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“Jacket and Tie Required” vs. “No Shirt, No Shoes, No Service”
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Youth in Crisis: Address Pervasive Sadness
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Your Class Calendar as a Meeting Place: Lessons from Stonehenge
Minilesson
Writing: Now how do I get out of this one?
Assign this prompt to spark students' creativity.
Blog Post
Writing Workshops: The Only Way to Go
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Writing to Learn Revisited…Again
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Writing to Celebrate Women's History
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Writing IS Civilization
Minilesson
Writing Freely and Rapidly
Teach student to freewrite for ideas.
Minilesson
Writing Descriptions That "Show" Instead of "Tell"
Teach students to use sensory details.
Minilesson
Writing Back-and-Forth Stories
Inspire students to collaborate in writing.
Blog Post
Writing and the Global Village
Minilesson
Writing an InstaMemory
Help students narrate and describe.
Minilesson
Writing an Arts & Performance Review
Review a song, dance, poem, or piece of artwork.
Blog Post
Writing Advice from Favorite Authors
Minilesson
Writing a Tumble-Down Poem
Help students write a free-verse poem.
Minilesson
Writing a List Poem
Learn how to write a list poem.
Minilesson
Writing a Historical Dialogue
Create a dialogue with a historical figure.
Minilesson
Writing a Four-Star Food Review
Use this prompt to spark students' creativity.
Minilesson
Writing a Fictionalized Diary
Have students write a diary entry of an everyday object.
Minilesson
Writing a Family Story and Historical Marker
Inspire students to write family stories.
Minilesson
Writing a Diary of a Famous Figure
Have students creatively narrate.
Minilesson
Writing a Creative Synopsis
Create a synopsis of a book, TV show, or event.
Minilesson
Writing a 5 W’s Story
Help students write realistic stories.