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Intermediate Paragraph Correction #10
Students read a short passage with 8 errors and then choose the appropriate multiple choice answer that best corrects each error. This excellent activity also provides effective standardized test taking practice, as there are many...
Penguin Books
The Omnivore’s Dilemma, Young Readers Edition
As the saying goes, you are what you eat. A useful set of lesson plans encourage young readers to take a second look at their eating habits. Pre- and post-reading questions bring in reflective writing and discussion while extension...
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Writing a Descriptive Paragraph
Students discuss the definition of a descriptive paragraph with the class. They read an example of a descriptive paragraph and then write one of their own using one of the included ideas.
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Improving Editing and Proofreading Skills
Students explore language arts by correcting grammatical errors. In this proofreading instructional activity, students identify the importance of editing their own writing and demonstrate their proofreading abilities by correcting...
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The Black Snowman
Sixth graders write a paper. In this writing and retelling lesson, 6th graders read the book The Black Snowman and answer comprehension questions. Students learn how to write good paragraphs and how to retell a story. Students write a 3...
Purdue University
Sentence Fragments Exercise 2
In this sentence fragment exercise, learners are given paragraphs to proofread for sentence fragments. Students are given space to make revisions.
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Dr. Seuss and Read Across America
What important facts about Dr. Seuss influenced the Read Across America movement...? This is the driving question of a research project that requires scholars to find information about Dr. Seuss' life and work. Class members write a...
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Transforming Fairy Tales: Editing
Students edit fairy tales. In this transforming fairy tales lesson, students edit their previously written fairy tales for spelling, grammar, and punctuation errors. Students also have the opportunity to peer edit.
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Writing: Narrative, Expository, Persuasive, and Descriptive
If you are interested in having a basic framework for teaching expository, narrative, persuasive, and descriptive writing, this resource may help; however, you will have to find information on the different forms of writing to share with...
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Proofreading Practice
Learners investigate proofreading marks. In this proofreading lesson, students evaluate a paragraph for editing mistakes. Learners correct mistakes and return to the teacher.
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Sentence Fragments Exercise 3
In this sentence fragment learning exercise, students are asked to edit and correct a paragraph for errors in capitalization and punctuation. Students must focus on making sure there are no sentence fragments.
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Awesome Animals
Sixth graders write descriptive narratives about animals. In this descriptive writing lesson, the teacher models how to write a paragraph with interesting sensory words and exciting verbs. Students choose a picture of an animal they want...
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Thesis Statement Exercises
Highlight the importance of introductions and thesis statements by having writers edit and re-write nine different paragraphs that serve as poor introductions. In addition to correcting the grammar and spelling mistakes, your leaner will...
Google
Writing Topic Sentences
An engaging and quick presentation on writing topic sentences is sure to grab the attention of your elementary writers. The PowerPoint can be modified and includes relevant visual examples.
Pennsylvania Department of Education
Informational Writing: Lesson 2 of 5
Introduce expository writing to your elementary learners. Young authors write a three-paragraph informational paper using the steps of the writing process. They follow guided lessons to experience each of five steps. Included are tons of...
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The Scoop Through Desktop Publication
Drafting, revising, and editing is all apart of the publishing process. Using a series of documents as inspiration, young journalists compose a class Newspaper. They work independently and in groups to publish their own articles.
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Getting to Know You
After going over the five steps of the writing process, pupils fill out "Getting to Know You" worksheets. They trade papers with each other, and have the task of writing a descriptive paragraph about the person whose worksheet they...
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The Argument
After brainstorming, middle schoolers write an expository essay for a writing project. They focus on supporting points, organization, and writing conventions to develop a well-integrated paper. In addition, they revise, proofread and...
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Blogging To Create A Community of Writers # 5 of 7
Here is instructional activity 5 from a 7 instructional activity unit on using blogging to create a community of writers. The aim of this instructional activity is to get students writing about what Archaeologists do and how they use...
Baylor College
Healthy Snacks
Assess your pupils' ability to identify healthy food choices in the final lesson of this series on food science. Given five different food labels, young nutritionists will rank them from most to least healthy, supporting their choices...
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Penguin Paradise
Students read about penguins and communicate their information in a one paragraph summary. In this penguin writing instructional activity, students review sentence construction. Students complete a KWL about penguins and read the book...
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Describing How to Get a Shop or Restaurant
In this descriptive paragraph instructional activity, students first draw a map showing how to get to a location. Students then write sentences explaining how to get to a location using directional phrases. Students then write the...
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Editing
Students write a paragraph and then revise it. In this editing lesson plan, students use a checklist and a scoring guide to rate their writing.
K12 Reader
Adjectives Add Interest
A world without adjectives would be a sad place indeed! Make sure adjectives stay around by teaching your class about what they are and how using them can make a boring story truly interesting. Learners put this idea into practice by...
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