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ReadWriteThink

Read Write Think: Talking About Books to Improve Comprehension

For Teachers 3rd - 5th Standards
This lesson is a conversation-starter! In this lesson, students learn about striking up deep-thought conversations and staying on topic in the form of a book talk.
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Better Lesson

Better Lesson: Tell Me About It

For Teachers K - 1st Standards
Students will be able to describe familiar items and with prompting and support provide additional details by making Flubber. Making Flubber encourages students to engage in descriptive dialogue which helps develop the ability to provide...
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Sophia Learning

Sophia: Back Story

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This lesson introduces the back story in fiction writing. W.11-12.3c Narrative Org
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ArtsNow

Arts Now Learning: Cultural Characters: World War Ii Conversations [Pdf]

For Teachers 5th - 6th
In this lesson, students use photos of people in real-life World War II events as a springboard for composing dialogue between the people in the photographs. Students then work in pairs to create a scene set in World War II and present...
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Rice University

Rice University: Galileo's Pendulum Experiments

For Students 9th - 10th
This site from The Galileo Project of the Rice University provides a great look into the pendulum experimens of Galileo. Contains first-hand writings and examples of experiments along with links to additional information.
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Other

Ken Lopez Book Seller: Silko's Introduction

For Students 9th - 10th
A brief history of the writing career of Leslie Marmon Silko. The main part of the website focuses on the books similar to "Ceremony" and the influence and dialogue they create.
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John F. Kennedy Center

The Kennedy Center: Poets and Puppets: Learning English

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Use these how-toos to help English Language Learners with speaking and writing. Using poetry and role playing with puppets unleashes creativity.
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Online Writing Lab at Purdue University

Purdue University Owl: Quotation Marks

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn about how to use quotation marks correctly to quote poetry, prose, and long and short quotes. Also, find guidelines on using quotation marks when writing dialogue and when using other punctuation.
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Sophia Learning

Sophia: Character Development

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This lesson explains how characters develop in fiction writing. W.11-12.3d Sensory/precise lang narratives
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ArtsNow

Arts Now Learning: Exploring Social Studies Through Playwriting [Pdf]

For Teachers 6th Standards
In this instructional activity, 6th graders use photos of people in real-life events from the Zapatistas Movement as a springboard to write a dialogue between the people in the photograph. Students then work in pairs to create a scene...
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Sophia Learning

Sophia: Adding Words to Quotations

For Students 9th - 10th
This slideshow lesson explainsr how to alter a quotation by adding or changing words. Numerous examples are provided.
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Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Houghton Mifflin Books: Zathura by Chris Van Allsburg

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st Standards
This comprehensive teacher's guide for the book "Zathura" by Chris Van Allsburg provides us with an opportunity to examine how writers blend scientific information with a fictional story.
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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: The Game

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
After watching this brief interchange over a chessboard, please write what you think the dialogue is for the two players.
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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Tourists!

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Write a dialogue for the gulls, who appear to be having some issues with the humans cluttering their beach.
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Scholastic

Scholastic: Make Your Own Captain Underpants Comic

For Students 3rd - 5th
Create a Captain Underpants comic by choosing characters, dialogue, objects, and backgrounds on a series of four slides. Then view the comic and email it to a friend. Requires Adobe Flash.
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ClassFlow

Class Flow: Grammar Paragraph

For Teachers 3rd - 9th Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] The Objective of this flipchart is to help students to begin to organize stories into paragraphs; and to begin to use paragraphing in presentation of dialogue in stories.

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