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Writing Fix: A Character's Decalogue Lesson PlanWriting Fix: A Character's Decalogue Lesson Plan
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Writing Fix
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4th - 7th
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English Language Arts
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Lexile Measures
1060L
Lesson Plan

Writing Fix: A Character's Decalogue

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For this lesson, the writer first writes a personal decalogue (a list of ten personal beliefs) about something important to him/her. The writer then creates a decalogue for a fictional character they will invent and envision. The final product of this assignment is a short story where their character reveals his/her decalogue to another character through dialogue. Includes handouts and interactive writing tool.

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CCSS: Adaptable

Concepts

voice, writing dialogue

Additional Tags

character development in writing, "because of winn-dixie" by kate dicamillo, ccss.ela, northern nevada writing project, w.5.3.b, writingfix, writingfix: a character's decalogue, writingfix: a character's decalogue w.5.3.b

Classroom Considerations

  • Knovation Readability Score: 3 (1 low difficulty, 5 high difficulty)
  • The intended use for this resource is Instructional
  • This resource is only available on an unencrypted HTTP website.It should be fine for general use, but don’t use it to share any personally identifiable information

Common Core

W.5.3.b W.4.3.b W.6.3.b W.7.3.b RL.4.3

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