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Writing Thank You Notes
Sixth graders write to a veteran. In this letter writing lesson, 6th graders identify the five parts of a letter and discuss the importance of sending thank you notes. Students write a thank you note to a veteran.
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Punctuating Dialogue
Sixth graders use narrative strategies (e.g., dialogue and action) to develop characters, plot and setting and maintain a consistent point of view. They create and accurately punctuate dialogue necessary to help the plot progress,...
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Punctuation Cards
In this literacy activity, learners work with the cards in order to develop the skills of punctuation. They concentrate upon word form and sentence structure.
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Language for Sale
Sixth graders think about writing terminology as they rewrite a catalogue descriptioin of an item for sale.
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Publishing a Group Book
Students examine various alphabet books. They write several sentences for their assigned letter of the alphabet, type them onto a word processing program, and create an illustration for a class alphabet book.
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Out of This World (Language Arts)
Second graders, in groups, research the planets in the solar system and create a guidebook for travel.
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Community Brochures
Second graders research facets of their community in order to create an informational brochure. After brainstorming ideas of what could be included in the brochure, student groups get information from the internet, the library or a...
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Historical Research Using the Internet
Students complete Internet research based on historical origin of something of their choosing, and discuss procedures and options for conducting successful search. Students then collect and interpret data, consider various ways to...
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The Class Garden Essay
Fifth graders use a class garden as inspiration for a specific writing assignment. They conduct research into different types of flowers in photo images taken with a digital camera. Students write a creative essay and draw a picture to...
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Record Memories of Earlier Times
Pupils identify ways in which the women's rights movement influenced a woman they know, and then document the important events in her life. Each student interviews an oldere woman. They compile their interviews into a class book.
Texas Education Agency
Texas Gateway: Writing: Editing: Strategies for Editing: Practice 3
A learning module that teaches students about editing their writing in four mini-lessons: Introduction, Avoiding Coma Catastrophes, Placing Quotation Marks, Apostrophes, Em Dashes Like a Pro, and and Putting It All Together.
SUNY Empire State College
Empire State College: Quotation Marks
In this grammar tutorial, students edit the sentences by placing the quotation marks where they are appropriate. Click "submit" to check work.
Texas Education Agency
Texas Gateway: Writing: Editing: Punctuation
A learning module that teaches students about the rules of punctuation in six mini-lessons: Introduction, Terminal Punctuation, The Common Comma, Apostrophes and Quotation Marks, Semicolons, and Your Turn.
Texas Education Agency
Texas Gateway: Strategies for Editing: Practice 3 (English I Writing)
Proofread and mark errors in spelling, capitalization, and punctuation.
