Activity
Florida Center for Reading Research

Fluency: Connected Text, Express It!

For Teachers K - 1st Standards
Partners practice reading fluency by reciting sentence strips to each other with proper expression and intonation. Partner A chooses a strip at random and reads it silently, then aloud with expression. Partner B reads the same sentence...
Unit Plan
Curated OER

Nonfiction Genre Mini-Unit: Persuasive Writing

For Teachers 1st - 4th
Should primary graders have their own computers? Should animals be kept in captivity? Young writers learn how to develop and support a claim in this short unit on persuasive writing.
Organizer
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William E.B. DuBois Elementary

Persuasive Writing Graphic Organizer

For Students 6th - 12th Standards
Take your pick of 16 graphic organizers, all designed for persuasive writing. Some provide space to prepare an entire essay or speech, while others provide space for brainstorming and organizing ideas before settling on...
Unit Plan
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Digital Education Resource Archive

Narrative Writing Unit

For Students 4th - 7th Standards
Each one of the learners in your class has a story to tell, so help them learn the most efficient and organized way to tell their tale. A thorough unit on narrative writing addresses the writing process, grammar, story structure,...
Writing
Curated OER

Paragraph Structure

For Students 4th - 7th Standards
Make sure your writers have the buns and the meat in their paragraph burgers with paragraph exercises. The resource gradually leads up to individuals writing their own paragraphs, starting with identification exercises, moving on to...
PPT
Curated OER

Sentence Structure: Sentence Types

For Students 3rd - 7th Standards
Sixth graders identify parts that make up different types of sentences with a grammar presentation. The last few slides prompt learners to complete 10 exercises in which they indicate whether each sentence is simple, compound,...
Lesson Plan
EngageNY

Revising the Informative Consumer Guide: Sentence Structure, Transitions, and Works Cited

For Teachers 6th Standards
Transitions are the glue that link paragraphs together. Pupils listen to a mini lesson plan on sentence structure and transitions and use what they learned to revise their informative consumer guides. Next, they self-assess their writing...
Worksheet
K12 Reader

Nouns Verbs: Write it Both Ways

For Students 3rd - 5th Standards
A five-item worksheet challenges scholars to write two sentences using the same verb in two different ways—as a noun and a verb.
Worksheet
Teach-nology

Writing with More Than One Purpose

For Students 3rd - 5th Standards
It's not very hard to find the author's purpose in narrative, informative, or persuasive writing, but what happens when an author's purpose includes all three types of writing? Determine which sentences in three paragraphs are meant to...
Unit Plan
Trinity University

Explain Yourself: An Expository Writing Unit for High School

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
Introduce expository writing with a unit that asks writers to craft an essay to explain a belief, value, or priority that is important to them. Mini-lessons within the unit focus on crafting thesis statements and conclusions, selecting...
eBook
Open Oregon Educational Resources

About Writing: A Guide

For Students 9th - Higher Ed Standards
Ever wish writing was as easy as 1,2,3? About Writing: A Guide outlines the steps to successful writing. The guide begins by explaining the types of writing and then takes readers through the process. The guide even includes a section...
Writing
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Fisher Reyna Education

Personal Narrative Writing Prompts

For Students 4th - 6th Standards
Looking for stimulating writing prompts that won't make young writers cringe? A set of five personal narrative writing prompts engages pupils in analyzing, thinking, connecting, and writing about particular topics. Each...
Lesson Plan
EngageNY

Speech Writing: Identifying Criteria for a High Quality Conclusion

For Teachers 5th Standards
Learning is never-ending. Scholars learn about effective conclusions as they continue watching a video of an opinion speech. After analyzing the speech's conclusion, they work in small groups to write an ending for their own speeches. 
Writing
K12 Reader

Dear Principal: Please More Recess!

For Students 2nd - 5th Standards
Want to really tap into your pupils' persuasive instincts? Here is a writing prompt that is sure to get your youngsters' pens scribbling furiously. After all, who doesn't want more recess?
Lesson Plan
EngageNY

The Painted Essay for Opinion Writing: Developing a Conclusion and Adding Linking Words

For Teachers 5th Standards
Let's get colorful! Scholars use the Painted Essay technique to analyze and color code the conclusion of a model essay. Working in small groups, pupils then write a conclusion paragraph for their draft editorials about offshore...
Worksheet
Curated OER

Sentence Writing with Proper Nouns

For Students 3rd - 6th
For this proper nouns worksheet, students write 3 nouns in each category of proper nouns and write sentences for each word. Students write 3 words into 6 categories.
Interactive
Curated OER

Basic Sentence Structure

For Students 3rd - 5th
In this sentence structure worksheet, students write sentences, write the subject and predicate, and punctuate correctly. Students complete 3 activities.
Interactive
Curated OER

Conditional Sentences

For Students 3rd - 6th
For this conditional sentences worksheet, students match sentences, complete sentences, write sentences, and more. Students complete 7 activities total.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Correcting Run-On Sentences

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
In this run-on sentences worksheet, students answer multiple choice questions and write sentences. Students complete 11 questions total.
Worksheet
Curated OER

Revising Sentence Fragments

For Students 6th
In this revising sentence fragments online instructional activity, 6th graders rewrite 5 fragments, adding a subject, a predicate or both to make a complete sentence.
Worksheet
Curated OER

Christmas Sentences

For Students 3rd - 4th
For this Christmas writing worksheet, students take turns throwing a button at the Christmas words. Students use the words to write sentences about Christmas.
Worksheet
Curated OER

Make a Word/Sentence

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In this word and sentence creation worksheet, students make words using the letter list and then write sentences about each word from the list.
Worksheet
Curated OER

Writing Numbers

For Students 1st - 2nd
In this number 2 instructional activity, students write the word two, write the number, and write sentences with the word in it. Students write 5 lines.
Lesson Plan
Scholastic

Hold the Presses!: Revising for Connotation

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Middle schoolers discuss the meaning of the sentence, The student asked to go to the office." Ask the class if the sentence gives the reader any information about the student. Can they visualize the way the student asked the question?...

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