Students define "nonfiction" and describe what they view as the best pieces of nonfiction writing. They determine criteria to evaluate whether or not a piece of nonfiction writing is good, and list categories of nonfiction writing.

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6th - 12th

Students discuss the importance of using adjectives in writing. They separate into five groups, each group is given a bag with an object inside to describe using just one sense. They write a description of a Hershey's Kiss using adjectives.

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3rd - 5th

Students prewrite to a persuasive essay prompt. They develop evidence and examples to support an opinion. Students recognize persuasive writing techniques in published essays.

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8th

Students practice communication skills, writing techniques, and research techniques in this Language Arts lesson about writing in teams. The lesson includes suggested activities, objectives, resources, and a self-assessment sheet for post-assessment.

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9th - 12th

Students read through articles and work as a class to identify the techniques used by the author to develop a descriptive writing. Students then work independently identifying parts of speech and figures of speech in descriptions.

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7th - 8th