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Roald Dahl

The BFG Lesson Plans

For Teachers 3rd - 7th Standards
A 55-page unit examines the novel, The BFG, by Roald Dahl. Six lessons pay close attention to friendship, dreams, and believing themes while analyzing interesting characters, writing creative vocabulary, smilies, metaphors, an exciting...
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Utah Education Network

Uen: Song Writing

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
This lesson engages students in writing lyrics to songs. Students will use free musical software to aid students as they put their lyrics to a tune and tempo.
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Indiana University of Pennsylvania: Writing Center: Writing Strong Introductions

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This Indiana University of Pennsylvania Writing Center article provides tips for writing a strong introduction for an essay. Using the following are discussed in these tips: anecdote, startling statement, famous ideas, question(s), first...
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Grammar Check

Grammar Check: Learn How to Write an Essay Like the Pros (Infographic)

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
An infographic is provided to help students with writing essays. Explicit information about essay writing steps are included. Essay mistakes relative to the content and style are articulated, along with features specific to essays.
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Indiana University of Pennsylvania: Writing Center: Determining a Thesis

For Students 9th - 10th
The Indiana University of Pennsylvania Writing Center article provides information about the "thesis" of a paper. Examples of clear thesis statements are also provided.
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Indiana University of Pennsylvania: Writing Center: Organizational Problems

For Students 9th - 10th
This Indiana University of Pennsylvania Writing Center article provides tips to help students with essay organizational problems. The article suggests that students look at the essay's introduction, thesis, transitions, body paragraphs,...
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Grammar Check

Grammar Check: 20 Ways to Double Your Writing Productivity (Infographic)

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This infographic is provided to help students with writing a novel. Tips from famous authors are included to help students write efficiently and confidently.
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Grammar Check

Grammar Check: Top 10 Common Business Writing Blunders & 5 Everyday Grammatical Mistakes (Infographic)

For Students 11th - 12th
This infographic is provided to help with business writing. Students will learn how to correct the business writing errors.
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Utah Education Network

Uen: 1st Grade Act. 24: Interactive Writing

For Teachers K - 1st Standards
In this instructional activity, students will listen to nonfiction books about items that sink and float. Students will participate in filling in words to fill in a teacher-created chart that is connected to the information. Students...
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Allwritewithme: Rubrics & Checklists for Fourth Grade Informative Writing

For Teachers 4th Standards
This collection of rubrics and checklists can be used for formative and summative assessments. Students can use many of these to self-assess during various phases of the informative writing process, and teachers may use these to guide...
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Success Link

Success Link: Descriptive Writing Mittens

For Teachers K - 1st Standards
Use this lesson plan to teach descriptive writing. A checklist is provided so students can self-monitor their writing.
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Writing Fix

Writing Fix: Who/what/when/where: Desert Theme

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st Standards
In this instructional activity, Brooke Bessesen's picture book, Look Who Lives in the Desert!: Bouncing and Pouncing, Hiding and Gliding, Sleeping and Creeping, is used as the mentor text for its use of adverbial phrases. After several...
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Writing Fix

Writing Fix: Who/what/when/where: Mall Theme

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st Standards
In this lesson, Eileen Christelow's picture book, Five Little Monkeys Go Shopping, is used as the mentor text for its use of adverbial phrases. After several exposures to the mentor text, students will use click the buttons with the...
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Writing Fix

Writing Fix: Who/what/when/where: Recess Theme

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st Standards
In this instructional activity, Hooway for Wodney Watby, written by Helen Lester, is used as the mentor text for its use of adverbial phrases. After several exposures to the mentor text, students will use click the buttons with the words...
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Writing Fix

Writing Fix: Who/what/when/where: Sports Theme

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st Standards
In this lesson, Hoops, written by Robert Burleigh, is used as the mentor text for its use of adverbial phrases. After several exposures to the mentor text, students will use click the buttons with the words "Who", "What", "When", and...
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Writing Fix

Writing Fix: Who/what/when/where: Circus Theme

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st Standards
In this lesson, Dr. Seuss' book, If I Ran the Zoo, is used as the mentor text for its use of adverbial phrases. After reading the mentor text, learners will use click the buttons with the words "Who", "What", "When", and "Where" until...
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University of Oregon

Pizzaz, Creative Writing & Storytelling: Up and Down Poems

For Teachers 3rd - 5th Standards
This PIZZAZ (People Interested in Zippy and ZAny Zcribbling) lesson plan will engage students in writing up and down poems. An example of an up and down poem is provided.
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Scholastic

Scholastic: Writing With Writers: Speech Writing

For Students 3rd - 8th Standards
Learn steps from the experts on how to write and deliver a great speech. There are tips and graphic organizers for writing. The final step is recording your speech on the Radio Hotline. Listen to other student writing as well.
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Utah Education Network

Uen: Kindergarten Writing Lesson #2/Descriptive Prompt

For Teachers K Standards
This lesson plan provides a descriptive writing prompt for kindergarten students about a single event or about several events. Students will use a combination of dictating, drawing, and writing to narrate their stories.
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Daily Teaching Tools

Daily Teaching Tools: Free Graphic Organizers for Planning and Writing

For Teachers 6th - 8th Standards
This Daily Teaching Tools resource provides 30+ graphic organizers to aid in planning and writing. Students will be able to write informational pieces and literary responses.
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Utah Education Network

Uen: Third Grade Writing Lesson #2 / Science Prompt

For Teachers 3rd Standards
Third graders will invent a gadget using one or more simple machines and write about it.
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University of Sydney (Australia)

University of Sydney: The Write Site: Evaluating Your Evidence

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This essay resource teaches students how to select the type of evidence that best lends weight and credibility to their topics and how to organize the evidence effectively. A chart is provided as a quick reference. Click on pages 2-4 at...
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US Department of Education

Us Department of Education: Help Your Child Learn to Write Well

For Students Pre-K - 1st Standards
This is a practical explanation and list of reasons parents should encourage their children in their writing, and ways they can do that. There are pointers for parents and things they should know about what children need in order to...
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Sophia Learning

Sophia: Writing an Argument Paper

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
In this slideshow tutorial, students will review how to write an argument paper. Students will review the parts of the argument paper, which include the thesis, claim, support, and counterarguments. CCSS.ELA-Literacy.CCRA.W.1, W.11-12.1a...

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