Success and Failure: Writing an Essay

Essay Writing Lesson: Defining Success and Failure
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In this activity, students will explore how they measure success and failure in themselves and in others. With direction from the teacher and the use of a series of inventory questions, they will explore the meaning of personal success and failure, and then they will write an essay on this topic.

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Time to Write
Time to Write
By R.E. Meyers
This book is filled with standards-based activities for developing students' creative writing skills. Time to Write provides creative writing inspiration and practice, and includes teacher notes and student warm-up activities.
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