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The Martian Chronicles: Response Writing

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
Follow the format of Ray Bradbury's The Martian Chronicles with a journal-writing activity. Readers choose a character and examine the character's life and circumstances through brainstorming, research, and discussion before writing a...
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Visible Speech: A Short Course in the Fundamentals of Writing

For Teachers 7th - 9th
Introduce your class to various forms of writing. As the title states, this is a short PowerPoint, giving brief, but accurate descriptions of what each type of writing is used for. Pictorial representations are also helpful.
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Letter Writing Basics

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
Students write a business letter with information regarding specific writing mechanics. In this writing lesson, students learn to write a business letter and they focus on one area of concern. Students follow a business letter template...
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Whip up a Storm of Writing Ideas

For Students 7th - 12th Standards
Need a key to unlock writer's block? Introduce your writers to four easy steps that will release them from their mental prison. The brainstorming worksheet, designed to set free their imaginations, even has an answer key.
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Active Reading with American History

For Teachers 5th - 12th
Explore connections within and between informational texts with this lesson about encyclopedia articles. Middle schoolers write encyclopedia articles focusing on topics in American history. They discuss how to determine credibility...
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Unit Plan

Building Evidence-Based Arguments: Grade 9

For Teachers 9th Standards
High schoolers investigate the dilemma of a proportional response with a lesson about the history of terrorism and militant extremists in the United States. As they examine memos from the FBI and speeches from President Bush and Obama,...
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Introducing the Memo

For Teachers 11th - Higher Ed
Examine the text structure of a memo with this worksheet. Eighth to twelfth graders decide if the purpose of a memo is to motivate an action or to provide information to the reader. They explore new vocabulary and make predictions prior...
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Writing a Memo

For Teachers Higher Ed
Viewers examine the correct form to use for an office memo. Designed to be used as part of an adult education curriculum, the presentation ends with a quiz.
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Persuasive Writing Lesson Plan: Dress Codes

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students examine the pros and cons of the implementation of public policy matters and the specific issue of dress codes. They develop a list of pros and cons of a school dress code, examine and discuss a local editorial newspaper page,...
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Writing Formal and Informal Letters

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders write a thank-you note and a formal letter of request that included relevant information, such as a return address, date, inside address, proper salutation, body, closing, and signature. They write an imaginary letter to...
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Workplace Communication from Two Points of View

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students explore the significance of communication in the workplace. In this written communication activity, students review and discuss the attributes of workplace memos prior to writing their own using the provided checklist.
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World Smiley Day

For Students 5th - 10th
In this World Smiley Day lesson plan, students complete activities such as reading a passage, matching phrases, fill in the blanks, choose the correct word, multiple choice, unscramble the words, sequencing, unscramble the sentences,...
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Writing a Letter to Johnny Appleseed

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders write a letter to Johnny Appleseed describing how they use technology in their daily life and the advantages and disadvantages of using technology.
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Medical Insurance

For Students 10th - Higher Ed Standards
Design a plan for finding the best health insurance for your money. Learners compare two health plans by writing and graphing piecewise functions representing the plan rules. Using Excel software, they create a technical report...
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Introducing the Memo

For Teachers Higher Ed
Students explore memos to gather important information.  In this memos lesson, students interpret memos and answer questions based on the information.  Students define the parts of a memo.  Students create their own memos.
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Paragraph Building

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Build the skills your budding authors need to develop to compose well-structured paragraphs. Give them the topic sheet (included here), and have them write a cohesive paragraph using the ideas listed. Consider having them include two...
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Overcoming Obstacles

Taking Action

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Introduce the project teams to critical skills they will need to successfully complete their Service Learning project. Groups learn how to use a tracking sheet and write a status memo. They discuss the importance of commitment,...
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Organizing One’s Thoughts

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Learners take a closer look at the organization of written pieces. In this writing skills lesson, students examine transitions, repetition, parallelism, and other organizational patterns in writing. 
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Interpreting workplace memos and notices

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students read company memos and write summary sentences while working as part of a group.
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A Conventional Family

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Students explore writing techniques by analyzing their own families. For this family values lesson, students view the film "The Incredibles" in class and discuss the different types of modern-day families. Students write about their...
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Studying Checks

For Teachers 8th - 10th
While on-line banking and electronic payments seem to be the way of the future, next-generation wage earners still need to understand the details of check writing. Here the focus is on the details of the check including what the...
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Memo from the Governor

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders inquire about the history of Florida's capital after receiving a mock memo from the governor.
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Business Writing Genres

For Students 8th - 10th
In this grammar worksheet, learners, working with a partner, read eighteen sentences to each other filling in an adjective in each blank.
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Folktale Unit: The True Story of the Three Little Pigs

For Teachers 1st - 5th
Students examine and discuss different perspectives of the Story of the Three Little Pigs. They write a friendly letter, from the wolf to any other character, using the proper letter format.