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Essay Writing
Young scholars complete essay writing activities. In this essay writing lesson, students use an outline activity to learn about the advantages and disadvantages for various essay writing types. Young scholars also break down the...
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Finding Main Ideas
Students complete several reading activities to learn about main ideas. For this main ideas lesson, students read an article and find main ideas for the story. Students then read news articles and complete main idea activities for those...
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Bottom of the Ninth and Down by Four
For this writing prompt worksheet, students use the prompt 'It was the bottom of the ninth and we were down by four runs,' to write a short story.
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Winter Fun
In this writing skills worksheet, students write 3 statements about the picture of winter fun. Students then write 3 questions about the picture.
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See and Hear T-Graph
In this brainstorming activity, students brainstorm for a topic to write about using the graphic organizer. Students then list what they would see or hear for the topic.
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Writing a Comparison/Contrast Paragraph: Using Vivid Verbs
In this vivid verbs learning exercise, students complete three activities that help them use strong, vivid verbs in the comparison and contrast writing.
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Focus on Writing a Persuasive Letter
In this persuasive writing worksheet, learners combine sentences to help them write a persuasive letter. Students complete three activities for sentence combining.
Joe Landsberger
Study Guides & Strategies for Speakers of Arabic.
This is the Arabic language version of a study skills site also available in English and other languages as well. Different sections teach skills in reading and writing, Internet literacy, critical thinking, math, science, dealing with...
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The Quotations Page: Lord Alfred Tennyson
Students and teachers will benefit from these examples of quotes from Lord Alfred Tennyson. This site offers only a handful of examples. Don't miss out.
Beacon Learning Center
Beacon Learning Center: Web Lesson: Get the Idea
Read through a lesson about main ideas and supporting details to understand their importance. Practice choosing the main idea of three nonfiction paragraphs. Features practice activities to enhance learning.