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Beginning Practical Writing: Grocery List

For Students Higher Ed
In this writing prompt worksheet, students are asked to write a grocery list. Students write a short list of 10 items to buy when grocery shopping.
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Revising for Parallelism

For Students 6th - 7th
In this parallelism activity, students revise 20 sentences to make its structure parallel. A sample is given at the top of the page. 
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Writing in Scientific Notation

For Teachers 6th - 9th
Young scholars discover number sense by completing a math worksheet. In this scientific notation lesson, students identify the purpose for writing in scientific notation and practice writing large numbers in scientific notation. Young...
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Vincent Van Gogh's Starry Words: Art, Art History, Language Arts, Creative Writing

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students write a story inspired by Vincent Van Gogh's "Starry Night" and then try their hand at their own rendition of this famous piece of art. In a twist, students incorporate the stories into their paintings.
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Visual Arts Lesson: Writing desk

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders examine a writing desk. They each make decorative drawers to scale for assembly into a class desk. They use repetitive motifs in their designs.
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Hiragana - Perfect ~ Writing a Japanese Pictionary

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students listen to a story and view Japanese artifacts. They use the internet to explore the writings known as Hiragana. They create their own Japanese pictionaries and share them with the class.
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College Essay Writing

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Students discuss the difference between analyses and essays. They practice writing an essay for a college admission application. They are graded based on a rubric included with this lesson plan.
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Write a Myth

For Teachers 6th - 7th
Young scholars explore myths in ancient times.  In this mythology lesson, students read or view a video production of a myth to determine specific characteristics of myths. Young scholars work in groups to write a myth that explains...
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Picture Writing

For Teachers K - 12th
Students use pictures to help them communicate their ideas. They write personal books or journals using pictures. Students can create daily blogs usig the internet and create a weekly newsletter.
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Problem-Solving Strategy: Write a Number Sentence: Problem Solving

For Students 4th - 5th
In this number sentence worksheet, students use the problem solving strategy of understand, plan, solve, and look back to help them write number sentences to solve the word problem.
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Concrete Detail and Commentary

For Teachers 4th - 12th
In this writing skills worksheet, students practice writing with facts or quotes from a text by following the graphic organizer format. Students write the concrete detail and then list two commentaries for their facts or quotes.
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Agriculture in Motion

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders write a poem and an essay about the machines they have learned about that are used in agriculture. In this machines lesson plan, 6th graders compare different kinds of machines and discuss the economic impact machines in...
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Elements of Fiction

For Teachers 1st - 5th
Students investigate themes and settings in their favorite fiction stories.  In this creative writing lesson plan, students discuss the reasons a fictional story works well and discuss ways to create their own.  Students create...
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Understanding Fantasy Fiction

For Teachers 1st - 5th
Students investigate storytelling elements by writing their own fiction stories.  In this creative writing lesson, students listen as the teacher reads a fictional story.  Students analyze the lack of rules in the story and...
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Poetry III--Haiku Writing

For Teachers 8th - 10th
Students create and solve haiku riddles.  In this haiku writing lesson, students work in groups to match a haiku to an illustration.  Students write haiku and assess themselves and their peers.
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There is a/an

For Students 2nd - 4th
In this a/an worksheet, students look at the picture of a room and write sentences using a or an to write about what they see. Students write 10 sentences.
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Mad Libs

For Teachers 1st - 6th
Students complete language arts activities such as radio broadcasting, writing letters, write directions, rhyming sentences, and a lot more. In this language arts lesson plan, students also complete mad libs.
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INTRODUCTION TO POETIC WRITING

For Teachers 7th - 9th
Students read about the four elements of poetry: form, theme, purpose, and mood. They are given several questions to ask themselves about each element as they begin to write their own successful poems.
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Writing Paragraphs: Paragraphs which describe events in chronological order

For Teachers Higher Ed
Students explain the structure of a paragraph which describes chronological events. They demonstrate this by construction in writing of a paragraph.
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Writing a Play about Immigrant Life in America

For Teachers 6th - Higher Ed
Learners research why immigrants came to America and the processes involved in the settlement. They write a script for a short play explaining the causes for immigration and situations that immigrants found themselves in.
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Printable Poem Starter: Write a Limerick for St. Patrick's Day

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
This shamrock-shaped graphic organizer helps students set up a limerick based on a few sample lines. Students are prompted on which lines should rhyme, and how many syllables each line should have. Once they are finished, the shamrocks...
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Printable Poem Starter: Write a Limerick for St. Patrick's Day

For Students 2nd - 3rd
This shamrock-shaped graphic organizer helps learners set up a limerick based on a few sample lines. Students are prompted on which lines should rhyme, and how many syllables each line should have. Once they are finished, the shamrocks...
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Write the Question that Fits the Answer

For Students 3rd - 4th
In this asking and answering questions activity, students write an appropriate question for each of 8 answers. Students may write any question that fits the given answers.
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Intermediate Sentence Correction 4

For Students 5th - 7th
In this sentence writing activity, students correct the errors in the 6 sentences on the activity. They write the new sentence on the line provided.