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Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkDraft Letters: Improving Student Writing through Critical Thinking
Grades: 9 to 12Subjects: Reading Comprehension, Writing Strategies, English-Language ArtsIn this ReadWriteThink lesson, students reflect on a single piece of writing that they have completed, thinking more deeply abou...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkWriting about Writing: An Extended Metaphor Assignment
Grades: 9 to 12Subjects: Reading Comprehension, Writing Strategies, English-Language ArtsIn this ReadWriteThink lesson, students use Richard Wilbur's poem "The Writer" as an inspiration as they write their own extende...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkAnalyzing Grammar Pet Peeves
Grades: 9 to 12Subjects: Reading Comprehension, English-Language Arts, GrammarThis lesson from ReadWriteThink uses a Dear Abby column to help students analyze a "grammar rant." Through their analysis of Dea...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkChanging the World: Social Entrepreneurs Part Two (9-12)
Grades: 9 to 12Subjects: History-Social ScienceThis lesson addresses the role of social entrepreneurs in affecting positive social change around the world. Students work in sm...Contributor: Smithsonian EducationViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkDaily Grammar
Grades: 6 to 12Subjects: Reading Comprehension, English-Language Arts, GrammarAfter a free sign-up, Daily Grammar sends you e-mail messages with a grammar lesson five days of the week and a quiz on the sixt...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkGeneration TeXt: Exploring the Differences Between Conversational and Formal Writing Styles
Grades: 6 to 12Subjects: Reading Comprehension, Writing Strategies, English-Language ArtsIn this lesson, from the New York Times Learning Network, students write sentences using different writing styles. They examine ...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkCommanding Performance: Writing "Creative Commandments" in the Language Arts Classroom
Grades: 6 to 12Subjects: Reading Comprehension, Writing Strategies, English-Language ArtsIn this lesson, from the New York Times Learning Network, students identify the many aspects of their daily lives that are guide...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkCreative Writing: Teaching Grammar and Writing Principles through the Arts
Grades: 6 to 12Subjects: Reading Comprehension, English-Language Arts, GrammarIn this lesson, from the New York Times Learning Network, students reflect on the ways they have been taught grammar. By composi...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0