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Texas Education Agency

Texas Gateway: The Writing Process: Generate Ideas and Questions

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
[Accessible by TX Educators. Free Registration/Login Required] A learning module that teaches students how to generate ideas and questions as a part of the writing process in five mini-lessons: Introduction, Writing the Persuasive Essay:...
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Scholastic

Scholastic: Writing With Writers: Descriptive Writing

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
Need help with doing a descriptive paper or personal narrative? Need a writing lesson plan? Meet Virginia Hamilton and follow her step-by-step guide to writing. When done, you are eligible for a certificate signed by this author.
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Scholastic

Scholastic: Writing With Writers: Descriptive Writing

For Teachers 2nd - 8th Standards
This page gives students specific guidelines & tips for a descriptive writing assignment. Students can publish descriptive writing here, as well. A thorough teacher's guide to descriptive writing is also provided.
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Scholastic

Scholastic: Write It: Journalism

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This workshop launches will launch students into the writing process. Read advice from Pulitzer Prize winning journalist Nigel Jaquiss, and read work from other students. The Sandwich Critique is an excellent way to peer review. Finally,...
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HotChalk

Hot Chalk: Lesson Plans Page: Writing an Autobiography Using Pictures

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
This is a 4-day lesson plan on how to write an autobiography. Students also learn to take digital pictures of themselves and use them in their writing.
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ReadWriteThink

Read Write Think: Collaborative Prewriting and Drafting

For Teachers K - 1st Standards
A very useful lesson that incorporates the process of collaboration to elementary students. Students brainstorm and use prewriting strategies to write a group story.
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ReadWriteThink

Read Write Think: All About Alliteration: Responding to Literature Through Poetry

For Teachers 3rd - 5th Standards
In this lesson, students will listen to a book, A My Name Is by Alice Lyne, and they will learn about alliteration and alliterative words. After reading the book, students will use print and online resources to brainstorm their own...
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Writing Fix

Writing Fix: A Chapter Book Writing Lesson: Rules and Things for a Funner Life

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Each writer will brainstorm experiences where he/she has learned some sort of lesson about life. Each will then come up with a personal list of "Rules and Things for a Funner Life," such as those shared in Bud, Not Buddy by Christopher...
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Writing Fix

Writing Fix: Color Personification Poems

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st Standards
In this lesson, Hailstones and Halibut Bones, a book written by Mary O'Neill and Red Sings, and From Treetops: a Year in Colors, a book by Joyce Sidman, are used as mentor texts. Learners will brainstorm to collect different adjectives,...
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Writing Fix

Writing Fix: Counting Up or Down Stories

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
The writer will brainstorm situations where individuals or people in a group count up or count down out loud together. Using the ending of chapter 5 of Wringer by Jerry Spinelli as a model, the writer will plan a story where someone (or...
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Writing Fix

Writing Fix: An I Pod Inspired Writing Lesson: Reduce, Reuse, Recycle

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
In this lesson, students will use the song "The 3 R's" by Jack Johnson to develop ideas about how to "green" up their own classrooms; they will learn two songs (written to the tune of old classics) that will inspire them to brainstorm...
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Other

Kim's Korner: Graphic Organizers for Writing and Reading

For Students 3rd - 8th Standards
What are graphic organizers for reading and writing? Use this site to learn more about these learning tools.
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Louisiana Department of Education

Louisiana Doe: Curriculum Hub: Ela Guidebooks: Application Student Selected Task: Prepare to Write

For Students 9th Standards
Prepare to write by analyzing the requirements for the culminating task product for the application unit.
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Writing Fix

Writing Fix:"oh, That's Good!" "No, That's Bad!"

For Teachers 1st - 5th
How can something that is good, be bad and something that is bad, be good? Inspired by the pattern and concept in Margery Cuyler's picture book That's Good! That's Bad!, students will brainstorm a sequence of related events as the story...
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Scholastic

Scholastic: Write It: Memoir

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Write It Memoir offers a complete writing workshop to develop your personal story. Search your memory through the brainstorming activities to launch your piece. Draft a map of the memories along with reading other models. As the process...
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Writing Fix

Writing Fix: Memoirs About Food and Kitchens

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
In this review, the author discusses Sharon Creech's book entitled Granny Torrelli Makes Soup. A brainstorming activity to prepare learners for descriptive writing is provided. activity about author's voice and word choice follow the...
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Texas Education Agency

Texas Gateway: The Writing Process: Generate Ideas and Questions

For Students 9th - 10th
[Accessible by TX Educators. Free Registration/Login Required] Learn strategies to help you generate questions and ideas about a topic.
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Can Teach

Can Teach: Writing a Cooperative Class Story

For Teachers 3rd - 5th Standards
For this lesson plan, learners will write a cooperative class story, using brainstorming and editing skills. Lesson plan indicated for 3rd grade and above.
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Scholastic

Scholastic: Poetry Writing With Jack Prelutsky

For Students 2nd - 5th Standards
Here you will find awesome poetry guidelines from Jack Prelutsky! You will also find a teacher's guide.
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Scholastic

Scholastic: Myth Writing Workshop With Jane Yolen

For Students 6th - 8th
Well-known author Jane Yolen takes you step by step through the process of writing a myth. The site includes a Myth Brainstorming Machine to help get ideas flowing.
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Louisiana Department of Education

Louisiana Doe: Curriculum Hub: Ela Guidebooks: The Joy Luck Club: Prepare to Write

For Students 9th Standards
Prepare to write by brainstorming and determining the focus.
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Writing Fix

Writing Fix: Actions Speak Louder Than Words

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
After hearing and discussing an excerpt from Sharon Creech's Walk Two Moons, students will plan to create a unique description of a character that uses memorable actions that "show" a person's character. They will brainstorm verbs that...
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Writing Fix

Writing Fix: An I Pod Inspired Writing Lesson: A Call for Change

For Teachers 9th - 10th
The world is an ever changing place, and through this lesson young scholars will have a chance to send a call out for change. Using Bob Dylan's "The Times They Are A-Changin'" as an inspiration and a model, students will brainstorm...
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Writing Fix

Writing Fix: Quest Item Poetry

For Teachers 9th - 10th
After listening to and sketching several scenes from the stories of Theseus and Orpheus, students will imagine a scene of themselves standing on the road of life, about to embark on a journey into the world. Inspired by the quest items...

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