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A mini-lesson/workshop teaching secondary students the 'show, don't tell' writing principle, using a slideshow contrasting telling sentences with showing paragraphs, then having students turn a randomly-drawn telling sentence into a descriptive showing paragraph.
Teach students the 5-7-5 haiku poem structure through a guided lesson and let them draft, revise, and publish their own haiku using interactive notebook templates.
Are you looking for a clear and structured way to teach antonym diamante poems? This resource will guide students step-by-step through writing a diamante poem using antonyms. It will help students understand both the 7-line poem structure and how opposites connect within their writing. With a combination of examples, interactive…
Give middle/high school students short, targeted creative writing exercises that isolate and practice five literary devices (Details, Diction, Imagery, Point of View, and Tone) one at a time, building creative writing skills incrementally.
Teaches the Four Square graphic-organizer writing method to help students organize and develop their writing, for Grades 7-9, extending into cross-curricular application and practice prompts.
A mini-lesson/workshop teaching secondary students to write with more precise and concise language, using a slideshow of weak-vs-strong sentence examples, a reference handout, and a two-part worksheet with answer key.
Lesson slideshow teaching techniques for creating suspense in narrative writing (foreshadowing, vivid setting, imagery, pacing) for middle/high school creative writing.
A lesson using passages from Jerry Spinelli's novel 'Loser' and Jamaica Kincaid's short story 'Girl' as mentor texts to teach students how to write in second-person point of view
Eight-day high-school lesson plan teaching written expression/descriptive language skills (adjective level, color specificity, imagery, similes/metaphors) as the second part of a two-part writing-strategy series (following 'Writing Organization').
A mini-lesson/workshop teaching secondary students to identify and create mood in writing, using famous paintings as mood-analysis examples (as a whole-class lesson or gallery walk) and a setting-description writing activity.
Use an animated short story about pigeons as a stimulus for reading-comprehension and writing skills practice.
Reproducible chapter excerpt ("Chapter Slice") from the workbook "How to Write a Paragraph" (CCP1100), covering the sub-topic "Prewriting Practice" (page 19 of the full 64-page workbook, per that workbook's table of contents) for teaching the paragraph-writing process.
Provide fifth-grade teachers a sequenced series of practice pages reinforcing verb usage, sentence variety, and expository/descriptive paragraph writing skills.
Alphabet Writing Practice | For Pre-K, K and Special Education This Alphabet Writing Practice is designed for kids with Autism and Dyslexia in mind. It uses the OpenDyslexic typeface by Abigail Gonzalez. This comprehensive resource supports learners of all abilities. It offers a learning experience that fosters confidence, improves…
A mini-lesson/workshop teaching secondary students to identify and create literary 'voice' (diction, syntax, tone) through a poem-reconstruction group activity and an original-writing exercise.
Teach AP/high-school chemistry students periodic table trends and structure through a creative song-writing activity and a multiple-choice/free-response assessment.
Give grades 3-5 students practice applying the RACE writing strategy to reading passages with mental health and SEL themes.
Provide fourth-grade teachers a sequenced series of practice pages reinforcing sentence structure, grammar, punctuation, and paragraph-writing skills.
Teach students to incorporate vivid setting descriptions, character development, and dialogue into creative/narrative writing, using picture-based writing prompts.
Give students practice forming manuscript (print) alphabet letters using numbered pen strokes and dotted-letter tracing, described as a 'Primary' level workbook (MP4088, Manuscript Writing, Primary).
Lesson plan and paired worksheet guiding a Think-Pair-Share discussion, small-group study of a U.S. Constitution excerpt (Article I, Sections 2-3, plus the 17th Amendment), and an individual free-response paragraph tied to World History Standard 10.1.3 on how the U.S. Constitution was influenced by Judeo-Christian and Greco-Roman…
Develop narrative writing and reading-comprehension skills using a short animated film about two llama friends as a shared text.
Practice writing Dolch sight words in original sentences and illustrating them.
A set of print-and-pass poetry writing lessons designed to be run by a substitute teacher, each giving students a concept definition, drafting time, a peer-review step, and a rubric-scored final poem.