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Scholastic

Adding Expository Elaborations

For Teachers 2nd - 4th Standards
How can you tell if a prompt is expository or narrative? Help your learners identify key words in writing prompts to determine how they should craft their essays.
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Martin Luther King Day: Draw and Write

For Students 1st - 3rd
In this Martin Luther King Day activity, students use the story writing lines and the space for a picture. Students draw something about the life of the civil rights leader and then write about it.
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Flag Day Draw and Write

For Students 1st - 2nd
In this Flag Day worksheet, learners draw a picture pertaining to the American flag. Students write an essay or story about the picture.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Getting Hooked, Introduction for a Narrative

For Teachers 2nd - 4th Standards
How can you interest your reader? Here is a great lesson on reading and discussing the characteristics of a narrative. Elementary schoolers explore writing techniques to hook the reader. They identify their hook and share their...
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Printables
Teacher's Corner

Presidents' Day Lined Journal Page

For Students K - 6th Standards
Make the fathers of our country proud with a writing assignment for Presidents' Day! An image of George Washington and Abraham Lincoln accompanies a writing template page.
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Worksheet
Curated OER

My Family Writing Exercise

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In this recognizing grammatical mistakes and sentence completion worksheet, students correct the grammar mistakes, fill in the blanks with words from the word bank, and write a short essay about their families. Students write 26 answers.
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Have Fun Teaching

Compare and Contrast (3)

For Students 2nd - 5th Standards
Sometimes the way a topic is presented in fiction can be very different from how it is in reality. Compare and contrast a topic from both a fiction and nonfiction source with a graphic organizer that prepares kids to write about what...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Picture the Process

For Teachers 2nd - 7th
Students read Chasing Vermeer and relate the book to the author .  In this writing process lesson plan, students view Blue's Photo Album and see how the author writes and revises her work. Students discuss the process that all good...
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Lesson Plan
Alabama Learning Exchange

"Batty" About Bats!! (Writing)

For Teachers 1st - 4th Standards
Young writers identify the characteristics of a bat and write an essay about bats. They construct a book about bats that includes information that they have learned through print materials and online resources.
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Writing
Curated OER

Christmas Theme Writing Paper

For Students K - 2nd
In this writing paper worksheet, students write an essay that completes the prompt, "My friend is...". They see a black lined picture of a reindeer at the top of the page.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Details: Writer's Workshop Mini-Lesson

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
Learners read the story I Know a Lady by Charlotte Zolotow. They discuss the details from the story. Students draw an illustration of what they expect their Thanksgiving dinner table will look like. They list details that describe their...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Who Wrote That?

For Teachers K - 12th
Scholars creatively respond to writing prompts. They respond to writing prompts that reveal clues regarding their personalities and then use the prompts written in class to guess the prompts that belong to their classmates.
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Printables
Curated OER

RAIN FOREST

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
In this essay-writing worksheet, students are given illustrations of a bird, 2 snakes, a lemur (?) and a frog, Lines are provided for students to write an essay.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

And To Think I Saw It On Mulberry Street Writing Activity

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students are read a Dr. Suess book. They use the same format found in the book to create a class book about what they see on the way home from school. They practice writing sentences and illustrate them for the book.
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Flag Day Theme Paper

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In this Flag Day worksheet, students use this colorful decorated writing paper for a story or essay about Flag Day. The paper has an American flag, stars, and a dove with a blue oval background.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Determining Ideas and Adding Details

For Teachers 2nd - 5th
A handy TFDC (topic/fact/detail/conclusion) graphic organizer (included) allows young writers to outline and record their main ideas and supporting details in the prewriting phase. They then continue to add details to the topic sentences...
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Bringing Animal Issues Into the Classroom

For Students 2nd - 9th
An informative worksheet invites learners to compose essays about animals. Some excellent writing prompts are included in this innovative worksheet. Use these ideas with a variety of grade levels.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Let's Edit!

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
Learners in fourth grade pair up with students in second grade to edit writing convension.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

All About Me - A Poem

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders brainstorm unique qualities they possess in a All About Me worksheet. They write free verse poems about things that most people don't know about them. They brainstorm descriptive words to enhance their poems and rewrite them.
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Writing
Starfall

My Pumpkin Patch

For Students 1st - 2nd
In this literacy activity, students practice writing about the subject of harvest and pumpkins. They also color in the picture.
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Beginning Question Response--Your Favorite Day

For Students 2nd - Higher Ed
While a simple writing prompt, this activity, in which learners write a short essay about their favorite day of the week, could be a good way to cement skills and provide discussion material. This activity could be used in an elementary...
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Worksheet
Curated OER

My Snapshot

For Students 1st - 3rd
For this my snapshot worksheet, students draw and write about their families. In this drawing and essay worksheet, students complete two activities.
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Our Math Story

For Students 1st - 3rd
In this math story worksheet, students write and draw a story problem. In this essay and drawing worksheet, students complete two activities.
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PPT
Curated OER

Story Elements

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
Review story elements with your class using this resource. Learners can take a story they have read as a class and identify story elements. They focus on characters, setting, the introduction, and plot. Then, they use graphic organizers...

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