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Writing Styles

Writing Styles

Sentence Quest: Using Parts of Speech to Write Descriptive Sentences ReadWriteThink couldn't publish all of this great content without literacy experts to write and review for us. If you've got lessons plans, activities, or other ideas you'd like to contribute, we'd love to hear from you. More Find the latest in professional publications, learn new techniques and strategies, and find out how you can connect with other literacy professionals. More Teacher Resources by Grade Your students can save their work with Student Interactives. More Home › Classroom Resources › Lesson Plans Lesson Plan Student Objectives Session One Session Two Session Three Session Four Session Five Extensions Student Assessment/Reflections Students will back to top Session One Have all students sit together near the front of the room. Session Two Tape one blank piece of chart paper on the board. An alternative strategy for gathering words for the charts is to have students cut them from the newspaper or magazines, or to do a "classroom walk" to find some already posted in the classroom. Session Three

Interactive Graphic Organizer Holt Interactive Graphic Organizers "Graphic organizers are tools that help your brain think." - Kylene Beers Graphic organizers are an illustration of your thoughts on paper. Click on a graphic organizer to download a PDF of it. Each graphic organizer below includes Teaching Notes with lessons and tips on how to use graphic organizers in the classroom. Help with PDF Files Generating, Identifying, and Organizing Details Determining Main Idea and Drawing Conclusions Order and Sequence Comparison-Contrast and Cause and Effect Process and Cycle Diagrams Evaluating and Making Decisions Persuasive and Supporting a Position Vocabulary Miscellaneous Organizers Graphic Organizer Teaching Notes

Writing: Smooth Sentence Fluency -- Six Traits Assessments Sentence Structure Smooth and Expressive Sentence Fluency Sometimes ya just gotta go with the flow — at least that's the situation most readers find themselves in. When we write, we write in sentences. Beginning with a capital letter, we wind our way over words and phrases until we’ve expressed a complete thought, and then we mark the endpoint with a period, question mark, or exclamation mark. Readers read the same way: they follow the shape of each sentence from beginning to end trying to understand the single complete thought the writer is expressing. Variety in Sentence Beginnings We can’t start every sentence the same way. In Chores, the writer does a pretty good job of varying the beginnings of her sentences. Variety in Sentence Length and Structure Just as using sentences with different beginnings helps make your writing easier to read and understand, using sentences of different lengths and different structures helps, too. Take a look at the fourth paragraph of Chores: “Bathtubs, ever washed one?

Among the Hidden Among the Hidden is a 1998 young adult novel by Margaret Peterson Haddix concerning a fictional future in which overly drastic measures have been taken to quell overpopulation. It is the first of seven novels in the Shadow Children series. Characters[edit] Luke Garner – the protagonist of the novel. Luke is a third child, or shadow child, in a country with very specific laws against third children. Luke is twelve years old and has recently realized that he is unable to live like his brothers, and will likely never lead a normal life. Bibliography[edit] Haddix, Margaret Peterson.

*Teaching Maddeness*: Writing Workshop Series: Post #1 Writers' Notebooks Throughout the month of July I will be sharing a series of posts about Writing Workshop in my classroom. I've used writing workshop for all 14 years that I've taught, but it has changed in how it looks over the years. Like my reading approach, my writing workshop doesn't follow one program, but instead is a mix of aspects from various programs to make what works for me and my students. With that said, I LOVE teaching writing and I hope that some of what I share will be helpful to you and your classroom. Today, the focus is on my writing workshop notebooks. The first thing to understand is that I use a color-coded approach to helping the students visualize the different stages of writing. Pink - Prewriting Blue - DraftingGreen - Revising Red - Editing Purple - Publishing Orange - Sharing These colors are used on the writing stage posters that I display in my classroom. These colors are also used in our Writer's Notebooks. So, you can either use binders. or folders Now, I LOVED these binders.

Social Studies Lesson Plans There are a variety of topics to be covered within any social studies class. The Teacher's Corner has organized some great lessons and resources around the following: community, family, maps, and a variety of mummy lessons. Your creativity and ideas can help other teachers. Submit your social studies lesson plan or activity today. This indicates resources located on The Teacher's Corner. My World Grades K-3rd A simple activity that can help younger students understand the relationship between their community and the world. After a Museum Visit Grades Any Summary: This is an excellent activity for any grade to complete after visiting a museum. This display was created after students visited a local museum. Submitted by: Jennifer T. American History Grades Elementary Summary: Two lessons that are fun and creative. Apple Mummies Grades Intermediate If you aren't into mummifying chickens, here is an alternative. Community Helper Unit Grades K-2 A great unit for younger students. Money

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