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The Five Paragraph Essay

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students investigate the concept of writing a five paragraph essay. They go through the steps to develop an essay from prewriting to a final draft using a writing prompt of Olauda Equiano. The handout for the assignment has questions for...
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Five-Paragraph Essay

For Teachers 7th
Seventh graders examine the five-paragraph essay format, including the main idea and supporting sentences. After outlining their essay ideas, they write their rough drafts and proofread them in preparation for writing their final papers.
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Peer Editing Worksheet, #2

For Teachers 9th - 12th
In this peer editing worksheet, students read and review a teacher-supplied article and respond to 6 short answer questions in order to edit the article's introductory paragraph and body.
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Fix It

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Word processing practice and vocabulary blend with proofreading in a multi-purpose lesson that makes excellent use of an hour in the computer lab. Learners edit the grammatical, spelling, and punctuation errors in a given paragraph (not...
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Teacher of the Year

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Now is the time to identify the great teachers in your school! Discuss the characteristics of persuasive writing and analyze an example. Then, each pupil chooses a teacher who they feel should be named teacher of the year. They plan and...
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Writing a Newspaper Article

For Teachers 6th - 9th
The perfect resource for a beginning journalism teacher or someone designing a journalism unit, this activity prompts young scholars to write a newspaper article. It covers all aspects of the writing process, such as a guided warm-up...
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Run On Sentences

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Explore run-on sentences with your language arts class. There is a SMART Board presentation included, but even if you don't have access to this technology, there are several useful pieces here. Provide your learners with the "student...
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Spelling Proofreading Worksheet

For Students 7th - 9th
Looking for a quick spelling activity to use as a quiz or warm-up? This resource provides a paragraph of eleven sentences, all of which contain a spelling error. Young learners list the mistakes on the lines below. Make a game out of...
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Narrative Revision Sheet

For Students 7th - 12th
After completing a narrative essay, provide this self-editing worksheet for your class. Four simple questions ask for the purpose, tone, and any rhetorical devices used in the essay. Editors fill this section out themselves before...
PPT
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The Writing Process

For Teachers Pre-K - 9th
Introducing your emergent writers to the writing process? Consider using this presentation that gives a clear overview of the steps involved in producing a piece of writing. The elements of an essay are then introduced; however, the only...
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EngageNY

Grade 9 ELA Module 3, Unit 3, Lesson 6

For Teachers 9th Standards
The eighth lesson in the editing process focuses on flow and cohesiveness in the entire research paper. Class members examine color-coded pre- and post-revision model paragraphs and then work in pairs to revise and peer-review their papers.
Writing
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Understanding Paragraph Basics

For Students 3rd - 6th Standards
Full of informative, helpful, and accessible activities, a language arts packet is sure to be a valuable part of your writing unit. It's versatile between reading levels and grade levels, and focuses on the most efficient ways for your...
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ReadWriteThink

Persuasive Essay: Environmental Issues

For Teachers 6th - 8th Standards
Young environmentalists learn how to craft a persuasive essay about an environmental issue they consider important. After studying the components of a persuasive essay and examining a student model, writers brainstorm possible topics and...
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EngageNY

Grade 10 ELA Module 2: Unit 2, Lesson 2

For Teachers 10th Standards
What is a megalomaniac? Scholars discover the word's meaning as they read and analyze paragraphs seven and eight from Julia Alvarez's essay "A Genetics of Justice." They also read Mark Memmott's article "Remembering to Never Forget" and...
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Writing a Descriptive Paragraph

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students write a descriptive paragraph. In this descriptive paragraph writing lesson, students discuss how to make their paragraphs interesting. Students then choose from a list something they want to write about. After writing students...
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Advanced Paragraph Correction #8

For Students 5th - 8th
In this paragraph correction worksheet, students read an 8 line passage. Then students respond to 8 multiple choice questions regarding grammar, punctuation, and spelling errors within the paragraph.
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Advanced Paragraph Correction #6

For Students 4th - 9th
In this paragraph correction worksheet, students read a 7 line passage. Then students respond to 8 multiple choice questions regarding grammar, punctuation, and spelling errors.
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Advanced Paragraph Correction #3

For Students 5th - 7th
For this proofreading worksheet, students read a paragraph containing several errors. Using multiple choice options, students correct all 8 errors.
Interactive
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Grammar and Usage: Section 1, Paragraph

For Students 5th - 7th
For this online interactive grammar and usage worksheet, students examine a paragraph that is missing words or phrase. Students select the appropriate words or phrases to complete each of the sentences and submit their answers to be scored.
Interactive
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Grammar and Usage: Section 1, Paragraph #2

For Students 5th - 7th
In this online interactive grammar and usage activity, students examine a paragraph that is missing words or phrase. Students select the appropriate words or phrases to complete each of the sentences and submit their answers to be scored.
Worksheet
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Intermediate Paragraph Correction #5

For Students 3rd - 5th
This worksheet provides intermediate ESL learners with an opportunity to correct identified errors with grammar, verb tenses and syntax in a written passage.
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Intermediate Paragraph Correction #10

For Students 3rd - 5th
Learners read a short passage with 8 errors and then choose the appropriate multiple choice answer that best corrects each error. This excellent activity also provides effective standardized test taking practice, as there are many...
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Editing to Eliminate Fragments

For Teachers 8th - 12th
Students practice their writing skills. In this writing revision lesson plan, students read the provided writing samples and make corrections to the sentence fragments that are evident in each of them.
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Education World

Every-Day Edit: President John Adams

For Students 3rd - 8th
In this everyday editing instructional activity, students correct grammatical mistakes in a short paragraph about President John Adams. The errors range from capitalization, punctuation, spelling, and grammar.

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