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The Flies and the Honeypot Audio

The Flies and the Honeypot

5th - 8th
CCSS: Adaptable
New ReviewIs temporary pleasure worth a lifetime of pain? A group of flies learns their unfortunate—and sticky—lesson with Aesop's fable "The Flies and the Honeypot." After listening to an audio version of the tale, class members map the plot...
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The Fawn and His Mother Audio

The Fawn and His Mother

5th - 8th
CCSS: Adaptable
New ReviewTeach your class about fear and cowardice from the perspective of a doe and her fawn. A teaching resource based on Aesop's "The Fawn and His Mother" includes an audio version of the fable, a text passage, and a reading activity in which...
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Writing As Decision Making Video

Writing As Decision Making

2 mins 9th - Higher Ed
CCSS: Adaptable
New ReviewBudding English pros must make decisions in every phase of the writing process. As a video from the UNC Writing Center explains, the decisions they make help mold and shape a piece of writing. Making the right choice is important, so the...
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Conciseness Video

Conciseness

2 mins 9th - Higher Ed
CCSS: Adaptable
New ReviewDue to the fact that writers frequently use too many words a lot of the time, teachers should focus on conciseness or not using too many words in a paper. Whew! That wasn't very concise.  To learn more about revising papers to avoid...
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Outlines Video

Outlines

2 mins 9th - Higher Ed
CCSS: Adaptable
New ReviewStruggling with unfocused writing? Creating an outline may be the solution. A short video introduces the process of outlining and explains how to move from brainstorming directly into outlining. Writers also learn questions to ask once...
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Transitions Website

Transitions

9th - Higher Ed
CCSS: Adaptable
New ReviewIdeas don't naturally flow from one to another. They need transitions to help them connect. Part of a larger Writing the Paper series, the resource introduces writers to the concept of using transitions in their writing. Topics covered...
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Reorganizing Drafts Website

Reorganizing Drafts

9th - Higher Ed
CCSS: Adaptable
New ReviewPoor organization often destroys an otherwise good paper. After writing a first draft, individuals consider the organization of ideas, a topic discussed in the 16th handout in the 24-part Writing the Paper series. The resource covers...
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The Glyfada Method eBook

The Glyfada Method

9th - 12th
CCSS: Adaptable
Here's a recipe for writing that kicks instruction up a notch, BAM! The online reading about the Glyfada Method helps teachers and pupils learn more about the method and how to implement it in their own writing. Perfect for the entire...
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Can Animals Think? Unit

Can Animals Think?

6th
CCSS: Designed
Can Animals Think? Learners develop their thinking abilities by reading Linden's essay and constructing an evidence-based response. Complete with rubrics and exemplars to evaluate writing, the resource also has suggested pre-, during,...
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Teaching Playwriting in Schools Unit

Teaching Playwriting in Schools

1st - 12th
CCSS: Adaptable
The world is a stage, and so is your classroom! Hone the skills of the next generation of Tony® award winners with a set of exercises, reference pages, writing prompts, and excerpts from famous plays.
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Writing Informational Text: Lemonade Stand Assessment

Writing Informational Text: Lemonade Stand

3rd
CCSS: Designed
Use a performance task to assess third graders' ability to read informational text. After they plan a lemonade stand business, young entrepreneurs implement that plan through informational writing. The task assumes learners can...
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Writing: 7th Grade ELA Common Core
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Writing: 7th Grade ELA Common Core

7th
Transform drafting into crafting with a collection of materials designed to enrich your seventh grade writing unit. Each resource addresses one or more Common Core standards for persuasive writing, informational writing, and narrative writing, and connects to various novels and subjects across the middle school curriculum.
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Skill Building with the Newspaper Unit

Skill Building with the Newspaper

5th - 12th
CCSS: Adaptable
Extra, extra, read all about it! Use a newspaper as the primary resource in a special education classroom to teach reading, writing, and math skills. The activities help class members build their reading skills as well as their knowledge...
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Writing Prompts, Student Rubrics, and Sample Responses Graphic Organizer
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Writing Prompts, Student Rubrics, and Sample Responses

7th
CCSS: Adaptable
Whether you are teaching mainstream, advanced, or intervention language arts classes, you will find something helpful in a thorough writing packet. It includes prompts, rubrics, responses, helpful hints, graphic organizers, and many...
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Peer Critique: Historical Accuracy of Ideas and Vocabulary Lesson Plan
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Peer Critique: Historical Accuracy of Ideas and Vocabulary

4th
CCSS: Designed
Promotes collaboration in the classroom with a historical fiction instructional activity. Fourth graders partner up and read the other's narrative, in order to give feedback on vocabulary choice and accuracy of historical information....
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Relationships I Video
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Relationships I

7 mins 4th - 6th
CCSS: Adaptable
Transition words can be a very important addition to any writer's toolbox. Learn more about addition words and time words, and how they can enhance the organization of any writing passage, with an informative video about reading...
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Relationships II Video
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Relationships II

9 mins 4th - 6th
CCSS: Adaptable
Cause and effect, problem and solution, compare and contrast, illustration and example -- your class has undoubtedly seen these essay structures before. But how are they related? Watch a reading video about the ways relationships between...
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Implied Main Ideas Video
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Implied Main Ideas

7 mins 4th - 6th
CCSS: Adaptable
Skilled readers can find the main idea of an informative passage without finding it directly stated. A reading video prompts elementary learners to examine supporting details in several examples, and to infer what the main idea of the...
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Main Ideas Video
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Main Ideas

9 mins 4th - 6th
CCSS: Adaptable
Once you find the main idea of a paragraph, it's easy to see how the rest of the details are supporting evidence. Take your readers through an explanatory video that demonstrates the points and supports of several reading examples.
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The Writer’s Toolbox: What You Need to Master the Craft Handouts & Reference
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The Writer’s Toolbox: What You Need to Master the Craft

3rd - 12th
CCSS: Adaptable
Strengthen your high schoolers' writing with a series of steps for writing successfully. With sections on organizing an essay, choosing a topic, crafting a thesis statement, and revising a draft, the lesson encourages your class to...
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Zach’s Lie: Concept Analysis Handouts & Reference

Zach’s Lie: Concept Analysis

6th - 8th
CCSS: Adaptable
If you're planning a unit on Roland Smith's Zach's Lie, be sure to incorporate a list of important literary elements into your curriculum. With a list of essential questions, literary themes, conflicts, and notes about setting, the...
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Reading and Writing Skills Activities Activities & Project

Reading and Writing Skills Activities

6th - 8th
CCSS: Adaptable
A straightforward and thorough packet of reading exercises would be a solid addition to any reading unit. With worksheets that address various writing and reading skills, including word roots, narrative writing, evaluating text, and...
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Persuasive Writing - Introductory Paragraph Review Worksheet
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Persuasive Writing - Introductory Paragraph Review

4th - 8th
CCSS: Adaptable
Master a well-organized thesis statement with a short activity for a persuasive writing unit. Young writers read five different introductory paragraphs about various topics, find the main ideas addressed in each thesis statement, and jot...
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Writing Success Criteria Handouts & Reference

Writing Success Criteria

3rd - 4th
CCSS: Adaptable
Sometimes it's difficult to assess your own writing. With a handy checklist designed for self-assessment, young writers can take a last look at their essays or stories before turning them in. The checklists address main ideas and...
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