Unit Plan
Scholastic

Scholastic: Writing Workshop: Research Paper

For Students 3rd - 5th Standards
A site for both students and teachers to explore the writing of a research paper. Find teacher resources, student interactive mini-lessons, and a review of types of research resources.
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Texas Education Agency

Texas Gateway: Writing: Editing: Strategies for Editing: Practice 3

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
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.
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Texas Education Agency

Texas Gateway: Writing: Editing: Strategies for Editing: Practice 2

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
A learning module that teaches students about editing their writing in four mini-lessons: Introduction, To Be or Not to Be in Capitals. That Is the Question, How Do You Spell It: Shakesspere, Shakysper, Shaxpeer, or Shakespeare?, and...
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Texas Education Agency

Texas Gateway: Writing Interpretive Response: Thesis in an Interpretive Response

For Students 9th - 10th
[Accessible by TX Educators. Free Registration/Login Required] A learning module that teaches students how to write a strong thesis statement in four mini-lessons: Introduction, A Thesis Should Be Debatable, A Thesis Should Be...
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Texas Education Agency

Texas Gateway: Writing: Editing: Strategies for Editing: Practice 1

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
A learning module that teaches students about editing strategies in five mini-lessons: Introduction, Spelling Spectacularly, Capitalizing Confidently, Punctuating Perfectly, and Putting It All Together.
Lesson Plan
ReadWriteThink

Read Write Think: Inside or Outside? A Mini Lesson on Quotation Marks and More

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Contains plans for a minilesson that teaches about the proper use of quotation marks in dialogue. In addition to objectives and standards, this instructional plan contains links to sites used in the lessons as well as assessment and...
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Writing Fix

Writing Fix: Writing Fix Homepage

For Teachers K - 1st Standards
Have you ever needed someone to help you out with your writing? This site offers help to students and teachers. The lessons and resources are organized based on the 6 Writing Traits model. An especially interesting feature of the site is...
Lesson Plan
ReadWriteThink

Read Write Think: Living the Dream 100 Acts of Kindness

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Contains plans for mini-lessons that ask young scholars to put the dream of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. in action by performing 100 acts of kindness. In addition to objectives and standards, this instructional plan contains links to...
Article
Other

Fiction teachers.com: How to Write a Mini Mystery

For Students 3rd - 8th Standards
Use the ideas on this page to help your students create mini-mysteries.
Unit Plan
Texas Education Agency

Texas Gateway: Use Outlines, Notetaking, Graphic Organizers, Lists

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
A learning module that teaches students about organizing information for an essay in four mini-lessons: Introduction, Taking Good Notes, Using Graphic Organizers, and Making Lists.
Website
Other

Northwest Regional Educational Laboratory: 6+1 Traits

For Students 9th - 10th
This site focuses on the 6+1 TraitTM Writing framework.
Activity
Other

Northwest Regional Educational Laboratory: 6+1 Traits

For Teachers K - 1st Standards
This site focuses on the 6+1 TraitTM Writing framework.
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Georgia Department of Education

Ga Virtual Learning: Colonial Literature Assignments

For Students 9th - 10th
This lesson focuses on the assignments for the unit on Colonial Literature. It features a list of reading assignments, thought questions, a mini-research project assignment, and links to websites on Native American Culture and Native...
Website
Other

Book Report Notebook:the Lion, the Witch and the Wardrob

For Students 3rd - 8th
This site has the main point of the story "The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe" by C.S. Lewis (1898-1963 CE).