AdLit
Ad lit.org: Using Assistive Technology to Support Writing
Technology-and especially the subset of technology tools known as assistive technology-can be an effective element of the writing curriculum for students with disabilities. Assistive technology (AT) can be defined as a technology that...
AdLit
Ad lit.org: Key Literacy Component: Writing
Students who don't write well aren't able to learn and communicate effectively. This article explains what good writing skills are and how to help struggling young writers gain those skills through proper instruction.
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Ad lit.org: Understanding Why Students Avoid Writing
If parents and teachers understand why some students hate writing , they can targeted solution to address students' reluctance. Learn some reasons students avoid writing, and how increasing the automaticity of writing skills and...
Scholastic
Scholastic: Writing Workshop: Oral History
Great online lesson that takes students through the entire writing process- from prompt to publishing. Online or printable versions of each step are available. The prompt asks students to interview people and write about their oral...
Writing Fix
Writing Fix: Organizing a Story With Purposeful Paragraphs
In this lesson plan, students organize and design a narrative based on three developing ideas.
Writing Fix
Writing Fix: Interjected Emotions!: Voicing a Story
By incorporating properly used conventions of grammar, students will begin writing a narrative based on an interjection and a name.
Writing Fix
Writing Fix: I Wanna: Writing a Persuasive Letter
In this lesson, students will experiment with word choice as it relates to persuasion.
Writing Fix
Writing Fix: Giving Voice to Opposites
In this instructional activity, students will develop a narrative in opposing voices.
Writing Fix
Writing Fix: Unusual Friendly Letters: Persuasive Writing Techniques
In this lesson, students will use active voice in regards to persuasion. Lesson incorporates the A R.A.F.T. strategy: role, audience, format, topic.
Writing Fix
Writing Fix: Imitating a Newspaper's Voice With a Funny and Original Idea
In this creative lesson, students will create a voice for a tabloid feature within a fairy-tale world.
Writing Fix
Writing Fix: Voicing an Original Fairy Tale Character
In this activity learners will create an original fairy tale based on one character's perspective.
Writing Fix
Writing Fix: Don't Eat Me Monologues
In this instructional activity, students will create a 5-part (introduction, 3 ideas, conclusion) monologue incorporating persuasive techniques and strong word choice.
Writing Fix
Writing Fix: Creative Convincing
For this lesson, students will create a friendly letter taking on the persona and voice of a persuasive animal.
Writing Fix
Writing Fix: An Onomatopoetic Field Trip
In this instructional activity, students will develop a story incorporating onomatopoeia and strong word choice.
Writing Fix
Writing Fix: Serendipitous Character Descriptions
In this lesson, students create a unique character and develop a descriptive paragraph utilizing strong word choice.
Writing Fix
Writing Fix: Details and Vocabulary: Using Content Based Vocabulary
In this lesson plan, students will write a descriptive paragraph regarding an animal and its habitat, or a character in a particular setting. Great cross-curricular usage of vocabulary.
Writing Fix
Writing Fix: Haiku Riddles
In this lesson students will create 4 mystery haikus to publish for an audience.
Writing Fix
Writing Fix: What if Poems: Developing Imaginative Stanzas for an Original Poem
In this lesson students will develop a "what if" poem using strong word choice and vocabulary.
Writing Fix
Writing Fix: Poems to Bug Your Reader: Develop a Poem About Invertebrates
In this lesson students create a short poem utilizing the best word choice regarding an invertebrate.
Writing Fix
Writing Fix: Special Place Poems
In this lesson students will develop a poem while thinking about a special place. They will develop their ideas using strong word choice and figurative language. After the students have completed their ideas, they will be linked together...
Writing Fix
Writing Fix: Ain't Gonna Rain No More
In this lesson students will re-create a campfire song with internal rhyme and rhythm.
Writing Fix
Writing Fix: Animals Not to [Verb] With
In this lesson, students will create 4 original poems within a particular rhythm and rhyme scheme.
Writing Fix
Writing Fix: Three Voice Important Book Passages
A lesson plan made for young scholars to write from various perspectives regarding the same topic. The mentor text entitled The Important Book is used, as students become more familiar with voice, point of view, persuasive techniques and...
Writing Fix
Writing Fix: Character Credo Poems
Build your student's vocabulary, word choice and voice by asking them to write from the perspective of a particular character. Lesson plan incorporates the R.A.F.T.S. strategy: role, audience, format, topic and strong verb.