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More than One Way to Create Vivid Verbs
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| Grades | 6 – 8 |
| Lesson Plan Type | Standard Lesson |
| Estimated Time | Three 50-minute sessions |
| Lesson Author |
Kennesaw, Georgia |
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LESSON PLANS
Grades 6 – 12 | Lesson Plan | Recurring Lesson
This lesson teaches students how to revise dull “telling” sentences into vivid, descriptive “showing” sentences.
STUDENT INTERACTIVES
Grades K – 12 | Student Interactive | Writing Poetry
This online tool enables students to learn about and write acrostic poems. Elements of the writing process are also included.
PROFESSIONAL LIBRARY
Grades K – 12 | Professional Library | Book
Writing Our Communities: Local Learning and Public Culture
Student engagement with community becomes the centerpiece of the book, an engagement that takes place across disciplines through projects involving history, environment, culture, and much more.

