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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Youth and Tobacco Use

For Teachers 6th - 12th Standards
There are a number of social, emotional, and physiological reasons why teenagers start smoking, and why they continue smoking into adulthood. Help class members understand why smoking begins in youth—and how to protect themselves from...
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ReadWriteThink

Read Write Think: Persuasion Map

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
A printable graphic organizer for students to use when writing on opinion or persuasive essay. Directions on how to use this type of graphic organizer as well as lists of teaching ideas, lesson plans, and other resources are also...
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Sophia Learning

Sophia: Read, Write, and Analyze Poetry (Haiku and Free Verse Poetry)

For Students 9th - 10th
This tutorial focuses on poetry; it defines free verse and haiku, explains how to write each, and provides examples. It offers a slideshow which provides tips for beginners on how to read poetry, how to identify types of poetry, and how...
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St. Monica Early Learning Center: Beginning Writing

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Check out this early learning center rubric for writing. Students and teachers will benefit from this informative site.
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Grammar Check

Grammar Check: 15 Shocking Student Writing Fails (Infographic)

For Students 9th - 10th
This infographic is provided to help alert students about common writing mistakes. The following types of errors are discussed: commas, verb tenses, subject-verb agreement, apostrophes, pronouns, and prepositions.
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Sophia Learning

Sophia: Humor in Writing

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Eight slides introducing different types of humor in writing including irony, caricature, satire, wit, blunders, hyperbole, jokes, practical jokes, and puns.
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ReadWriteThink

Read Write Think: Haiku Starter

For Students 2nd - 6th Standards
A printable, two-page graphic organizer to help students brainstorm ideas and write a rough draft of a haiku. Directions on how to use this type of graphic organize as well as lists of teaching ideas and related resources are also provided.
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ReadWriteThink

Read Write Think: Essay Map

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
A fillable essay map in PDF format with boxes for an introduction, main ideas, supporting details, and a conclusion. Directions on how to use this type of graphic organizer as well as lists of teaching ideas and related resources are...
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ReadWriteThink

Read Write Think: Persuasion Rubric

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
A printable four-point rubric to use when assessing a persuasive piece with a focus on organization, a goal or thesis, reasons/support, audience, word choice, visuals/delivery, and grammar/usage/mechanics. Directions on how to use this...
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Sophia Learning

Sophia: Descriptive Papers: Organization

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This slideshow lesson discusses the organization of descriptive papers. It reviews descriptive papers, lists the three most common organizational patterns: least to greatest, greatest to least, and chronological. Determining which order...
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Sophia Learning

Sophia: Conflict Types

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This lesson introduces types of conflict that appear in fiction writing.
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ReadWriteThink

Read Write Think: Raft Writing Template

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
A printable graphic organizer for students to use while determining their role, audience, format, and topic for a RAFT writing assignment. Directions on how to use this type of graphic organizer as well as lists of teaching ideas and...
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abcteach

Abcteach: Peace Poem Form [Pdf]

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
Lovely printable, ruled form on which students can write a peace poem. Illustrated with a dove carrying an olive branch.
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Grammar Check

Grammar Check: Effective Resume Writing Tips (Infographic)

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
An infographic is provided to help students with writing resumes. Students will learn common resume mistakes, different types of resumes, and the importance of resumes.
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Write Design: Graphic Organizers

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This site explores what graphic organizers are and why they are such valuable instructional tools. Five main types of organizers are addressed: webs, charts, trees, chains, and sketches.
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Write Design: Graphic Organizers: Analyze

For Students 9th - 10th
Lists and describes several types of graphic organizers which fall under the "analysis" mold, including fishbone, spider maps, Venn Diagrams, and more.
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Write Design: Graphic Organizers: Brainstorm

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Lists and describes several types of graphic organizers which fall under the "brainstorming" mold, including synectics, webs, cerebral charts, and network trees.
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Write Design: Graphic Organizers: Compare and Contrast

For Students 9th - 10th
Lists and describes several types of graphic organizers which fall under the "compare and contrast" mold, including the Venn diagram, T-chart, and the compare/contrast matrix.
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Write Design: Graphic Organizers: Evaluate

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Lists and describes several types of graphic organizers which fall under the "evaluate" mold, including PMI and KWLH charts (consult the site for what these terms mean).
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Write Design: Graphic Organizers: Hypothesize

For Students 9th - 10th
Lists and describes several types of graphic organizers which fall under the "hypothesis" mold, including a hypothesis matrix and a questions chart.
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Write Design: Graphic Organizers: Interact

For Students 9th - 10th
Lists and describes several types of graphic organizers which fall under the "interaction" mold, including a human interaction outline and model.
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Write Design: Graphic Organizers: Sequence

For Students 9th - 10th
Lists and describes several types of graphic organizers which fall under the "sequence" mold, including a ranking table, continuum scale, cycle, bridging snapshots, series of events chain, and a problem/solution outline.
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Write Design: Graphic Organizers: Visualize

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Lists and describes several types of graphic organizers which fall under the "visualize" mold, including sketches, diagrams, and thumbnails.
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ReadWriteThink

Read Write Think: Double Entry Journal

For Students 3rd - 8th Standards
A printable double-entry journal page along with directions on how to use this type of graphic organize, as well as lists of teaching ideas and related resources.

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