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Getting paragraphing down P-A-T: One way to remember when to indent and begin a new paragraph is when (P) the place changes, (A) the action changes, and (T) the time changes (P-A-T). In this lesson, students will learn how to identify appropriate places to indent new paragraphs in their writing.; Format: lesson plan (grade 3–4 English Language Arts); By DPI Writing Strategies.

Cut and paste paragraphs: Editing paragraphs on the computer: Students use the cut and paste commands of any word processing program to rearrange sentences in three different paragraphs, according to chronological order, spatial order, and order of importance.; Format: lesson plan (grade 6–8 Computer/Technology Skills and English Language Arts); By Sally Watts.

North Carolina American Indian stories: In this lesson students will select and read stories from some of the North Carolina American Indian tribes. They will compare and contrast two stories of their choice and complete a Venn diagram. Students will use the information on the Venn diagram to write three paragraphs. After reading several American Indian tales or legends, students will then create their own legend using the narrative writing process.; Format: lesson plan (grade 4 English Language Arts and Social Studies); By Janice Gardner.

Puzzled papers: Using the computer to arrange paragraphs in a paper: Students use the cut and paste commands in a word processing program to rearrange paragraphs in a paper, according to logical progression in writing.; Format: lesson plan (grade 6–8 English Language Arts); By Sally Watts.

Families - Then and now: Students apply their knowledge of communities as they compare and contrast the home life described in Sarah Plain and Tall to the home life described in Because of Winn-Dixie.; Format: lesson plan (grade 3 Information Skills and Social Studies); By Debbie Fox and Sherri Hendrix.

Animal report: After studying the various animal groups, students write a report about an animal of their choosing using well-formed paragraphs.; Format: lesson plan (grade 4 English Language Arts, Information Skills, and Science); By Kay Sims.

Composing a Letter of Application: Students will learn the importance of letters of application, what letters of application should contain, and how to format the letters. They will also enhance their composition skills, language skills, and proofreading skills.; Format: lesson plan; By Joyce Shepard.

Sentence combining and decombining: Students will focus on stylistic choices and sentence fluency by combining, decombining, and recombining sentences in professional writing, peer writing, and their own writing.; Format: lesson plan (grade 9–12 English Language Arts); By Peter Bobbe.

Focus in writing: This brief lesson will help students recognize when a paragraph loses focus and will help them understand the concept of focus.; Format: lesson plan (grade 10 English Language Arts); By Peter Bobbe.

Butterfly metamorphosis: This is an integrated lesson which is introduced using the book The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle. Butterfly metamorphosis is explored through art, math, and writing.; Format: lesson plan (grade 1–2 Visual Arts Education, English Language Arts, and Science); By Laura Byers.

Graphically organize a biography: This lesson is a good ending to a unit on biographies. The students will work together in small groups to create a poster that displays the information from a biography in a graphic organizer.; Format: lesson plan (grade 3 Information Skills and Social Studies); By Ellen Benton.

You can't tell it all!: Narrowing the focus of personal narratives: Students will learn to focus their personal narratives on just one main event by listing events on a topic and identifying one main event to write about. Focusing their personal narratives on one main event helps students to write about only the important things and leave out events and details that are not related to the main event.; Format: lesson plan (grade 3–5 English Language Arts); By DPI Writing Strategies.

La comida y la salud: Focuses on food and health using the food pyramid in Spanish. Students consider food choices and share food likes and dislikes. This lesson should be used after introducing food vocabulary and me gusta.; Format: lesson plan (grade 6–8 Second Languages); By Alison Yount.

"I Spy": Using adjectives and descriptive phrases: Students will review definitions for adjectives, learn and practice sensory adjectives and imagery, and use adjectives and descriptive phrases in writing a paragraph and/or story.; Format: lesson plan (grade 3–4 English Language Arts); By Elizabeth Hutchens.

"Forward" to the Great Escape: In this lesson, the students will read a primary source document from Documenting the American South and examine a painting by Jacob Lawrence to illustrate the conditions of the underground railroad before the US Civil War. The students will create a painting and a narrative related to the underground railroad.; Format: lesson plan (grade 11–12 Social Studies); By Jamie Lathan.

Verb tense time warps: When students have inconsistent verb tense, they have a "time warp" in their stories. In this lesson, students learn that verbs tell not only what action takes place, but also when the action takes place. They will learn to identify past, present and future verb tenses and to check sentences and paragraphs for inconsistent verb tense.; Format: lesson plan (grade 3–4 English Language Arts); By DPI Writing Strategies.

Descriptive writing using landscape scenes: This lesson focuses on the descriptive writing process through the use of landscape scenes, the Paragraph Writing Strategy from the University of Kansas Institute for Research in Learning, and the 4MAT Instructional Model.; Format: lesson plan (grade 4–7 English Language Arts)

Adding support and detail without getting arrested!: This lesson plan is designed to teach students the concept of using facts to support ideas and to interpret (elaborate on) those facts in order to create a synthesized paragraph.; Format: lesson plan (grade 9–12 English Language Arts and Information Skills); By Bonnie Mcmurray and Julie Joslin.

Keep it short (but not too short): In Writing for the Web, page 4; Shorter paragraphs and pages will help make your writing easier to read on the web, but you don't have to sacrifice important content.; Format: article; By David Walbert.

Practicing elaboration in a problem/solution essay: One theory suggests that students tend to list in an essay because they lack the tools to elaborate. Because they do not have the strategies, they attempt to fill up the empty space by introducing new primary ideas instead of fleshing out the ideas they have already presented. This activity attempts to make students aware of the need to elaborate and to provide students with some workable strategies for elaborating. Using a PowerPoint presentation, the teacher demonstrates the necessity for elaboration in a problem/solution essay. Students then choose a particular point in the PowerPoint presentation to expand through elaboration.; Format: lesson plan (grade 10 English Language Arts); By Margaret Ryan.

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