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- 5th - 8th
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Students discover what legends are and why they where created. They compose a legend in groups. Each group has a writer, task manager, legend teller, encourager, and presenter. Full Review »
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- 6th - 12th
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Students use a piece of literature by and an article about Edgar Allan Poe to investigate the relationship between word choice and the reader's mood and interpretation of a piece of writing. Each student then creates a visual display of a favorite writer. Full Review »
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- 8th
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Students are introduced to the concept, What Makes Good Poetry? They are asked to explore the writer within. Full Review »
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- 11th - 12th
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Students compare Canadian writers. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 11th - 12th
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Students examine methods for overcoming writer's block. They complete a worksheet, write personal statements, and participate in a class discussion. Full Review »
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- 10th
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Students use the writer's notebook as a resources for ideas, and focus on scene, imagery, perspective, character development, and voice. They recognize essentials of setting, group (audience and social interaction), and self (the writer). Students walk around the campus in groups with their writer's notebook looking for unuual or interesting spot to write. Full Review »
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- 1st - 2nd
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Students interview each other and their parents to examine why and when writers write and where published authors get their ideas. They complete a class T-chart, fill-out an interview worksheet, and read and discuss a variety of book flaps about different authors. As a culminating activity, they read the book "Amelia's Notebook," and decorate their own idea notebook. Full Review »
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- 5th - 12th
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Students identify and analyze the life and worksof a particular author. Students predict the home of that writer and debate and discuss those presented. Studnets research further the author, present the background, a reading selection, a prediction of their home/place, and compare it to a real site. Full Review »
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- 11th - 12th
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Students review methods for overcoming writer's block. They are asked: How many of you have experienced writer's block? What is that experience like? What are some strategies you use to deal with writer's block? They are given a worksheet, they are given 10 minuntes to write a personal response to each statement on the worksheet. Full Review »
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- 1st - 2nd
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Students interview each other to learn more about themselves as writers. They determine what they already know about writers. They discuss the definition and goals of an interview and interview each other and parents to find out about writers and conclude what makes a writer. Full Review »