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Better Lesson

Better Lesson: W.3.3.b: Use Dialogue and Descriptions of Actions

For Students 3rd Standards
Links to 2 lessons and activities that build student skills in standard W.3.3.b: Write Narratives to develop real or imagined experiences or events using effective technique, descriptive details, and clear event sequences.
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ReadWriteThink

Read Write Think: Digging Up Details on Worms: Using Science in an Inquiry Study

For Teachers K - 1st Standards
A lesson plan based on a study unit of earthworms, using the inquiry model to integrate scientific processes with literacy practices. Instruction plans, related resources, and standards are included.
PPT
Sophia Learning

Sophia: Descriptive Papers: Key Elements: Lesson 2

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This lesson goes over words, phrases, and key elements that are included in descriptive papers. It is 2 of 2 in the series titled "Descriptive Papers: Key Elements."
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Writing Fix

Writing Fix: The Legend Lives On

For Teachers 9th - 10th
In this lesson, learners will Use "The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald", sung by Gordon Lightfoot as a model. They will write poems that tell a detailed story of a historical event. The poem will be brought to life using a combination of...
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Writing Fix

Writing Fix: Details and Vocabulary: Using Content Based Vocabulary

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
In this lesson, 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.
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A to Z Teacher Stuff

Ato Z Teacher Stuff: Lifesaver Descriptive Writing Lesson

For Teachers 3rd - 5th Standards
This site has a fun way to explore your senses. While eating a lifesaver, students observe their senses and write down what they discover. Great idea, but not many details in the lesson plan.
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ArtsNow

Arts Now Learning: Self Portrait Collage [Pdf]

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
In this lesson, students create a visual representation of themselves using collage with magazine cut-outs and write a detailed description of it.
Activity
Texas Instruments

Texas Instruments: Walk This Walk

For Teachers 9th - 10th
In this activity, students use a motion detector to create Distance versus Time graphs. They experiment with various Distance-Time graphs and write mathematical descriptions of motion with constant velocity.
Activity
Other

Mishima Yukio Cyber Museum

For Students 9th - 10th
This "cyber museum" of material about Mishima's life and writings accompanies the building of a new museum dedicated to Mishima in Yamanakako. This site has a detailed timeline which combines events in Mishima's life with events in...