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Looking for a way to bring prewriting into your informative writing unit? Use this lesson to reinforce writing skills in your eighth grade language arts class. Young writers use a web graphic organizer as a prewriting tool for expository writing. All necessary files are included, such as the graphic organizer and a performance assessment.

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