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- Grade Range
- 9th - 12th
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Students analyze mood and voice in Emily Dickinson's poem, "There's a Certain Slant of Light." After the analysis, students write a poem of their own emulating the Dickinson poem, and then write a one-page essay describing what they have learned. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 4th
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Students experience a dress rehearsal of timed demand writing. This lesson allows students to prepare for a timed writing test in which they don't know the prompt. This lesson includes writing prompts and rubrics imbedded in the plan. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 3rd - 5th
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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. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 10th
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Students view paintings to determine the identity of the United States in a specific time period. As a class, they listen to their teacher give the title of the painting and they write a prediction about what the painting might be. In groups, they state what they believe to be the story of the painting and who it was made for. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 10th
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Students are introduced to the vocabulary that is acceptable and unacceptable in writing a haiku. Individually, they are given a set of instructions in which to write their haiku and discuss how these limitations have affected their creativity. To end the lesson, they read and discuss a haiku based on a historical event. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 12th
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Students are introduced to the proper way to write a paper. As a class, they examine and review the four stage process for writing about any topic. Using the topic they choose, they begin to identify the relationship between their ideas and how to organize their paper. To end the lesson, they write an essay for a college application or their personal goals. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 7th - 8th
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Students are introduced to the narrative, descriptive and expository forms of writing. In groups, they discuss the personality of the author while graphing the characteristics after reading different examples from the same writer. To end the lesson, they write their own paper using their peers as peer editors. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 12th
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Students engage in a ten-month long elective course focusing on college board review and an advanced writing workshop. Both course components focus on thinking and reasoning skills. Various approaches include sentence combining, which emphasizes linguistics and sentence structure, and the theory of the world approach which states students need a world view in order to write effectively. The course also includes choosing genres for writing projects. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 7th
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Students participate in a lesson that is focused upon the concept of writing a closing for an essay. The different types of closings are covered with the examinations of student closings. The students then write a closing using a model as a guide. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 6th - 7th
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Students explore the importance of radio in history. As they explore the purpose of radio, students compare and contrast present-day radio with the past. In groups, students plan and produce audio-taped auditions for a radio station. They write for radio through summarizing interviews and creating reports. Full Review »
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