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Breaking News English: Waterproof Genetically-Modified Rice

For Students 5th - 10th
In this waterproof genetically modified rice instructional activity, students read the article, answer true and false questions, complete synonym matching, complete phrase matching, complete a gap fill, answer short answer questions,...
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Breaking News English: Smog

For Students 5th - 10th
In this smog worksheet, students read the article, answer true and false questions, complete synonym matching, complete phrase matching, complete a gap fill, answer short answer questions, answer discussion questions, write, and more...
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Capitalization

For Teachers 4th - 7th
For this capitalization worksheet, students learn about when to capitalize words in sentence writing and when not to. They then use what they learned to answer 12 questions. The answers are on the last page.
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Eliminate Fragments and Run-ons

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Fix fragments and run-ons. Kids practice editing a piece of their own writing, read, and take notes of common examples. They practice connecting independent clauses and then use the information to edit previously written pieces. Note:...
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Analytical Essay

For Teachers 4th - 5th
What is an analytical essay? Introduce this type of thinking to your young writers. First, discuss what it means to analyze something. Then, identify the different components of an essay and what details are embedded in each component....
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Create a Cookbook

For Teachers 8th - 12th
Trios write, design, and produce cookbooks. In a truly collaborative project, they choose what content to include, contribute recipes, and decide on formatting. Then, they reformat all recipes to ensure consistent style, publish the...
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Song Writing

For Students 9th
In this song writing worksheet, 9th graders read about the cadences, chords, tunes, and lyrics that are used in song writing. There are no questions associated with this worksheet.
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Using a Computer to Write a Letter - Verbs (Sequenceing)

For Students 5th - 6th
In this writing letters worksheet, students use the mixed up sentences and rearrange them into chronological order to practice sequencing verbs.
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Writing Bug- Not Music to My Ears- Writing Worksheet

For Students 4th - 6th
In this writing worksheet, students write an essay about the type of music that they do not like. They are given pre-writing tips in a box at the bottom of the page which include make a list of musical types, think about types of music...
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Using a Writing Prompt

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders explore the writing process. They practice responding to a writing prompt. Students practice their proofreading skills and proofread their writing. They include a beginning, middle, and ending in their writing.
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Writing and Responding to a Prompt

For Teachers 8th
Eighth graders explore the writing process. They respond to the prompt "if I had a million dollars I would..." Students brainstorm ideas they could write about and they use the writing check list as they write.
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Writing a Letter of Inquiry!

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students examine and discuss brevity of business letters, create focused and catchy letters, and publish a typed letter that is suitable for mailing.
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Writing Numbers in Decimal Form

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Learners complete a worksheet.  In this decimals lesson, students learn how to write decimals and that the period stands for the word "and".  Learners complete a worksheet independently where they write numbers in decimal form.
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Writing Business Letters of Request

For Teachers 10th
Tenth graders model proper format and elements of business letters. They review effective writing styles and write a request letter. Students also read a short story that includes conflict irony and symbolism They create a chart...
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"Write-a-Letter-to-the-Teacher" Book Report

For Teachers K - 5th
Students practice writing a friendly letter to the teacher as a method of reviewing a book. They write a three paragraph report on a book that they read in friendly letter format.
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Haiku: Observation and Writing in the Japanese Garden

For Teachers 4th - 7th
Students observe a Botanical Gardens. Upon returning to the classroom, students write their own Haiku based on their observations.
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Writing Bug: a Friendly Poem

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
In this writing worksheet, learners will write a poem about their best friend by using all of the letters in their first and last names.
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WRITING BUSINESS & PERSONAL LETTERS

For Teachers Higher Ed
Students write both a business letter and a personal letter to Jamie Bastedo at the Prince of Wales Northern Heritage Center to request his presence at a drama presentation for a unit on Northern Studies: Europeans and Fur Traders, which...
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Poetry III--Haiku Writing

For Teachers 8th - 10th
Learners create and solve haiku riddles.  In this haiku writing lesson, students work in groups to match a haiku to an illustration.  Learners write haiku and assess themselves and their peers.
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Writing a Friendly Letter

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Students write a friendly letter using the four standard sentence. In this friendly letter lesson plan, students use correct sentence structure and punctuation in pairs.
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Writing Bug - Not Music to My Ears

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
For this writing worksheet, students brainstorm different kinds of music and decide which they like and dislike. Students write about that type of music they don't like and list reasons why.
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Printable Poem Starter: Write a Limerick for St. Patrick's Day

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
This shamrock-shaped graphic organizer helps students set up a limerick based on a few sample lines. Students are prompted on which lines should rhyme, and how many syllables each line should have. Once they are finished, the shamrocks...
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Printable Poem Starter: Write a Limerick for St. Patrick's Day

For Students 2nd - 3rd
This shamrock-shaped graphic organizer helps students set up a limerick based on a few sample lines. Students are prompted on which lines should rhyme, and how many syllables each line should have. Once they are finished, the shamrocks...
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Paragraph Writing

For Students 3rd - 5th
For this paragraph writing worksheet, students read a short paragraph and then answer 3 short answer questions about sentence fluency. Next, students choose from 6 different main ideas and write a paragraph with a mixture of sentence types.

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