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Subject-Verb Agreement

For Teachers 8th - 10th
Pupils explore subject-verb agreement. They read sentences on the board and fill in a correct subject and verb. Using Lil' Boooie's lyrics, students correct the wrong subject-verb agreements in the lyrics. Time permitting, pupils...
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Daily Language Practice Builds Skills, Test Scores

For Teachers 3rd - 12th
Students develop their proofreading skills. In this daily language practice lesson, students improve their writing skills as they edit passages. The editing work encompasses capitalization, punctuation, and grammar.
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Photo Link

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders write correct letters to their pen pals and improve their grammar, handwriting, capitalization, punctuation, and ability to construct complete sentences.
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Literary Circles

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Pupils use correct grammar, spelling and capitalization in their writing. They connect information acquired in history and science classes with the events described in the books that were read. Students make a clear and informative...
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Be a Professional Proofreader

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders use ClarisWorks to edit a paragraph for correct punctuation, capitalization and correct spelling of high frequency words. The paragraph to be edited is imbedded in this lesson plan.
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The Argument

For Teachers 6th - 9th Standards
After brainstorming, middle schoolers write an expository essay for a writing project. They focus on supporting points, organization, and writing conventions to develop a well-integrated paper. In addition, they revise, proofread and...
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Indiana Applied Skills Assessment Sample

For Teachers 5th
In this Applied Skills Assessment worksheet, 5th graders complete a sample state assessment for Language Arts and Mathematics for 5th graders. They read a writing prompt and complete a writing activity that follows, answer various types...
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The Pearl: Found Poem

For Teachers 9th - 12th
It's hard to beat the beauty of John Steinbeck's prose, so borrow a little of it to form your own found poetry. After kids finish Chapter One of The Pearl, they select the most evocative and vivid words to create found poems.
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Self Biography

For Teachers 7th - 10th
Get to know your students with this project. Each individual writes an autobiography that is at least seven pages long with major facts, visual facts, focal stories, and chronology. The lesson includes a point breakdown for the...
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Holidays Around the World

For Teachers 1st - 5th
Students explore how different holiday traditions are celebrated around the world. Scholars write a paper describing how they celebrate their own favorite holiday. Email partners, from different states and countries, share their...
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Kindergarten Writing: Narrative Prompt

For Teachers K
What is special about summer (fall, winter, or spring)? Using a bag filled with season-related items (for summer items like sunglasses, a swimming suit, etc.) the class take turns taking out one item. A discussion of how each item might...
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Journal Writing

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Young scholars creatively utilize a word processor in order to do daily journal writing. They explore with using simple, compound, and complex sentences in order to present ideas with clarity and precision. They gain computer skills...
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Persuasive Essays

For Teachers 11th
Follow this outline to write persuasive essays with your 11th grade college prep classes. Using the internet, they research a topic, citing their sources correctly. They work with a partner to peer edit their rough drafts, checking for...
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Put Yourself in Check

For Teachers 8th
Eighth graders identify what it means to utilize and accept personal responsibility in relationships with others and why it is important to have a self-awareness during conflict. They also role play spontaneously a common conflict among...
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Progressing Towards Graduation

For Teachers 11th
Eleventh graders write a paragraph about what they are going to do after graduating from high school. As a class, they share how they are going to meet their goals and discuss other options other than going to college. To end the lesson,...
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Sentence Train

For Teachers K - 3rd Standards
What child doesn't like trains? Use this fun idea to practice writing. Young readers learn to write complete sentences by using a train graphic organizer made out of construction paper. Each section of the train (engine, boxcar, and...
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Car For Sale!

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Car For sale! For this GED prep lesson, writers develop a classified advertisement to sell a car. After a discussion of precise words and phrases, telling details, and sensory language, sellers draft their ad for review, revision and...
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If I Could Have Lived in Another Time or Culture

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders develop multi-paragraph compositions. They include an introduction, first and second level support, and a conclusion. They use a variety of sentence structures (e.g., simple, compound/complex) and sentence types (i.e.,...
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Paul Revere's Ride

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders read and discuss the selection "Paul Revere's Ride" (included with the lesson). Students imagine they live in one of the villages that Paul Revere stopped. They are awakened by his knock on the door. Students write an essay...
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You've Got Mail

For Teachers 1st
First graders study the postal system and letter writing. They exchange class letters with another class in a different area and become pen pals with residents in a local nursing home.
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Building a Better Sentence

For Teachers 1st
Sentence construction is both a science and an art. This bare bones lesson ties an analysis of earth's geology to sentence formation. Although referenced as a major part of the activity, there are no links to the technology or resources...
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The "Pick-Your-Favorite-Bat" Report

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
Learners research one of the bats listed in the lesson plan. In this research lesson plan, students write a report using Microsoft Word and draw a picture that can be shared.
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The Vacation Can Be An Education

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders are given a worksheet in which they choose a location they would like to visit. As a class, they brainstorm a list on what needs to be done before they go on their trip and why it is important to have a plan. To end the...
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Making Your Own Master Calendar

For Teachers 9th
Ninth graders discuss time demands such as homework, family, and chores that occupy their free time. They discuss how to effectively manage their time. They write important information and activities on a calendar. They develop and...

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