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E Reading Worksheets

E Reading Worksheets: Essay Writing Rubrics

For Students 9th - 10th
A collection of essay assessment rubrics are provide on this learning module. Several rubrics for narrative essays, persuasive essays, and research papers are provided on this site.
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Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Narrative Writing: The Autobiographical Incident

For Teachers 6th - 8th Standards
After organizing their thoughts using a graphic organizer, young scholars write a narrative essay which relates an autobiographical incident. Students present their essays in a slideshow which allows their classmates to practice...
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Other

Guide to Writing a Basic Essay

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Step by step guidelines to the process of essay writing. Basic, but helpful.
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Quia

Quia: Santa Barbara City College: Structure of a Personal Narrative Essay [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This site provides two graphic organizers. The first graphic organizer provides all parts of a personal essay, of a college essay. The second graphic organizer serves as a planning tool for a student's personal essay. W.9-10.3,3a...
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The Write Place

Literacy Education Online: Sensory Details

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This site provides several sample sentences which show sensory details and aid students in writing specific rather than general sentences. It is a good site for someone preparing to write a descriptive essay. W.9-10.3d Precise/sensory...
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Utah Education Network

Uen: Iste Nets: Birthstone Project With a Multimedia Twist

For Teachers 6th - 8th Standards
This interdisciplinary project on birthstones, provided by the International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE), focuses on research skills, writing skills, and the ability to put together an electronic presentation.
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Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Hands, Hands, Hands

For Teachers 9th - 10th
The teacher will show pictures of six hands to students. (See attachment) After a brainstorming session, students will choose one hand that illustrates a particular story from their life. Then, students will write a two page narrative...