English language arts
Be the Peer Editor: Checklists, Kind Feedback and Fixes
Students use an editing checklist on a sample student paragraph, judge feedback comments, give two stars and a wish, and fix the errors.
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Dialogue Punctuation: Who Said What, and Where Do the Quotation Marks Go?
Students learn six dialogue-punctuation rules, choose the correctly punctuated sentences, fix four errors, and write a short conversation of their own.
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Friendly Letter Workshop: Parts, Punctuation and a Thank-You Note
Students match the five parts of a friendly letter, fix greeting and closing punctuation, and write a thank-you letter to someone who helped them.
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Informative Paragraph: From Fact Cards to Finished Writing
Students sort eight fact cards about honeybee colonies into useful and off-topic, then turn the useful facts into a well-organized informative paragraph.
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Opinion Paragraph: Make Your Reasons Count
Students label the parts of a model opinion paragraph, then plan and write their own on a school-life question with two reasons and examples.
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Paragraph Builder: Topic Sentence, Evidence and Closing
Students put scrambled sentences in order, find the one that does not belong, write topic sentences for two sets of details, and build a four-sentence paragraph.
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Picture-Ready Writing: Vague vs. Specific Description
Students sort vague and specific sentences, rewrite weak sentences with concrete details, and describe a mystery object for a partner to guess.
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Revising with the Five Senses: Bring a Flat Paragraph to Life
Students identify the senses in sample phrases, plan sensory details for a flat paragraph, and revise it so a reader can see, hear, smell and feel the scene.
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Small Moment Story: Zoom In on Ten Seconds
Students study a short model story, plan a single small moment, and write a narrative paragraph that shows feelings through actions.
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Three Prompts, One Story: Writing From Words Alone
Students choose one of three word-only story prompts, brainstorm with a planning table, write a short story, and check it with a self-assessment checklist.