Literacy Design Collaborative
The Lottery
Shirley Jackson's short story "The Lottery" provides middle schoolers with an opportunity to hone their close reading and literary analysis skills. After annotating their copy of the story, writer's craft an essay in which they analyze...
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Mghhe: Student Writing Exercise and Activities: Middle Adulthood
Several student writing exercises on topics related to middle adulthood.
Love To Know Media
Your Dictionary: Journal Writing Exercises for Kids
This article focuses on journal writing including the benefits, goals for parents and teachers, materials needed, journal exercises, and teaching kids how to keep a journal.
J. Paul Getty Trust
J. Paul Getty Museum: Writing About Art: Comparing Portraits
Students will compare and contrast an academic and an Impressionist portrait through a writing exercise and discussion. Each student will then write a formal commission letter to one of the artists, requesting a portrait. Adaptations for...
McGraw Hill
Glencoe: Self Check Quizzes 3: Writing Algebraic Expressions and Equations
Use Glencoe's Math Course 3 randomly generated self-checking quiz to test your knowledge of writing algebraic expressions and equations. Each question has a "Hint" link to help. Choose the correct answer for each problem. At the bottom...
San Jose State University
San Jose State: Writing a Winning Statement of Purpose [Pdf]
How do you write a winning statement of purpose? This is a clear and comprehensive explanation of how to approach and write an essay from the San Jose State University. Practice exercises are given at the end.
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Writing World: Four Ways to Bring Settings to Life
A great resource outlining four major ways to make settings appear more real and genuine in fiction. Deals with themes such as motion, experience, mood, and the senses. W.11-12.3d Sensory/precise lang narratives
NWT Literacy Council
Nwt Literacy Council: How to Kit: Writing Ideas [Pdf]
NWT Literacy Council has put together this how-to kit to promote the concept of holding writing contests in communities in the north. There are writing tips, ideas and exercises, as well as directions on how to plan and run a writing...
Towson University
Towson University: Ows: Simple Subjects and Simple Predicates Exercise 2
This is a 10-question, self-grading quiz/exercise over Simple Subjects and Simple Predicates.
Towson University
Towson University: Ows: Verb Expansion Rule Exercise 1
This is a 10-question, self-grading quiz/exercise over the Verb Expansion Rule.
Towson University
Towson University: Ows: Verb Expansion Rule Exercise 2
This is a 10-question, self-grading quiz/exercise over the Verb Expansion Rule.
Towson University
Towson University: Ows: Verb Expansion Rule Exercise 3
This is a 10-question, self-grading quiz/exercise over the Verb Expansion Rule.
Towson University
Towson University: Ows: Verb Expansion Rule Exercise 4
This is a 10-question, self-grading quiz/exercise over the Verb Expansion Rule.
Towson University
Towson University: Ows: Verb Expansion Rule Exercise 5
This is a 10-question, self-grading quiz/exercise over the Verb Expansion Rule.
Towson University
Towson University: Ows: Comma Use Exercise 3
This is a 10-question, self-grading exercise/quiz on the use of Commas.
Towson University
Towson University: Ows: Semicolon Use Exercise 3
This is a 10-question, self-grading exercise/quiz on the use of Semicolons.
Towson University
Towson University: Ows: Gerunds Exercise 1
This 10-question, self-graded quiz/exercise is designed to assess students' knowledge of gerunds and gerund phrases.
Towson University
Towson University: Sentence Pattern Transformations: Multiple Transf Exercise 3
This is a 10-question, self-grading exercise/quiz on making Sentence Patterns Transformations.
Towson University
Towson University: Ows: Simple Subjects and Simple Predicates Exercise 4
This is a 10-question, self-grading quiz/exercise over Simple Subjects and Simple Predicates.
Towson University
Towson University: Ows: Simple Subjects and Simple Predicates Exercise 3
This is a 10-question, self-grading quiz/exercise over Simple Subjects and Simple Predicates.
Towson University
Towson University: Ows: Gerunds Exercise 3
This is a 10-question, self-graded quiz/exercise over Gerunds and Gerund Phrases.
Towson University
Towson University: Distinguishing Between Participles and Gerunds Exercise 1
This is a 15-question, self-graded quiz/exercise to assess students' ability to distinguish between participles and gerunds.
Towson University
Towson University: Sentence Pattern Transformations: Multiple Transf Exercise 2
This is a 10-question, self-grading exercise/quiz on making Sentence Patterns Transformations.
Writing Fix
Writing Fix: 4th Grade Narrative Practice Prompt: Showing Amazement
This exercise assists fourth grade Nevada students in preparing for their fifth grade Writing Exam. This exercise was designed to serve as a pre-writing activity for one of their three designated fourth grade practice prompts. The...
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