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Can You Convince Me? Developing Persuasive Writing
Grades: 3 to 5Subjects: English-Language Arts, Reading Comprehension, Writing StrategiesThrough a classroom game and resource handouts, students learn about the techniques used in persuasive oral arguments and apply ...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0Listen to the Nightingale
Grades: 5 to 8Subjects: Music, English-Language Arts, Visual Arts, Writing StrategiesIn this lesson, one of a multi-part unit from ARTSEDGE, students learn music vocabulary and use it to assess David Maddox's musi...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0Reading a Fable
Grades: 5 to 8Subjects: Literature, English-Language Arts, Visual Arts, Reading Comprehension, TheatreIn this lesson, one of a multi-part unit from ARTSEDGE, students recognize the fable as a literary form. They apply literal, int...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0Voting! What's It All About?
Grades: 3 to 5Subjects: English-Language Arts, History-Social Science, Reading ComprehensionIn this lesson, from ReadWriteThink, students both listen to information read aloud from a variety of sources and read from fict...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0Write Letters That Make Things Happen!
Grades: TK/K to 12Subjects: World History, United States History, History-Social Science, English-Language Arts and 2 additional..This ReadWriteThink resource focuses on the letter that U.S. schoolgirl Samantha Smith wrote to Russian premier Yuri Andropov in...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0Dear Librarian: Writing a Persuasive Letter
Grades: 3 to 5Subjects: Literature, English-Language Arts, Reading Comprehension, Writing StrategiesIn this ReadWriteThink lesson, students write to their school librarian, requesting that a specific text be added to the school ...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0The Beverly Cleary Sculpture Garden
Grades: TK/K to 5Subjects: Literature, English-Language Arts, Reading ComprehensionThis ReadWriteThink resource focuses on Beverly Cleary, author of award-winning children's books including "Dear Mr. Henshaw" an...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0Endangered Species - Persuasive Writing
Grades: 3 to 5Subjects: English-Language Arts, Reading Comprehension, Arts, Media, & Entertainment, Writing Strategies, Career & Technical EdThis student reproducible is from ABCTeach. Students are asked to play the role of a newspaper reporter, select a topic related ...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0Amelia Bedelia--Persuasive Writing
Grades: 2 to 5Subjects: Literary Analysis, English-Language Arts, Reading Comprehension, Writing StrategiesIn this lesson, from Teachers.net, students complete a persuasive writing assignment after reading Amelia Bedelia.Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0Persuasive Writing
Grades: 6 to 12Subjects: English-Language Arts, Reading Comprehension, Writing StrategiesThis resource, from the Kent School District, features a collection of links to over 30 different lesson plans and classroom res...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0Making the Personal Political: Writing Opinion Pieces About Meaningful Issues to Kids
Grades: 6 to 12Subjects: English-Language Arts, Reading Comprehension, Arts, Media, & Entertainment, Writing Strategies, Career & Technical EdIn this lesson, from the New York Times Learning Network, students identify controversial topics on which they have strong opini...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0A Case for Reading?Examining Challenged and Banned Books
Grades: 3 to 5Subjects: Literary Analysis, English-Language Arts, Reading Comprehension, Writing StrategiesStudents examine books, selected from the American Library Association Challenged/Banned Books list, and write persuasive pieces...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0"Got Milk?" or "Not Milk!"? - That Is the Question: Critically Analyzing Information about Dairy Products on the Internet
Grades: 6 to 12Subjects: Health Education, Technology, Nutrition, Health & Physical Education and 2 additional..Is milk good for you or not good for you? In this lesson, found on the New York Times Learning Network, students explore both si...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0