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Description |
| "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. |
| Worksheet: Formatting a Business Letter (upper elem/middle) |
"This business letter is all mixed up! Cut out the pieces and paste them together correctly OR copy out the text in the correct order and format." |
| "How to" Posters: Business Letter |
This set of three posters can also be adapted for a mini-office. Step by step directions explain the format and style of a business letter. |
| Booklet: My Memory Book |
A ten page book for students to fill in personal information, such as current favorites of all categories, goals made and met in the past year, friends, etc. A great way to encapsulate the past year, as well as create a lasting memento. |
| Unit: Conflict! A Constant Struggle (middle) |
This super-sized reading and writing unit introduces the basic categories of literary conflict (man vs. nature, etc.) and presents two summarized stories for students to analyze in terms of internal/external conflict. The unit incorporates vocabulary, critical thinking, and research. |
| Worksheet: Puns (upper elem/ middle) |
This lesson uses passages from Alice in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass by Lewis Carroll to introduce the concept of puns. |
| Writing Prompt: Add a New Cafeteria Food (middle school) |
Improve writing skills by focusing on the topic, audience, purpose, and form of writing. This simple persuasive writing prompt could even be turned into a class project, if students are inspired. |
| Writing Prompt: Describe Your Bedroom (middle school) |
Improve writing skills by focusing on the topic, audience, purpose, and form of writing. Students can describe their actual bedrooms, or their imaginary ideals. |
| Writing Prompt: Design a Gadget (middle school) |
Improve writing skills by focusing on the topic, audience, purpose, and form of writing. For this writing prompt, students will first use their creative skills to design gadgets using simple items in their homes. |
| Writing Prompt: School (middle school) |
Lined paper with writing prompt for fiction about school. |
| 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 - Character Development |
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| 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. |
| Writing: How to Write Without Flab (upper elem/middle) |
This 10 page unit presents some common writing pitfalls (needless phrases, excessive adverbs, awkward dialogue), and shows how to avoid them to create stronger, tighter writing. |
| How to... Write an Exciting Story |
Kid-friendly instructions help students creatively create the elements of an exciting story. |
| Worksheet: Writing - Setting (upper elem/ middle) |
Helps writers create a setting for their writing. |
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