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Shakespeare Globe Trust

Shakespeare's Globe: Fact Sheet: Writing Plays

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
An article containing pictures, information, and additional resources about William Shakespeare and other playwrights of his time, what they wrote about, and the three types of plays at that time.
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Library of Congress

Loc: Zora Neale Hurston Plays

For Students 9th - 10th
Search or browse a collection of plays by Zora Neale Hurston, whose writing reflects life experiences, travels, research, and study of southern, African-American folklore. At this site, there is also a timeline of Hurston's life and works.
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Louisiana Department of Education

Louisiana Doe: Curriculum Hub: Ela Guidebooks: Romeo and Juliet: Prepare to Write

For Teachers 9th
Ninth graders prepare to write, develop, and publish the culminating task essay. This essay will compare and contrast the way a theme is developed in the play Romeo and Juliet and one of three film versions of the play--Romeo and Juliet...
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Writing Fix

Writing Fix: Serendipitous Alliteration: Letter A

For Teachers 1st - 8th Standards
In this lesson, students will play with words as they use alliteration. Students will press buttons to generate adjectives, verbs, names, and nouns that begin with the letter "A" in them. Students will continue to generate letter "A"...
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Writing Fix

Writing Fix: Serendipitous Alliteration: Letter B

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st Standards
For this lesson, learners will play with words as they use alliteration. Students will press buttons to generate adjectives, verbs, and nouns that begin with the letter "B" in them. Learners will continue to generate letter "B" words...
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Writing Fix

Writing Fix: Serendipitous Alliteration: Letter J

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st Standards
In this lesson, students will play with words as they use alliteration. Students will press buttons to generate adjectives, verbs, names, and nouns that begin with the letter "J" in them. Students will continue to generate letter "J"...
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Writing Fix

Writing Fix: Serendipitous Alliteration: Letter P

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
In this lesson, students will play with words as they use alliteration. Students will press buttons to generate adjectives, verbs, and nouns that begin with the letter "P" in them. Students will continue to generate letter "P" words...
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Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Holt, Rinehart and Winston: Professional Writer's Models: Grade 9: Compare Play to Film

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This PDF file presents a professional viewpoint on the play/film versions of "The Fantasticks" in a compare/contrast sense. Also includes questions for comprehension and understanding for students. Requires Adobe Reader. [PDF]
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ReadWriteThink

Read Write Think: Becoming History Detectives Using Shakespeare's Secret

For Teachers 6th - 8th Standards
Is the case closed on the authorship of Shakespeare's plays? Student history detectives explore the evidence for and against one of the possible alternatives, Edward deVere, using the novel Shakespeare's Secret plus a variety of online...
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BBC

Bbc Bitesize Revision: How to Set Out a Play Script

For Students 6th - 8th Standards
As part of a revision and writing section of BBC Bitesize, this site goes over several tips involved in writing a play, including information on the specific layout of the script.
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AdLit

Ad lit.org: Reading and Writing in the Academic Content Areas

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This issue brief from the Alliance for Excellent Education looks at the role every middle and high school teacher must play to help older students become fully literate, and puts forth a four-part agenda for improving literacy in the...
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Other

Tips for Writing a Great Play

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Here's are a few guidelines for writing drama, including characters, setting and plot.
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ReadWriteThink

Read Write Think: Playing With Prepositions Through Poetry

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Young scholars play with and explore prepositions during a whole group reading of Ruth Heller's Behind the Mask, and then by composing and publishing prepositional poems based on the book's style.
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Other

Essays on the Craft of Dramatic Writing

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This site, by the author of a workbook on the craft of writing, is filled with essays about many elements of dramatic writing, from the principles of storytelling, to plot development, to character development. There are also numerous...
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Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Holt, Rinehart and Winston: Elements of Literature: Grade 10: Comparing Play and Film [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th
An excellent student model for tenth-graders of the comparison between a play and a film, this one for "A Streetcar Named Desire." Provides good writing style and structure, and also includes notations and helpful student aids for...
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Louisiana Department of Education

Louisiana Doe: Curriculum Hub: Ela Guidebooks: Teenage Brain: Girls Playing High Impact Sports

For Students 9th
Analyze and annotate a model response focusing on the author's argument regarding allowing girls to play high impact sports. Then revise and edit your work based on the model. This will help you develop work that is clear and coherent...
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Other

Twelfth Night Revision

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This entire site is dedicated to Shakespeare's "Twelfth Night," and it contains a wealth of resources for the Shakespearean comedy. In addition to summaries of each act, it contains interactive quizzes over the entire play, the...
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Writing Fix

Writing Fix: Color My World Grey and Blue

For Teachers 9th - 10th
After listening to the song "Grey Street" by the Dave Matthews Band, and the song "Blu is a Mood" by Blu Cantrell, students will explore the lyrics and discover what role color can play when combined with a particular setting. Students...
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Writing Fix

Writing Fix: An I Pod Inspired Writing Lesson: Boogie Woogie With a B

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Using a famous World War II propaganda song, students will explore alliteration by changing the lyrics to create a new version of the song. After discussing what alliteration is and why this particular song was used and enjoyed by the...
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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Why We Should Protect Freshwater Mussels

For Teachers 5th - 8th
In this interactive lesson plan, students will increase their understanding of the important role that freshwater mussels play in our watershed. Students will learn about freshwater mussel species, how mussels improve water quality in...
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Shakespeare Globe Trust

Shakespeare's Globe: Fact Sheets

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn more about William Shakespeare and the Globe Theatre by exploring nine context links: William Shakespeare, London, Special Effects, The Third Globe, The Globe, Playhouses, Audiences, Indoor Theatres, and Writing Plays.
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Other

Play Magnetic Poetry: First Words Magnetic Poetry Kit

For Students 1st - 8th Standards
Students click and drag the words on magnetic tiles to write poetry. Their are options to add words, start over, and/or save and share their poems.
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Writing Fix

Writing Fix:a Right Brained Writing Prompt: Serendipitous Alliteration: Letter S

For Students 1st - 8th Standards
Students use the alliteration generator to spark an idea for an alliterative narrative using the letter "S" and focusing on word choice and playing with words. An online page and a word choice checklist are provided for students to type...
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Other

Code Combat

For Students 9th - 10th
This computer programming game allows students to learn how to write code. Learners write code in real programming languages.

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