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Avoiding Pronoun Shifts
Avoiding Pronoun Shifts
Avoiding Pronoun Errors
Avoiding Fragments
Minilesson
Avoiding Double Subjects
Help students avoid double subjects.
Blog Post
Attention Span: The Long and the Short of It
Writing Topic
At the library
Level:
Grade 1
Grade 2
Grade 3
Mode:
Explanatory Writing
Form:
Explanatory Paragraph
Explanatory Essay
Theme:
Education
Books
Assessing with Rubrics
Assessing with an Explanatory Rubric
Assessing with a Rubric
Assembling Your Narrative Argument
Minilesson
Asking Bigger and Better Questions
Teach students to form better questions.
Video
Asking Better Questions
Minilesson
Asking and Answering the 5 W's and H Questions
Teach students to collect key details.
Student Writing Model
Anticipating the Dream
Michelle (grade 11) develops this eyewitness account by answering the “5 W’s and H” about her parents becoming American citizens. The writer also shares her sensory impressions.
Level:
Grade 9
Grade 10
Grade 11
Grade 12
Mode:
Narrative Writing
Form:
Personal Narrative
Theme:
Culture
Family
Community
Rules
History
People
Rights
Student Writing Model
Ant Poem
Second-grader Pheba wrote a small poem that tells in just a few words what her subject does and how she feels about it.
Level:
Grade 2
Mode:
Creative Writing
Form:
Poem
Theme:
Animals
Science
Nature
Minilesson
Answering Objections in Arguments
Answer key objections to an argument.
Minilesson
Answering Objections
Address opposing positions.
Answering Multiple-Choice Questions Nonfiction Assessment VI
Answering Multiple-Choice Questions
Answering Multiple-Choice Questions
Student Writing Model
Ann
Kendra, a fourth grader, submitted this model in which she shares a very personal experience.
Level:
Grade 4
Grade 5
Mode:
Narrative Writing
Form:
Personal Narrative
Theme:
Friends
Love
Life
Fun
Play
Minilesson
Analyzing Writing Prompts
Practice studying the parts of a test prompt.
