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Haiku Leaves
Fifth graders create their own Haiku poem about something they saw on a trip outdoors. They write it on a handmade leaf which is used to create an autumn display in the classroom.
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Scrambled Paragraphs
Young scholars examine the structure of paragraphs. In this writing skills lesson, students examine a scrambled paragraph with no formatting or punctuation. Young scholars rearrange the text to create a well-developed paragraph.
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Tools of the Explorers
Fifth graders examine the history of the European exploration of the New World. They research and create replicas of many of the tools used by the explorers including a compass, quadrant, hourglass, log and map.
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For Better or Worse: Cultural Exchange
Students participate in a cultural exchange program with a Native American school in Winnebago, Nebraska. They conduct research on a variety of Native American tribes, prepare a presentation that represents the culture of their school...
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Develop Journalistic Style--Birds
Students develop journalistic style of writing through considering selection and presentation of information. Students tie science with journalistic writing. Students summarize several science species.
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Why I Like ________?
Students write a persuasive essay on why they would like to visit a particular place in the United States and why they think others should see that particular place. In their essay, they should use the title I have for this lesson and...
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The Editing Process
Students in upper-level college-bound English classes review the editing process and terms such as, tone, diction, transition, and conclusion. They read and evaluate a sample essay and identify parts they feel they could improve on. ...
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Exercise for Writing a Summary Paragraph
Young scholars examine how to write article summaries of abstracts. In this writing skills lesson, students edit the noted sections of an abstract that is already written on the Old Testament Abstracts.
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Philanthropy is Everywhere Lesson 1: Everyone Can Be a Philanthropist
Students examine their classroom as a community and find ways that individuals can support that community by doing philanthropic acts. They draw and label a picture of themselves participating in an act that betters the community.
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Concluding Transition Words
A screencast lesson [2 mins, 32 secs] introducing transition words used to conclude an idea and providing examples of how to use such transitions in concluding sentences. W.11-12.1c Transitions/Cohesion CCSS.ELA-Literacy.WHST.6-8.2.c
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Read Works: Lesson 2: First and Last Sentences (Passage)
[Free Registration/Login Required] Students comprehension will be reinforced as they reading first and last sentences of paragraphs. Direct teaching, guided practice, and independent worksheets are available for this third grade lesson.
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Concluding Transition Words
This slideshow lesson focuses on the use of concluding transition words; it defines transition words and lists the categories. It explains when and how to use concluding transitions, provides a sample list of them, and offers sentence...
CPALMS
Cpalms: Compare/contrast Life Cycle Texts
[Free Registration/Login Required] Students will learn to compare and contrast texts about life cycles using a Venn diagram. Then, using the Venn diagram, students will write an expository paragraph including an introductory sentence,...
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Sophia: Sequencing Transition Words
This slideshow lesson focuses on sequencing transition words; it explains the purpose of transition words in general and then lists sequencing transition words by purpose: numerical, continuation, summation, and conclusion. It provides...
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Writing Fix: Teaching Students to Compose a Power Paragraph [Pdf]
This PDF lesson, POWER PARAGRAPH, focuses on analysis and will also help learners to understand structure in a paragraph. The "power" concept teaches the students to organize their sentences according to different levels of importance....
University of Ottawa (Canada)
University of Ottawa: Writing Paragraphs
This site from the University of Ottawa provides a wonderfully designed website that not only gives you exhaustive information on paragraph writing. Students will engage in starting with outlines, writing topic sentences, dividing their...
Cambridge Rindge & Latin School
Cambridge Rindge & Latin School: Research Paper: Writing a Conclusion
An excellent tip sheet on how to write and develop a conclusion to a research paper. Includes in-depth information and examples.
ACT360 Media
Writing Den: Paragraphs
How do you write a paragraph? Use this site to learn more about the different parts of a paragraph.
University of Sydney (Australia)
The Write Site: Summary: Paraphrasing
This site provides a list of reminders about paraphrases. Then student will self-assess their own writings to ensure that they have properly used their paraphrases.
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Forming an Opinion
This lesson will help prepare students to first form an opinion and then provide a correctly written response. Students organize their thoughts, agree or disagree, define the problem, support opinion, and conclude in 3-5 sentences. This...
E Reading Worksheets
E Reading Worksheets: Writing Persuasive Essays
Persuasive writing is the topic of this article. Students will learn the parts of the persuasive essay and how to write an effective persuasive essay.
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