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Writing Fix

Writing Fix: Special Place Poems

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
In this lesson learners will develop a poem while thinking about a special place. They will develop their ideas using strong word choice and figurative language. After the students have completed their ideas, they will be linked together...
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Broward Education Foundation

Broward Education Foundation: The Arts and Crafts of Storytelling [Pdf]

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
In the Arts and Crafts of Storytelling, American folk heroes come to life, help students expand their vocabulary and increase knowledge of figurative language. Students identify figurative language like similes, idioms and hyperboles....
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Writing Fix

Writing Fix: Paper Plate Simile Books

For Teachers 2nd - 5th Standards
Students experience the fun and creativity of similes, ultimately describing themselves using comparisons and illustrations. The students' final product is a paper plate book of illustrated personal similes.
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Writing Fix

Writing Fix: Alliterative Insects

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
In this lesson students develop a story about an insect while utilizing previously written sentences with strong word choice.
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Writing Fix

Writing Fix: Between Repeated Lines

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
In this instructional activity young scholars will write a poem about someone they love after they have brainstormed an original idea.
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Writing Fix

Writing Fix: Start and Stop Poetry

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
In this instructional activity students will analyze the cyclical patterns within poetry.
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Writing Fix

Writing Fix: The Backwards Writing Assignment

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
In this lesson students will create a backwards poem based on descriptive settings and characters.
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Writing Fix

Writing Fix: Death Personified

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
For this lesson, students will personify an object within a poem. They will focus on voice and word choice in order to fully convey their message.
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Writing Fix

Writing Fix: Unique Metaphor Collections

For Teachers 9th - 10th
In this lesson, the first chapter of the novel Girl with a Pearl Earring is used as a mentor text. Students will identify metaphors and then create their own unique metaphorical descriptions that they will begin to collect in their...