Worksheet
Curated OER

Sentence Structure & Punctuation

For Students 3rd - 4th
In this identifying sentence structure and punctuation instructional activity, students write questions which correspond to the answers given, Jeopardy style. Students write and punctuate ten interrogative answers.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Building a Complete Sentence with Sternberg

For Teachers 1st
First graders use Sternberg templates to create complete sentences. In this complete sentence writing lesson plan, 1st graders discover that sentences begin with a capitol letter and end with punctuation, and form a complete...
Worksheet
Curated OER

Complete the Sentences

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In this recognizing phrases to complete sentences activity, students use picture clues and phrases in a box to fill in the blanks and complete the sentences. Students write 8 answers.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Guidance for Creating Writing Lessons for Dyslexic Students

For Teachers K - 12th
How do you help a child with dyslexia succeed as a writer? Here is a resource for those who need guidance in creating writing lessons for their learners with dyslexia. It discusses research-based strategies that can be used and...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Introduction to Writing

For Teachers 7th - 9th
Students write an essay during this 14 week series of ESL writing lessons. For this series of 14 lessons, advanced ESL writing students complete an essay. They focus on prefixes and suffixes, synonyms and antonyms, and vocabulary...
Worksheet
Curated OER

Conjunctions Worksheet

For Students 1st - 3rd Standards
Help your early elementary learners write complex or compound sentences using conjunctions. They use the listed conjunctions to combine five different sentences. They then use the space provided to compose a complex sentence of their own.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Writing Process- Expository Writing

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Expository writing is the focus of the language arts lesson presented here. In it, young writers review what expository writing is through a class discussion and teacher demonstration. Then, learners write expository text that describes...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Writing Author's Purpose

For Teachers 8th
Write in all three authorial purposes (persuasive, informational, entertaining) with this lesson. Young writers consider a time when a friend of theirs helped them out and gave them advice on something. They write a short paragraph (no...
Activity
Poetry4kids

How to Write an Alliteration Poem

For Students 3rd - 8th Standards
Learners follow five steps to compose an alliteration poem. They choose one consonant and brainstorm as many nouns, verbs, and adjectives they can think of to create rhyming sentences that come together in a poetic fashion. 
Lesson Plan
Virginia Department of Education

Creating Thesis Sentences

For Teachers 6th - 9th
Growing writers explore what it takes to develop and support a thesis statement with pre-fabricated ideas provided by the Virginia Department of Education. Learners take notes on what makes a thesis statement and a topic sentence, and...
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University of North Carolina

Conciseness

For Students 9th - Higher Ed Standards
Twitter has helped people learn to express their ideas in as few words as possible, but away from the 280-character limit, writers still struggle with keeping their writing short and to the point. Conciseness is the focus of a writing...
Handout
Nosapo

Writing Prompt: Write About a Photo

For Students 4th - 12th
Practice descriptive writing with a prompt that includes a photograph. Writers craft the whole story of the single second caught in a photo using the provided questions to prompt their imaginations. 
Unit Plan
Book Units Teacher

Sentence Unit

For Teachers 8th
Imagine using history to teach grammar. This 178-slide PowerPoint presents an amazing collection of images and historical information about the settlement of Tennessee and about famous residents like Daniel Boone. Viewers...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Grammar - Revise Your Symbols

For Teachers 7th - 9th
Explore the different symbols of grammar. Middle schoolers write two sentences using different symbols, including asterisks, apostrophes, and ellipses. They also read and answer guided questions.
Worksheet
Curated OER

Social Studies: Essay Outline

For Students 7th - 12th Standards
Here is a resource intended for a social studies class, but great no matter the subject. It's a complete outline for an essay. It includes space to write ideas related to the thesis, supporting details, transition sentences and words,...
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Scholastic

Active Beginnings

For Students 4th - 8th Standards
Help your pupils build narratives and stories that capture the attention of their readers with this set of worksheets. The first focuses on active introductory sentences, the second on exciting transition words and phrases, and the third...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Knowing Write from Wrong

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Explore how the informality of electronic correspondence has affected communications in the workplace. Writers develop pages for a basic writing guide that contains rules and examples to help correct common writing errors. A great way to...
Worksheet
Curated OER

Correlative Conjunctions

For Students 3rd - 5th
Learners choose the better of two options to complete 10 sentences; they must choose the singular or plural form of the verb to match the compound subject, whether the nouns are connected by and or by neither/nor. They identify the words...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Developing a Central Idea in Narrative Writing

For Teachers 3rd
At the beginning of the lesson, the class discusses the central idea of a poem. After that, the teacher reads a poem, embedded in the plan, to the class. In groups of two or three, learners create their own poem in response to the...
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K12 Reader

Apostrophe Practice

For Students 2nd - 4th Standards
Knowing when and where to insert an apostrophe is important, as well as knowing the meaning of that apostrophe. Class members read sentences and practice putting apostrophes where they are needed.
Worksheet
Curated OER

Gerund as Subject

For Students 4th - 6th Standards
Working in groups, learners practice using gerunds as subjects by talking to one another. Then, independently, they write sentences using a subject, a verb, and a subject complement from a given list of each and in their own words. They...
Website
University of North Carolina

Latin Terms and Abbreviations

For Students 9th - Higher Ed Standards
N.B.. cit., n.b., viz., sc., inf. e,g,—these abbreviations frequently appear in academic papers and on works cited lists, but what do they mean? Part of a larger series to improve writing skills, the handout on Latin terms and...
Lesson Plan
EngageNY

Grade 9 ELA Module 4, Unit 1, Lesson 26

For Teachers 9th Standards
The focus of the day's instructional activity is methods for creating a formal style and objective tone in an argument essay. After examining models, pairs engage in peer review of their essay drafts and continue to revise while...
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Scholastic

Writing Letters to the Chancellors of the Academy of American Poets

For Teachers 6th - 12th Standards
To celebrate National Poetry Month, young writers focus on the role letter writing has played in the development of poets. They begin by journaling three to five associations to a writing prompt that requires them to identify their...

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