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Revision Checklist

For Students 3rd - 5th
In this language arts instructional activity, students go through the checklist in order to make revisions to writing samples before constructing a final draft.
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Writing Lesson Idea: Self-Editing

For Teachers 12th
Twelfth graders study the various steps used in writing: brainstorming, rough draft, asking; Does it make sense? and Have I left anything out? revising, self-editing. They examine the process of reading a piece of writing, repeating...
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Writing a Short Story -History

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students write a short story set in a selected period of history. They conduct research on a selected period of history, write and edit a rough draft of their short story, and submit a final draft of their story that includes details...
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Autobiographical Writing

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders explore, examine and study the style of autobiographical writing and the relationship with the author. They rad three different types of autobiographical writings: narrative, poetry and newspaper article. Each student...
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Story Writing

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders review the basic elements of a story. Individually, they write their own original story as they use a software program to help them map out their ideas. With a partner, they exchange papers and read them for grammatical...
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Online Collaborative Writing Lesson Plan

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students write poetry and post it on the Internet for others to see.
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Writing Lesson 12

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders practice responding to a writing prompt. They practice proofreading. Students use the proofreading guide to check their writing for correct spelling, punctuation, and grammar. They write three paragraphs in response to...
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Beginning With Writing

For Teachers Higher Ed
Students brainstorm what it means to "convey ideas in writing" They review the standard graphic clarify vocabulary and Discuss the importance of having a standard definition for writing and making sure everyone is in agreement of that...
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Study Unit 4, Revised: Run-On Sentences, Comma Splices and Fragments

For Students 6th - 7th
In this language arts worksheet, students read 20 sentences and look for errors. Students write R if the sentence is run-on, CS if there is a comma splice, F for a sentence fragment and C for a correct sentence.
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Students in Article Writing Shocker!

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Young scholars examine newspapers to identify the most interesting stories. They discuss the purpose of a headline and complete a worksheet. They write a paper on the differences of writing for different types of publications.
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Writing a How-To Paper

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students discover that when writing a how-to paper, they are telling readers how to do something such as cook a particular recipe. They then choose one of the provided topics and write their own how-to paper.
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Writing - Story Ideas

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Middle schoolers write their story in first person as a non-fiction story, or they can write the story in third person as a fictional story and use different characters. They can choose an idea from one of the story starters provided.
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Writing a Query Letter

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students 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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Writing with Style: Six Traits of Good Writers

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders listen as the teacher reads a picture book that emphasized word choice. They discuss words and how word choice impacts a piece of writing. Students view various passages on the overhead, and highlight adjectives and verbs...
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Writing Away For Information

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Students review the format used to write a friendly letter which they will use to write an e-mail. They use questioning techniques as they write a letter of inquiry using a number of drafts. Using a word processing program they develop...
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Writing a Tall Tale

For Teachers 6th - 9th
Learners study the various aspects of tall tales. They read various tall tales and discuss the characteristics and literature aspects of tall tales. Students write their own unique tall tales.
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Write a text about New York

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Students write a text about New York. In this New York lesson plan, students discuss the life of New York and then write a letter or report on it.
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Creative Writing/Historical Journals

For Teachers 5th - 12th
Students research primary and secondary sources to find information about their ancestors. They write a series of journal entries, from the perspective of one of their ancestors, on what life was like in that given time period.
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Revise Counting Back in Tens

For Students 2nd
In this counting back activity, 2nd graders answer 6 rows of questions with number lines in which they have to count back by 10 and fill in the blanks. 
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Revise Counting Back in Tens

For Students 3rd - 4th
In this counting by ten instructional activity, students solve 6 problems in which the missing numbers in the number tracks are filled in to show counting backwards by ten. Number range is from 607 to 6.
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Creative Outline for Your Short Story or Book

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students discuss the information listed about how to make an outline for a short story or book. They then begin writing their short story and edit it and revise before turning it in to be graded.
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Why Thank You!

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders listen to a read aloud of Patricia Polacco's, Thank You, Mr. Falker! students examine the use of voice in the book, discuss the writing and theme ideas. They write a thank you not to their hero.
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Rough Draft and Peer Edit of Oral Book Review

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Pupils write a rough draft book review over a book they have finished recently. Using their peers, they revise and make suggestions to correct spelling and grammatical errors. In groups, they practice giving their book report to the...
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Mini Research Report

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders select a topic to research. They gather information from at least 3 sources and take notes according to the categories chosen. Students write a rought draft using the notes. They edit, revise and publish the information....

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