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Holes

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders read and analyze the importance of setting in character development in a five week unit for the novel, 'Holes,' by Louis Sachar. In groups, they participate in a jigsaw writing activity, and analyze the descriptive writing...
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Category Directions

For Students 3rd - 4th
In this category worksheet, students read about the use of categories to improve their descriptive writing. They follow directions to categorize 12 words which include months, beverages, buildings, and types of punctuation.
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Recipe Formats - Level II

For Teachers All
A recipe, no matter its format, gives ingredients and instructions for a specific food so that the food item tastes the same every time. See Preface Materials:
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Fun with Describing Words - Adjectives

For Students 1st - 2nd
In this grammar worksheet, students complete sentences by describing words from a picture/word bank.
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Writing Strategies: Descriptive Words

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Pupils discover the importance of using descriptive words in good writing. They brainstorm words to describe elephants and dogs then watch a video that describes different items. Each student writes a paragraph using descriptive words...
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Flag Language Arts

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students write a description of a flag. In this writing lesson, students pick a flag and write a description of it. Students should include colors and symbols present on the flag. Students share their descriptions and the class must...
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Write A Description

For Teachers 2nd - 5th
Students practice composing sentences that pertain to the description of a picture. They use critical observation skills in order to derive the best details. The sentences are required to follow the correct subject and verb pattern.
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Exploring Descriptive Language With Different Parts of Speech

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students practice experiencing writing with appropriate language and incorporating the eight parts of speech. They assess that many words have multiple functions when used in different contexts. Each student free writes in response to a...
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Third Grade Writing Lesson #1/Descriptive Prompt

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders read aloud a book about a favorite place. They make and share a list of favorite places and then use a graphic organizer to write a description of a favorite place so that the reader can imagine being there.
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Create Your Island Paradise

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders create a descriptive essay and map describing their island paradise. They try to evoke the reader's senses: seeing, hearing, touching, smelling, and tasting. They revise their paragraphs using their partner's feedback.
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What's in the Box

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders verbalize, write, and illustrate descriptive vocabulary words and/or descriptive phrases while attempting to guess an unseen object, which has been hidden in a box by teacher.
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Descriptive Prompt

For Teachers K - 1st
Young scholars create a detailed self portrait, and then write about their appearance.
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Zooming In, Zooming Out

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students develop their writing skills. In this writing instructional activity, students play a word game to help them formulate a plan to write descriptions of people or objects using descriptive words.
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Johnny Appleseed Reading and Writing

For Teachers 1st
First graders explore language arts by reading a classic story in class. In this word choice lesson plan, 1st graders read the story of Johnny Appleseed and identify the descriptive words and sentences the author used to entice the...
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Show! Don't Tell!

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students write a descriptive paragraph. In this writing instructional activity, students define elaboration and discuss the characteristics of an elaborate paragraph. Students write a paragraph that contains vivid adjectives, strong...
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Science Inventions

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders explore the world of inventions by describing their impact on their own lives.  In this technology instructional activity, 3rd graders practice writing descriptive paragraphs about different inventions that they find...
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Nonviolent Conflict Resolutions with Cesar Chavez

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders investigate nonviolent conflict resolution strategies. In this interpersonal communication lesson, 3rd graders explore conflict resolution. Students construct a newspaper/magazine article detailing nonviolent conflict...
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Performance Event

For Teachers 2nd - 6th
Students examine the media by writing a compare/contrast paragraph. In this mass communications lesson, students identify and discuss the main sources of information for Americans in today's age. Students analyze pictures of people...
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Art About Me- The Skin You Live In

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students read the text The Skin You Live In by Michael Tyler. In this literacy lesson, students discuss the characters in the text and the various shades of skin they observed on each page. Students read the beautiful descriptions of the...
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Subject/Verb Agreement

For Teachers 1st - 3rd Standards
Young scholars recognize the relationship between singular and plural subjects and verbs as they relate to developing stronger writing skills. In this writing lesson, students write and organize their thoughts and feelings while using...
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Seeing Eye "Buddies"

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders observe a variety of sights within their schoolyard habitat and sitting quietly back-to-back with a partner describe what they see. The partner sketches the observations, 3rd graders compare drawings with the object described.
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Reading Fiction: Sentences

For Students 7th - 8th
In this reading fiction-sentences worksheet, students read two selections from Dickens and Joyce, analyzing the pace and underlining words that create the effect that the author wants.
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Special Place

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Students observe and describe a "special place" chosen along a nature trail. In this habitat observational skills and writing lesson, students take a walk on a nature trail and choose a spot to sit and meditate. Students complete a...
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Recipe

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students discover how vocabulary fits into different categories depend on its usage. Given a recipe with blanks in place of the verbs, student pairs are asked to fill in the blanks with the correct action to complete the recipe. ...

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