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3-Wall Blueprint for Writing Practice (.doc 30.0KB)
3-Wall Blueprint for Writing Practice, please right-click, Save Link As... to save
4-Wall Blueprint for Writing Practice (.doc 34.5KB)
Cluster Web Poster (.JPG 42.9KB)
Essay Grading Criteria (.xls 37.0KB)
Essay Guidelines 1 (.doc 22.5KB)
Essay Guidelines 2 (.doc 33.5KB)
Fact or Opinion Brainstorming (.pdf 14.3KB)
Important Event Ideas (.doc 19.5KB)
In Focus Essay Instructions (.doc 67.5KB)
Transition Words and Phrases (.JPG 98.7KB)
Square Venn Diagram.png, right-click, Save Link As... to save. Example of a Square Venn Diagram; two squares overlap partly, 'only cells in both gates are displayed'
Peer Editing Guidelines 1 (.doc 19.5KB)
Peer Editing Guidelines 1, please right-click, Save Link As... to save
Peer Editing Guidelines 2 (.doc 28.5KB)
Sample Technology Essay Introductions and Conclusions (.doc 25.0KB)
Senses Chart 1 (.pdf 14.8KBKB)
Senses Chart 2 (.pdf 18.1KB)
Traditional Venn Diagram (.pdf 58.7KB)
Types of Reasoning (.doc 21.0KB)

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Fluency Writing

The 10-Minute Breakdown (.JPG 30.5KB)
The 10-Minute Breakdown.JPG, right-click, Save Link As... to save. Fluency Writing--1 minute cobweb, 1 minute organize, 1 minute first sentence, 5 minutes non-stop writing of the body of the essay, 1 minute concluding sentence, 1 minute minor editing. Total time: 10 minutes.
Fluency Writing Step 3 (.JPG 25.8KB)
Fluency Writing Step 3.JPG, right-click, Save Link As... to save. Example of step 3--ideas for first sentences are written down one after another, then crossed out and clarified until a first sentence is written all in one minute.
Fluency Writing Step 1 and Step 2 (.JPG 71.5KB)
Fluency Writing Step 1 and Step 2.JPG, right-click, Save Link As... to save. A one minute cobweb branching out, with ideas on men versus women. Then the one minute organization crossing out some ideas, circling or adding notes to others, and writing in numbers to organize the point order.

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Logic Fallacies

Persuasion Strategies to Use and Avoid (.doc 80.0KB)
Sample image for Persuasion Strategies to Use and Avoid.doc, please right-click, Save target as... to save locally.
Fallacies 1 (.DOC 13.0KB)
Fallacies 2 (.DOC 14.0KB)
More Examples of Fallacies (.DOC 57.5KB)

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Poetry

Poetry Tools (.jpg 142.9KB)
Poetry Tools.jpg, right-click, Save Link As... to save. Poetry Tools: line breaks, writing in shorter lines to slow the reader down; metaphor, saying that one thing is something else; imagery, helping the reader form a picture in their mind; repetition, repeating something; rhythm, makes you tap your foot; simile, comparing using 'like' or 'as'; personification, giving human traits to something that is not human; alliteration, using the same sound at the beginning of neighboring words.
10 Poetry Tips (.doc 59.0KB)
9 Types of Poetry (.doc 102.0KB)
Prime Rhymes (.doc 24.5KB)
Street Poetry Websites (.docx 14.2KB)
Racism Poem (.doc 21.5KB)
Poetic Terms (.ppt 482.0KB)

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Spelling Help

15 Most Misspelled Words (.jpg 44.1KB)
15 Most Misspelled Words.jpg, right-click, Save Link As... to save. Spellchecker.net's 'The Importance of Using Spell Check' 15 Most Misspelled words are: their, a lot, received, separate, until, because, beginning, different, occurred, believe, behavior, which, truly, really, and definitely.
Spelling Matters (.jpg 41.6KB)
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Ode to a Spell Checker (.doc 45.0KB)
To Double or Not to Double (.xlsx 11.9KB)
American vs British Spelling (.jpg 77.9KB)

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Story Writing

Story Pyramid (.png 56.9KB)
Story Pyramid.png, right-click, Save Link As... to save. A series of lines to write in details for your story. Line 1: Name of the main character. Line 2: Two words describing the main character. Line 3: Three words describing the setting. Line 4: Four words stating the problem. Line 5: Five words describing the main event. Line 6: Six words describing the second main event. Line 7: Seven words describing the third main event. Line 8: Eight words stating the solution to the problem.
70 Ways to Say Said (.xls 16.5KB)
Senses Chart (.pdf 14.8KB)
Plot Diagram with Fill-In Lines (.docx 83.0KB)
Plot Diagram Example (.jpg 40.3KB)
Character Trait Map (.docx 100.1KB)
Story Board Example (.xls 686.0KB)
Story Board Example.xls, right-click, Save Link As... to save.
Story Board (.xls 18.0KB)
Story Map (.pdf 16.8KB)
Story Starters (.pdf 13.6KB)
Story Evaluation Form (.doc 26.5KB)
Story Problems and Solutions Worksheet (.pdf 14.9KB)
Movie or Short Story Grading Rubric (.docx 13.7KB)

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