 1: Planning Your Essay

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This unit index contains links with to guide students through the process of planning a multi-paragraph argumentative essay. Students will learn how to interpret the essay question, develop a writing plan, thesis, writing the argument,...
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Other

Paradigm Online Writing Assistant: Occasions for Informal Essays

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
What are the occasions for informal essays? Use this informative site to learn more about when and how to write these types of informal essays.
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Writing Fix

Writing Fix: Teaching Students to Compose a Power Essay [Pdf]

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
The Power Essay, like the power paragraph, focuses on helping students understand the structure of a piece of expository writing. The "power" concept teaches students to organize their ideas according to levels of specificity and to...
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Joe Landsberger

Study Guides & Strategies: Writing Basics

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
A fairly detailed list of steps to take, with descriptions of those steps, in order to write a good essay.
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BBC

Bbc Bitesize Revision: Discursive Essay

For Students 6th - 8th Standards
As part of a revision and writing section of BBC Bitesize, this site provides an example of a discursive essay and includes five questions and answers related to the essay.
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ReadWriteThink

Read Write Think: Examining Plot Conflict Through a Comparison/contrast Essay

For Teachers 3rd - 5th Standards
Contains plans for six lessons that ask students to examine types of conflict (character vs. character, character vs. self, character vs. nature, and character vs. society) before writing essays that compare and contrast two conflicts....
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Grammar Check

Grammar Check: The 10 Step Guide to Proofreading Essays Quickly (Infographic)

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This infographic is provided to help students with proofreading essays. Students will learn common essay writing mistakes and how to fix them. Students will also find fast and easy essay writing tips. Students will learn how to quickly...
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ReadWriteThink

Read Write Think: Teaching the Compare and Contrast Essay Through Modeling

For Teachers 2nd - 5th Standards
Contains plans for three lessons that teach students how to write comparison contrast essays after modeling the form to them. In addition to objectives and standards, this instructional plan contains links to sites used in the lessons as...
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Argumentative Essay Quick Guide

For Students 9th - 10th
Argumentative essay quick guide.
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Other

Indiana University of Pennsylvania: Writing Center: Writing Strong Conclusions

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This Indiana University of Pennsylvania Writing Center site provides tips to writing a strong conclusion to an essay. The article discusses incorporating an anecdote, a basic summary, a startling summary, famous ideas, and/or hints to...
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W. W. Norton

W.w. Norton & Company: Elements of the Essay: Tone (And Audience)

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
An explanation about using an appropriate tone for the intended audience of an essay.
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ReadWriteThink

Read Write Think: Identifying and Writing Effective Opening "Hooks"

For Teachers 3rd - 5th Standards
Contains plans for four lessons that teach students to write effective "hooks," or beginnings, to their writing. They read the introductions of fiction passages and analyze the techniques they use before applying these techniques in...
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CommonLit

Common Lit: Excerpts From Thomas Jefferson's Writings on American Indians

For Students 11th - 12th Standards
A learning module that begins with the historical text "Excerpts from Thomas Jefferson's Writings on American Indians" accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. The text can be printed as a...

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