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Word closet: Word Closets give students an additional classroom resource for “researching” the correct spelling of words to use in their daily writing. Word Closets are particularly focused toward concept words, season words, and favorite words that students like to use in their writing but may need help with spelling.; Format: lesson plan (grade 2–4 English Language Arts); By DPI Writing Strategies.

Meanwhile...: Transition words that connect ideas: Students will identify transition words in picturebooks that they can use in their own writing. Transition words are the glue that holds sentences and paragraphs together. They signal that this is a new part of the story.; Format: lesson plan (grade 3–5 English Language Arts); By DPI Writing Strategies.

Read it backwards: One editing technique that writers can use to help them catch their own spelling errors is "Read It Backwards." In this lesson, students will learn a procedure for identifying and correcting the spelling of misspelled words.; Format: lesson plan (grade 2–4 English Language Arts); By DPI Writing Strategies.

Synonym word bags: The purpose of Word Bags is to give students a resource for finding synonyms for overused words that they use in their writing on a daily basis. Students will fill Word Bags with synonyms for frequently used words.; Format: lesson plan (grade 3–4 English Language Arts); By DPI Writing Strategies.

Getting hooked: Introduction for a narrative: Students will be able to identify techniques for writing an introduction for a narrative and use them effectively.; Format: lesson plan (grade 2–4 English Language Arts); By Leann Kelley.

Mumbling together: "Mumbling together" is a strategy students can use to edit their own writing and develop an ear for correct language. Students learn to proofread by reading their first drafts aloud to identify left-out words and other errors.; Format: lesson plan (grade 1–4 English Language Arts); By DPI Writing Strategies.

Hear it, spell it, see it!: This is an activity to help children develop visual recognition of basic sight word vocabulary at the kindergarten level. The words covered are: I, am, can, like, it, and is. This is a simple, quick activity that adds a new dimension to sight word building with the help of the computer.; Format: lesson plan (grade K–1 English Language Arts); By Vickie Hedrick.

Writing a fish book: Number and color details: Students will learn and write color words and number words.; Format: lesson plan (grade K–1 English Language Arts); By Stephanie Phelps.

Narrative writing: Using exact words: The learner will recognize exact verbs in literature and then use more exact verbs when writing a narrative.; Format: lesson plan (grade 3–4 English Language Arts); By Georgette Rush.

Transition words and phrases: Students will learn to combine sentences using two kinds of transition words: time transitions and thought (logical) transitions. Transition words link related ideas and hold them together. They can help the parts of a narrative to be coherent or work together to tell the story. Coherence means all parts of a narrative link together to move the story along. Think of transition words as the glue that holds a story together. Using transition words helps avoid the "listing" problem in stories.; Format: lesson plan (grade 4–5 English Language Arts); By DPI Writing Strategies.

Word bank: The Word Bank provides students with a classroom resource for "researching" the correct spelling of words that students want or need to use in their writing on a daily basis.; Format: lesson plan (grade 2–3 English Language Arts); By DPI Writing Strategies.

Rest in peace, dead words!: “Dead words,” by my definition, are words students “use to death” in their writing samples. As Language Arts teachers, we can generate a list of such words a mile long. Examples would include: pretty, nice, bad, a lot, and good. This cooperative learning activity is designed to eliminate those repetitious words by providing students with a word bank/wall they can refer to when given a writing assignment.; Format: lesson plan (grade 7 English Language Arts); By Cynthia Cook.

Search for synonyms: A thesaurus lesson: Students will expand their vocabulary and learn the advantages of using a thesaurus. Students will edit and enrich personal writing samples using both print and online thesauri.; Format: lesson plan (grade 3–4 English Language Arts); By Erin Bradfeldt and Joan Milliken.

Teaching phonological awareness to LD students: This lesson is designed to help students understand the part/whole word relationships at the sentence level. It enables students to relate the 44 phonemes of the English language to words in print (reading) better. Although this lesson is written based on first-grade goals and objectives, it is designed for second-grade students who are not reading at a first-grade level. This lesson should be taught only with a small group.; Format: lesson plan (grade 1 English Language Arts); By Cynthia Bumgarner.

Show, don't tell: Using action words: To strengthen their writing and make it livelier, students will learn to use action words to show how their characters feel.; Format: lesson plan (grade 3–5 English Language Arts); By DPI Writing Strategies.

Along the Trail of Tears: A part of history is often forgotten when teaching younger students. This is the relocation of the Cherokee Indians when the white settlers wanted their property. The US Government moved whole groups of Indians under harsh conditions. This trip became known as the Trail of Tears. Using this as a background students will explore and experiment with persuasive writing as they try to express the position of Cherokee leaders.; Format: lesson plan (grade 4–5 English Language Arts and Social Studies); By Glenda Bullard.

More vivid word choices: Said is dead: The students will expand their vocabulary and learn synonyms for overused words. By using the story Chicken Little by Stephen Kellogg, students will see how an acclaimed author uses many different words for "said."; Format: lesson plan (grade 2–4 English Language Arts); By Linda Justice.

Lesson plans for teaching conventions: A collection of LEARN NC's lesson plans for teaching conventions, the fifth of the five features of effective writing.; Format: bibliography/help

Newspaper words: Students will use newspapers to find the letters for certain words, such as spelling words, or words with certain beginnings or endings, and then create those particular words by cutting and pasting.; Format: lesson plan (grade K English Language Arts); By Emily Goodson.

Here comes the circus: Boys and girls of all ages love the Circus. This is a lesson from an integrated unit. In this lesson, students will be introduced to the Kindergarten level words from the Dolch Word List.; Format: lesson plan (grade K English Language Arts); By Penny Stafford.

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