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How-To Writing: Motivating Students to Write for a Real Purpose
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| Grades | 3 – 5 |
| Lesson Plan Type | Standard Lesson |
| Estimated Time | Five 40-minute sessions |
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STUDENT INTERACTIVES
Grades 3 – 12 | Student Interactive | Organizing & Summarizing
The Essay Map is an interactive graphic organizer that enables students to organize and outline their ideas for an informational, definitional, or descriptive essay.
CALENDAR ACTIVITIES
Grades K – 12 | Calendar Activity | October 20
Celebrate the National Day on Writing!
Students examine the different ways that they write and view all kinds of writing at the National Gallery of Writing.
STRATEGY GUIDES
Grades K – 5 | Strategy Guide
Implementing the Writing Process
This strategy guide explains the writing process and offers practical methods for applying it in your classroom to help students become proficient writers.
Grades K – 12 | Strategy Guide
This strategy guide explains how to use write-aloud (also known as modeled writing) to teach effective writing strategies and improve students’ independent writing ability.