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The Write Place

Literacy Education Online: Writing Conclusions Strategies

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This site explains what a conclusion should do and gives strategies and suggestions for accomplishing that end. Includes examples. W.9-10.1e & W.9-10.2f, w.9-10.3e Conclusion, W.11-12.2f Conclusion
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Sophia Learning

Sophia: Reading Comprehension and Classroom Discussions

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This tutorial focuses on active reading comprehension strategies including reading aloud, taking notes, summarizing, and writing in the margins of books to improve retention and class discussion. It includes two Flickr videos on active...
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Colorado State University

Colorado State Writing Center: Understanding Your Purpose

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Use the links on the right to get a better understanding of purpose in writing including the types of purposes and how audience affects purpose. Click on Purpose and Audience and Purpose and Strategies. W.9-10.4 Write/Audience/Purpose;...
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Other

Mtsu: Memory Principles & Strategies

For Students 9th - 10th
Explore memory principles and strategies. Before you go to this site, list the ways you usually try to remember things. Write these strategies down (share with someone else if possible). Once you have written your strategies down, take a...
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Lumen Learning

Lumen: Success Skills: Time Management

For Students 9th - 10th
This lesson plan focuses on time management for college students but is perfect for high school students as they prepare for college. It discusses time management strategies and styles, procrastination and strategies to avoid it, how to...
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Joe Landsberger

Study Guides & Strategies: Writing Persuasive Essays

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This site focuses on the student learning how to write strong persuasive essays. Strategies are provided to help the student complete a persuasive writing assignment.
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Reading Rockets

Reading Rockets: Teaching Reading: Expert Interviews

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Learn from nationally known researchers and experts in literacy and early education. Topics include phonemic awareness, phonics, vocabulary, spelling, comprehension, writing, summer learning, early childhood education, dyslexia, and more.
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Utah Education Network

Uen: Rock Hounds at Heart

For Teachers 2nd
This lesson engages students in reading comprehension strategies related to William Steig's book, Sylvester and the Magic Pebble. Students will discuss this book and then will investigate different rocks and their properties.
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Better Lesson

Better Lesson: Go, Dog, Go!

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st Standards
Students will read the story and describe the picture details of the illustrations in relation to the text and write about one of the story events. "Go, Dog, Go!" contains illustrations that are very elaborate and crazy while the text is...
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The English Teacher

The English Teacher: Beowulf Lesson Plans

For Teachers 9th - 10th
These teaching notes for Beowulf provide a model for your own lesson plan and as a basic resource to study Beowulf. These notes can help you remember the pertinent points of Anglo-Saxon epic poem and help to deepen your understanding.
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Online Writing Lab at Purdue University

Purdue University Owl: Editing and Proofreading Strategies for Revision

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This lesson contains strategies for proofreading your assignments. Use the links on the left for a step-by-step method for proofreading and editing for grammar and mechanics. CCSS.ELA-Literacy.CCRA.W.5
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Online Writing Lab at Purdue University

Purdue University Owl: Using Appropriate Language

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Knowing the right language for your particular audience is a necessary skill for all writers. No one wants to offend their audience or appear as though they don't know their content. Learn these rules of thumb to become more familiar...
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AdLit

Ad lit.org: Creating Podcasts With Your Students

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Creating podcasts in the classroom has many educational benefits, including strengthening skills in research, writing, and collaboration - and podcasting is easy to do. This article walks you through the steps of preproduction,...
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Other

Multimedia Schools: Moving Every Child Ahead the Big6

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This article looks at applying the Big6 process to issues raised by No Child Left Behind legislation. The goal of the Big6 process is to improve performance by improving thinking through application of information technology skills. This...
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Cambridge Rindge & Latin School

Cambridge Rindge & Latin School: Basic Steps in the Research Process

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
A comprehensive list of the important steps in researching and writing a report or project. Includes links to tip sheets for each step.
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Other

The Royal Children's Hospital: Hand and Finger Strength

For Teachers Pre-K - K
Hand and finger strength is important as it is required for many everyday activities. It also helps to develop the endurance to complete activities such as writing a full page. Here are a variety of strategies to strengthen grip and...
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Other

Thinkport.org: Monitor Comprehension

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st Standards
A resourceful site explaining, chronicling, and detailing the idea of students' monitoring their own comprehension of a task or understanding. Includes a video link, quotes from experts, links, and more.