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\nAbigail Adams, the Writer: “My pen is always freer than my tongue.”\n

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\nSixteen lessons from the Massachusetts History Society comprise the “Abigail Adams, the Writer: ‘My pen is always freer than my tongue’” unit. Each lesson has scholars examining Adams’ letters and diaries to gain an understanding of what...\n
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\nBen Across the Curriculum: Middle School\n

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\nBen Across the Curriculum is a set of interdisciplinary lesson plans that highlight the five central themes in the international traveling exhibition Benjamin Franklin: In Search of a Better World. These themes are Character Matters, B....\n
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\nNarrative & Creative Writing Prompts\n

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\nNarrative writing prompts challenge young writers to create stories. Along the way, they learn how to stretch their imagination, draw on personal experiences, organize the elements of a story, and add sensory details. The 11 prompts are...\n
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\nEdgar Allan Poe and Ambrose Bierce\n

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\nA two-part lesson examines the works and biographies of Edgar Allan Poe and Ambrose Bierce. Part One focuses on the authors’ narrators and asks readers to consider whether the narrators of “A Tell-Tale Heart” and “Occurrence at Owl Creek...\n
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\nDealing with Dilemmas: Upstanders, Bystanders and Whistle-Blowers\n

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\nThere are upstanders, bystanders, and whistle-blowers when it comes to dealing with dilemmas. The four lessons in this unit module ask young scholars to think about injustice and how to resolve difficult situations. Learners research...\n
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\nTED-Ed: There's a Poem for That - Season 1\n

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\nThe “There’s a Poem for That” series features readings of contemporary and classical poems illustrated by award-winning animators. Linked within the descriptions of many of the videos are interviews with the poets who, in turn, identify...\n
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\nBlogging to Create a Community of Writers #1: Setting Up the Blog\n

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\nWriter's workshop is an idea that's been around for years. Students write, read, and comment on each others writing in an authentic and thoughtful way. Here is a 21st century twist, 6th graders will use the class blog to create a...\n
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\nThe Tell-Tale Hearts of Writers\n

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\nKnock, knock, knock...Creep out your class with a critical thinking lesson focused on word relationships in Edgar Allen Poe's \"The Tell-Tale Heart.\" They investigate  the relationship between word choice, mood, and interpretation of...\n
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\nBlack Women Writers: What Gets Black Women Heard?\n

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\nZora Neal Hurston, Toni Morrison, and Maya Angelou are featured in a guided inquiry unit. High schoolers research the lives and works of these and other Black women writers and craft an argument, using evidence from their research, to...\n
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\nBlogging To Create A Community of Writers # 5 of 7\n

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\nHere is lesson 5 from a 7 lesson unit on using blogging to create a community of writers. The aim of this lesson is to get students writing about what Archaeologists do and how they use material data to study the past. They compose a...\n
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\nFive Ways to Overcome Writer’s Block\n

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\nEvery writer knows how terrible writer's block can feel. Use these five writer's block-busting techniques to help young writers get out of their rut and into a better state of mind.\n
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\nRediscovering Forgotten Women Writers\n

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\nWomen's voices are becoming more prominent in the world of literature, but for centuries, this wasn't the case. Young historians research a woman whose writings are considered to be lost, out of print, or forgotten. They develop an oral...\n
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\nLiterary Pilgrimages: Exploring the Role of Place in Writers’ Lives and Work\n

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\nDo the places you have lived influence what you write? Class members research the lives of writers and look for how places these writers have lived might have influenced their writings. \n
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\nProviding Effective Feedback to the Youngest of Writers\n

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\nPrimary grade children can excel as writers when presented with thoughtful and age-appropriate feedback.\n
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\nWriter's Toolbox\n

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\nPresent the class with a slide show that will give them a great head start in writing expository and narrative texts. The information is highlighted for easy note taking, well organized, and presented in a kid-friendly manner. It...\n
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\nWriter's Workshop-Making it work\n

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\nSixth graders write multiple pieces and create a writing portfolio each marking period.  In this writing lesson plan, 6th graders spend several weeks developing each piece of writing, conference with their parents at home, and...\n
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\nBecoming a Writer | Little Women\n

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\nHow much of Jo's relationship with her writing is based on Louisa May Alcott's struggle to keep both her artistic integrity and her family finances afloat? Watch a short clip from a longer documentary on the author of Little Women that...\n
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\nTeaching Writing: Is There a Right Way?\n

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\nDelve into CCSS by implementing a writer's workshop model complete with mini-lessons, shared writing experiences, and author celebrations.\n
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\nMid-Unit Assessment Part 2: Beginning the Writer’s Workshop\n

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\nWriters learn about using sensory details as they revise bland sentences with more vivid language. Next, they begin writing the first drafts of their children's books, completing storyboards to effectively plan their writing. \n
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\nLaunching a Writer's Workshop\n

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\nStudents 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...\n
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\nWrite with Writers\n

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\nWrite and work with authors on the Scholastic Website to promote the recognition of various genres.  Young writers will participate in activities based on the type of writing such as biography, descriptive, folktales, mystery, news,...\n
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\nBorrowing Narrative Skills from Mr. Fletcher: Using a \"Prompts in Reverse\" Technique to Inspire Your Writers\n

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\nHelp your class find their writing voices with this lesson which uses the work of Ralph Fletcher to guide a \"Prompt in Reverse\" activity. Using the chapter \"First Pen\" from Fletcher's Marshfield Dreams, learners decipher what they...\n
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\nWriting and Scholarship Planning For College-Bound Students: Overcome Writer's Block\n

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\nStudents examine methods for overcoming writer's block. They complete a worksheet, write personal statements, and participate in a class discussion.\n
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\nWriting with Writers for Grades 9-12\n

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\nHave your class examine the characteristics of various writing genres using the Writing with Writers online project. Detailed instructions for how to introduce, discuss, and develop a piece of writing for each genre are included. Class...\n
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