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Poetry Links and Resources. Wild About Poetry: Process. Spotlight. Table of Contents to this Poetry Unit Poetry Lessons for Teachers and Students I have tried to preview all links; however, time constraints and constantly changing links create some uncertainly about all links being absolutely safe links at all times. Please understand links outside our address do not represent our work, but are here to provide other poetry resources. Proceed to these links with caution and guidance. Hint: Good introduction to poetry - Show the CD, "The New Kid on the Block. " OBJECTIVES for this unit: .............. Here are some links that will help (several links are for locating images and sounds) introduce your poetry unit: Poetry is truth in its Sunday clothes.

Joseph Roux (1834-86), French priest, writer. Introductory to Poetry *Please notice that many of these poetry lessons includes a lesson for students and a teacher lesson plan for help in delivery of the lesson. Lesson 1........Figurative Language for the student Lesson 1 .......Lesson Plan for Figurative Language. A poem for the bullied and the beautiful ... - suzgall - Gmail. Poetry Teachers. Fifty Things to Put in a Notebook. Every-Day Edits | Everyday Edits | Every Day Edits. Daily Writing Prompts - June. Daily Writing Prompts. As always, The Teacher's Corner is looking for ways to make your life easier.

We hope that our newest addition, “Daily Writing Prompts,” does just that. On as many days as possible, we have selected an event from our monthly event calendars to be the focus of the writing prompt. These writing prompts can be used in a number of ways: Daily warm-up activity Practice in prompt writing for state assessments Daily/weekly writing prompt “Anytime” activity Student work center “When You’re Done” activity Substitute teacher activity One added advantage to TTC’s “Daily Writing Prompt” is that they can easily be displayed through an LCD projector in your classroom.

This eliminates time you would have to spend at the copy machine. All of the prompts can easily be printed as well. You will find that our prompts are written for different grade levels. One of the Writer's Digest "101 Best Websites for Writers" (2008 & 2011) January Writing Prompts - Writing Prompts include: author J.R.R. Writing Prompt Ideas to Inspire Young Writers. {photo credit} This post is written by contributing writer Becky @ This Reading Mama.

Writing can be one of those dreaded subjects. Sometimes, kids simply don’t know what to write about. Let’s just keep it real- sometimes we as their teacher don’t know what to have our kids write either! Real-Life Experiences Thank You Notes or Cards One way to prompt some writing is through real life experiences.

Practical Day-to-Day Writing Maybe you can inspire your child to write by integrating authentic prompts into your day. Field Trips Did you just take a field trip? Younger kids can write their favorite part of the field trip down or simply write predictable sentences based on this prompt, “On our trip, I saw…” Based on pictures that you took while you were there, kids can also retell the field trip by sequencing the photos and writing about them. Write About Yourself Encourage kids to keep a Writer’s Notebook or even a daily journal of the things that happen to them.

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Argumentative and Persuasive Unit

Types of essays. Tone and Style ( Read ) | User Generated Content. Lesson Objectives Distinguish between informal style and academic style Learn how to write clearly Diagnose and fix vague sentences Distinguish between denotative and connotative meanings Learn how to avoid gender bias Identify characters and actions in sentences Apply the old-before-new and short-to-long principles of style Learn when to use and not to use minimalizations and passive voice in sentences Learn how to write coherent and concise sentences Learn how to emphasize sentence elements Definition of Tone and Style Tone refers to the type of language writers use to address their audience. When writing an email to a friend, for example, you may choose to use an informal or colloquial tone, whereas an essay for an English class requires an academic tone. Compare the two examples below: Example 1: The city should just start paying for our rides to school so we can use the bus money for other stuff.

If this happens, people will actually get to value buses more and stuff.

History and Informational Research

Narrative Writing. Formal Letter Writing in English. Persuasive Writing. Writing DBQs.