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- Grade Range
- 7th - 12th
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Students decorate writing cubicles with information about themselves and give interviews to get to know one another and the teacher better. They continue to use the writing cubicles and decorate the inside with writing prompts, clues and info. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 5th - 8th
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Students visualize a 5 paragraph themed essay. The teacher uses an umbrella to symbolize the thesis statement/main idea of the essay. They are involved by writing supporting details on post-its and then apply these ideas to an original essay. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 9th
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Students practice descriptive writing in short paragraphs based on teacher-provided writing prompts about each of the five senses (sound, sight, smell, taste, and touch). Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 9th
- Rating

Students write a descriptive paragraph of Amsterdam from the viewpoint of a sea captain. This activity is done in conjunction with two others: an expository and narrative paragraph both with Amsterdam as subject. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 9th
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Students write a descriptive paragraph of a setting to the book, The Old Mill Stream. This lesson is done in conjunction with two others: a narrative and expository paragraph of the same topic. This is the third in a series of paragraph writing studies. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 4th
- Rating

Students write a paragraph about their 'lunch' experimenting with varying points of view. They demonstrate correct spelling, strong sentence structure, and standard punctuation when writing paragraphs. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 6th - 12th
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Students are walked through an outline (Power Writing) and shown how to elaborate on a main idea in their writing. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 7th - 12th
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Students use SchoolNet News Network's website/SNN Monthly magazine to review journalism writing styles that help them explain that writing a persuasive or argumentative essay for class is the same as writing an opinion article for a newspaper. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 2nd - 3rd
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Students write a 5 sentence descriptive paragraph using a variety of writing strategies and images taken from the Pics4Learning site. Before students write their paragraph, a mini-lesson on topic and concluding sentences is called for. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 3rd - 4th
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Students recognize new and innovative ways to write a narrative by discovering various ways to hook the reader with catchy beginnings and using figurative language and writing components to write an interesting story. Full Review »

