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Description |
| How to Write an Essay - 8 steps |
The five paragraph essay process is broken into 8 steps, from brainstorming to checking against a rubric, and then students "follow" a student going through those steps to help understand how they work in practice. |
| Unit: The Writing Process - reports (middle school) |
This sizable unit contains: a page each for teachers and for students explaining the steps of the report writing process (from gathering information to final revision);forms for helping students cite their sources, worksheets to help students organize; a check-sheet for revision; rubrics to help with transparent grading. |
| Worksheet: From Simple to Complex Sentences in the News (middle/high) |
Take these sentences (created from real news leads) and combine them into as few complex sentences as possible. |
| Worksheet: From Complex to Simple Sentences in the News (middle/high) |
Take these complex sentences from real news leads and break them down into as many simple sentences as possible. |
| "How to" Posters: Friendly Letter |
This set of two posters can also be adapted for a mini-office. Step by step directions explain the format and style of a friendly letter. |
| Poster: Proofreaders' Marks |
Poster showing some of the more common proofreaders' marks; this poster is a helpful reference for peer review or self-review. |
| Worksheet: Ordering an Essay (upper elem to high school) |
Cut out the sentences (a story about a trip to Ireland) and then put them in order by following an outline for a five-paragraph essay. This lesson is useful for students beginning composition, as it clearly outlines a five-paragraph essay. |
| Worksheets: Sentence Fragments (middle school) |
What is a sentence fragment? Seven pages of exercises with answers. |
| Rules and Practice: Sentence Types (elem/upper elem) |
Imperative, interrogative, declarative, exclamatory. A student study guide is followed by ten pages of language arts skills development. |
| Grammar: Simple Subjects and Simple Predicates |
A ten-page unit designed to reinforce this often tricky grammar point. |
| Grammar Poster: Verbs |
Three color-rich pages of verb facts. |
| Rules and Practice: Adjective Order (ESL) |
the proper order of adjectives in a sentence |
| Rules and Practice: Coordinating Conjunctions |
Forming compound sentences with coordinating conjunctions. This introduces the basic seven conjunctions (and, but, yet, for, or, nor, so) and includes practice work. |
| Rules and Practice: Misused Words |
20 sets of misused and commonly confused words are presented and briefly practiced in this 10 page unit. |
| Rules and Practice: Prepositions and Prepositional Phrases |
Introduces prepositions and prepositional phrases, with four pages of easy practice. |
| Spelling and Writing: A Project (upper elem/middle) |
With this self-directed spelling project, students choose a theme and write on the topic, with an emphasis on correctly spelling theme-related words. |
| Worksheet: Parts of Speech (upper elem) |
Two worksheets to review eighteen parts of speech, from adjective to interjection to verb. |
| Worksheets: Christmas Proofreading (upper elementary) |
Three Christmas-themed stories are filled with grammar, spelling, and usage errors. Find and fix the mistakes. |
| Worksheets: Subject/ Verb Agreement (upper elem) |
Short explanation and five pages of practice on subject/verb agreement. |
| How to Write a Persuasive Paragraph (upper elem/middle) |
Students read a series of sentences, decide which ones make the best persuasive arguments, and then put the sentences in order to create a persuasive paragraph. Fun and helpful! |
| Writing Prompts: Paragraphs (upper elem/middle) |
Helps students understand the basics of paragraph writing. Choosing and ordering sentences, writing clear topic sentences, and more. |
| Worksheet: Writing - Complex Sentences |
Eight pages of sentence practice to strengthen writing skills, including: combining multiple short sentences into complex sentences; creative "cause and effect" sentence practice; contrast sentences; and expanded sentences. |
| Rubric: Narrative Writing (upper elem/middle) |
A rubric for evaluating elements of narrative writing: characters, setting, plot, sequence of event, narrative voice, and word choice. |
| Rubric: Research Writing (upper elem/middle) |
A rubric to help evaluate the elements of a research paper. |
| Form: Prewriting - Event Chain |
Use this "event chain" form to help organize the story sequence for a narrative story. |
| Form: Prewriting - Outline Format |
Use this outline format to help organize thoughts and facts for a research paper or expository writing. |
| Unit: The Writing Process (upper elem/middle) |
This sizable unit contains: a page each for teachers and for students explaining the steps of the writing process (from brainstorm to final revision); worksheets to help students organize; a checksheet for revision; rubrics to help with transparent grading; 3 pages of narrative, research, and persuasive writing prompts to help get started. |
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