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Capital Community College Foundation

Guide to Grammar and Writing: The Period

For Students 9th - 10th
An excellent resource detailing the uses and rules of the grammatical element "the period." Also includes information about the period in sentences, quotation marks, parentheses, and abbreviations.
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Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Holt, Rinehart and Winston: Writer's Model: High School Persuasive Essay Example 1

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This seven-page essay provides an example of a persuasive essay. Clicking on the "Writer's Guide" link in the upper right-hand corner of the page enables the user to get tips, directions, and explanations on the essay.
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Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Holt, Rinehart and Winston: Writer's Model: High School Persuasive Essay Example 2

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This five-page essay provides an example of a persuasive essay. Clicking on the "Writer's Guide" link in the upper right-hand corner of the page enables the user to get tips, directions, and explanations on the essay.
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Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Holt, Rinehart and Winston: Writer's Model: Persuasive Essay Example 2

For Students 6th - 8th Standards
This four-page essay provides an example of a persuasive essay. Clicking on the "Writer's Guide" link in the upper right-hand corner of the page enables the user to get tips, directions, and explanations on the essay.
Lesson Plan
Writing Fix

Writing Fix: Voice Building Poetry Lesson: Comparison & Contrast Poems

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
In this lesson, young scholars examine multiple mentor texts to help drive them toward the final persuasive writing assignment: comparison and contrast poems written from a parent and a child's perspective. A short story, two poems, and...
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Joe Landsberger

Study Guides & Strategies: Elements of a Research Paper

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
All the basics of writing the research paper are presented here very succinctly. Links to more in-depth looks at various steps are provided.
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University of Victoria (Canada)

The U Vic Writer's Guide: Literary Term: Aphorism

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Provides an excellent description of the element of aphorism in writing. Content includes several examples.
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Letter Writing Guide

How to Write an Invitation Letter

For Students 9th - 10th
This student and teacher-friendly site contains the basics related to writing an invitation. In addition, the article discusses the elements to include in a business-related invitation letter. The article also discusses the elements to...
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Letter Writing Guide

How to Write a Friendly Letter

For Students 9th - 10th
This site contains the purpose of friendly letter writing. In addition, the article discusses the elements of good friendly letter writing.
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Letter Writing Guide

How to Write a Letter

For Students 9th - 10th
This student and teacher-friendly site contains the purpose of letter writing. In addition, the article discusses the elements of good letter writing.
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Letter Writing Guide

Writing a Letter of Recommendation

For Students 9th - 10th
This student and teacher-friendly site provides insight into the letter of recommendation. In addition, the article discusses the elements of writing a good letter of recommendation.
Unit Plan
Department of Defense

Do Dea: Story, Identity, Unity

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Delve into the art of storytelling in this self-guided unit. Multiple topics are covered such as literary genres, the 7 elements of fiction, figurative language, theme, characterization, etc. At the end of the unit, write your own flash...
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BBC

Bbc Radio2: Sold on Song

For Students 9th - 10th
If you love classic pop and rock songs and performers, you'll want to visit this site. Includes background information and audio, a glossary, a guide to songwriting styles, songwriting tips, music quizzes, interviews, and so much more....
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Capital Community College Foundation

Guide to Grammar and Writing: The Narrative Essay

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Need help picking out the elements of a narrative? Check this site out from Capital Community College, and you'll see some background information, a sample essay, and directed questions to ask yourself about a text. W.9-10.3 Narrative,...
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Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Holt, Rinehart and Winston: Writer's Guide: Persuasive Essay

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Follow the framework on this page to construct a persuasive essay on any topic. Click on Writer's Model in the upper right to see a Shockwave presentation highlighting how to use the suggestions. W.9-10.10 Write Routinely
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Letter Writing Guide

How to Write an Appeal Letter

For Students 9th - 10th
This student and teacher-friendly site contains the purpose surrounding a letter of appeal. In addition, the article discusses the elements of good business letter writing.
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Grammar Tips

Grammar Tips: Faulty Parallelism in Coordinate Elements: Short Version

For Students 9th - 10th
This resource presents many examples of awkward and faulty parallelism which could be used for a class writing exercise, as well as for a guide to constructing correct sentences.
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Letter Writing Guide

How to Write a Cover Letter

For Students 9th - 10th
This student and teacher-friendly site contains the purpose of writing a cover letter. In addition, the article discusses the format of a good cover letter and elements to include in a good cover letter.
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Letter Writing Guide

How to Write a Resignation Letter

For Students 9th - 10th
This student and teacher-friendly site contains the rationale for writing a resignation letter. In addition, the article discusses the basic elements in a letter of resignation.
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Letter Writing Guide

How to Write a Farewell Letter to Your Co Workers

For Students 9th - 10th
This student and teacher-friendly site discusses the tone that should be established in a farewell letter to an employer. In addition, the article discusses the elements of good farewell letter.
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Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Holt, Rinehart and Winston: Writer's Model: Problem Solution Essay

For Students 9th - 10th
This five-page essay provides an example of a Problem-Solution Essay. Clicking on the "Writer's Guide" link in the upper right-hand corner of the page enables the user to get tips, directions, and explanations on the essay.
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Capital Community College Foundation

Guide to Grammar and Writing: Run on Sentences

For Students 3rd - 5th Standards
This site shows how to repair run-on sentences. Students and teachers will find this interactive resource helpful.
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Other

Study guide.org: Writing an Approach Paper

For Students 9th - 10th
This study tutorial shows how to do an "approach paper" concerning novels read in class. This web page explains the assignment and offers a sample approach for the novel To Kill a Mockingbird.
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Capital Community College Foundation

Guide to Grammar and Writing: Diagramming Sentences Power Point

For Students 3rd - 8th Standards
This handy PowerPoint presentation introduces the concept of sentence diagramming. It includes a number of examples.