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Choosing the Best Verb: An Active and Passive Voice Minilesson
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| Grades | 9 – 12 |
| Lesson Plan Type | Minilesson |
| Estimated Time | 50 minutes |
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Hopkinsville, Kentucky |
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PRINTOUTS
Grades 5 – 12 | Printout | Writing Starter
Students can utilize this printout to organize their writing as they learn to use the RAFT strategy. This printout enables students to clearly define their role, audience, format, and topic for writing.
STRATEGY GUIDES
Grades K – 8 | Strategy Guide
Tracking and Supporting Student Learning with Kidwatching
In this strategy guide, you’ll learn how to use kidwatching to track and support student learning. Teachers observe and take notes on students’ understanding of skills and concepts and then use the observations to determine effective strategies for future instruction.
Grades 5 – 12 | Strategy Guide
Using the RAFT Writing Strategy
This strategy guide introduces the RAFT technique and offers practical ideas for using this technique to teach students to experiment with various perspectives in their writing.
PROFESSIONAL LIBRARY
Grades K – 12 | Professional Library | Book
Grammar Alive!: A Guide for Teachers
NCTE’s Assembly for the Teaching of English Grammar provides this much-needed resource for teachers who wonder what to do about grammar—how to teach it, how to apply it, how to learn what they themselves were never taught.

