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Grammar Practice: Don't Get Frazzled over Fragments!

For Students 6th - 8th
Following a brief definition of the required components of a complete sentence, and models of incomplete or sentence fragments, learners are asked to revise a series of sentence fragments into complete sentences. Suggested rewrites are...
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MLA Documentation Exercises

For Students 9th - 12th
Has your school adopted the MLA style for documentation? If so, use this worksheet to assess whether or not your class members know the rules. Young researchers complete of series of documentation exercises using the MLA format. They...
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The Writing Process

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Introduce young writers to the writing process. Activities model the steps in the writing process (prewriting, drafting, revising, editing, polishing). A logic tree template is also included. 
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Southern Nevada Regional Professional Development Program

Using Maps to Inspire Personal Narratives

For Teachers 6th - 8th Standards
A solid description of one way to teach narrative writing, this resource outlines the writing process from concept to completion. Class members create concept maps of moments in their lives and follow the writing process to publish their...
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Bright Hub Education

How to Use Commas Correctly

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Commas can be quite confusing. Young writers target troublesome grammar skills by focusing on the four most troubling uses: joining two independent clauses, separating introductory materials in a sentence, separating unnecessary...
Organizer
jc-schools

The Persuasive Writing Graphic Organizer

For Students 7th - 10th
A variation of a standard graphic organizer for a five-paragraph essay, young writers may find this style of organization helpful while drafting their writing. Some key features of this particular organizer are sections for transition...
Writing
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Paragraph Development Exercise: Familiar to Unfamiliar

For Students 11th - 12th
Demonstrate how to draw in readers by starting a paragraph with a familiar topic, and then moving into the more complex ideas after they are already engaged. Writers can read over the example, which is a bit abstract and might need...
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Virginia Department of Education

Synthesizing to Support a Thesis- Big Picture Emphasis

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Help your researchers as they begin to develop a topic for research with these worksheets. Included are two nicely designed graphic organizers that assist students in narrowing and researching their topic, and an efficient...
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Virginia Department of Education

The Writing Process for Expository Writing

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Struggling on what steps to take in your expository essay lesson? Or confused on what to include for your scribes? This exercise in the process of expository writing provides concepts and structure for the educator on what the writers...
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Going for the Gold!

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders discuss their success and failures. They write a short essay on what they have been taught about the personal and ethical skills needed to work with a diverse group of people. Students discuss in small groups to determine...
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Beginning Paragraph Correction #8

For Students 6th - Higher Ed
Readers answer 8 multiple choice questions by selecting the correct revisions to the paragraph provided. The focus is on prepositions, syntax, and parts of speech. A good, quick exercise for ELL classes or review for middle schoolers.
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Intermediate Paragraph Correction #8

For Students 9th - Higher Ed
If you are looking for a instructional activity to challenge intermediate English learners on verb tense, syntax, and punctuation, you might want to check out this instructional activity. Readers select the correct revisions to a passage...
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The Writing Process

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Ever heard of the Roast Beef analogy (let it set before carving)? Encourage young writers to wait a day before editing their work. This and other tips are featured in a short presentation that focuses on editing and revising writing.
Interactive
McGraw Hill

Choosing Effective Details

For Students 7th - 8th
In this sentence revision worksheet, students must incorporate the details given in order to create a vivid, more interesting sentence. Students may add or replace words as needed to make their sentences compelling.
Interactive
McGraw Hill

Saying More with Less

For Students 7th - 9th
In this sentence revision instructional activity, students rewrite each sentence to eliminate wordiness. Students are encouraged to use shorter, more concise terms and make each word meaningful in the sentences.
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Editing

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students write a paragraph and then revise it. In this editing lesson, students use a checklist and a scoring guide to rate their writing.
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Federal Budget

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students create, present, revise, and defend a Federal budget.
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Coping With Exam Stress

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students revise unique ways to study on a spreadsheet to display. Students share useful study skills with each other. Students solve problems for imaginary students. Students role play examples.
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Japan's Textbook Case

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students read and discuss "Japan's Refusal to Revise Textbooks Angers Neighbors." They discuss how accurately textbooks account for historical events, then collaborate to write unbiased textbook entries for current events.
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Coins In Space! (Creative Writing)

For Teachers 5th - 10th
Students practice creative writing. They write an imaginative story in which quarters escape from the space shuttle and ends up in the hands of an alien. Students brainstorm ideas, write a draft, revise, and edit their composition.
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World Population Activity II: Excel

For Teachers 11th - Higher Ed
Students import UNEP World population data/projections from either the World Population Prospects: The 2002 Revision Population Database - UN Population Division or a text file. They graph this data by itself, and then along with...
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Using Each Trait to Improve Student Writing

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Young scholars study examples of each trait in literature. They discuss how each trait adds to the craft of writing and practice revision of a writing piece with a particular trait in focus. They rate their writing on the trait of Ideas...
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Bronte and Rhys' Portrayal of Bertha

For Teachers 11th - Higher Ed
Students, while reading and discussing the two texts by Charlotte Bronte and Jean Rhys, compare/contrast the two main characters and juxtapose them as the same character told from two different points of view. They gain insight of how to...
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Pendemonium - The Posse in Australia

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students revise letters focusing their revision on comma and periods usage. In this creative grammar lesson, students watch a video on commas and periods, write a letter to a partner without the use of commas or periods, and revise a...

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