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Simon & Schuster

Classroom Activities for The Good Earth by Pearl S. Buck

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards

An 11-page packet includes three activities to engage pupils in reading Pearl S. Buck's The Good Earth. To understand the historical context, class members research a list of topics related to Chinese history and culture. They then...

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Michigan Association of Intermediate School Administrators

Persuasive Essay: Grade 5

For Teachers 5th Standards

Improve your fifth graders' persuasive writing skills in four weeks. Working independently, in peer editing groups, and with instruction, writers work over the 17 sessions to craft an argumentative essay. They craft a...

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Curriculum

Expository Writing

For Teachers 6th - 9th

The beauty of the way this expository writing resource is structured is that the units can be presented as a complete writing workshop or sequenced throughout a course of study

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Curated OER

Nonfiction Genre Mini-Unit: Persuasive Writing

For Teachers 1st - 4th

Should primary graders have their own computers? Should animals be kept in captivity? Young writers learn how to develop and support a claim in this short unit on persuasive writing.

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Portland Public Schools

Opinion: Persuasive Essay Unit Introduction

For Teachers 4th Standards

Opinion, audience, purpose. Fourth graders are introduced to the three characteristics of persuasive writing in the third unit of a year-long writing program. The 98-page packet is complete with plans, model essays, graphic organizers,...

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Alpena-Montmorency-Alcona Educational Service District

4th Grade Personal Narrative

For Students 4th Standards

Throughout 10 lessons, fourth graders learn how to plan, organize, write, and edit their own personal narratives. In the beginning, young writers come up with ideas of personal experiences and the emotions linked with those experiences....

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Information Reports

For Teachers 7th - 9th

Students practice essay skills. In this essay skills lesson, students select an essay subject and take notes for their topic. Students create a web for their essays. Students organize, write, revise, and publish their essays.

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Women in History: Research for Expository Writing

For Teachers 6th - 8th

After reading an excerpt from Amelia Earhart's autobiography, The Fun of It, learners explore various nonfiction resources about her life and write a short newspaper article on a specific event. They then develop a longer piece of...

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University of Delaware

Constructing Text-Based Arguments About Social Issues

For Teachers 8th Standards

Eighth graders take a stand on a variety of controversial topics with a lesson on argumentative writing. As they view an informative presentation and work with collaborative groups, they decide which side of each argument they want to...

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Santa Ana Unified School District

Lord of the Flies Unit

For Teachers 7th - 12th Standards

How does a society influence and shape individuals? Class members ponder this essential question as they read Lord of the Flies, as well as primary source materials about the historical background of the novel. As a...

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Curated OER

All About Me

For Teachers 7th

Students practice biographical and autobiographical forms of writing: autobiography, biopoem, character traits, classmate biography.

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Curated OER

Fieldwork Basics Overview

For Teachers 8th - 12th

Put your feet up and grab a cup of coffee before going through this extensive field work unit plan! Based on folklorist studies of traditional culture and ethnography, several activities focus on topics such as cultural sensitivity;...

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