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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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Test Prep Strategies and Practice for Students

ACTIVITIES

Test Prep Strategies, Tools, and Practice Questions

Help set your students up for academic success with this packet of test-taking tips, test preparation strategies, and pr...

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Geography Activities for Middle School

CHOICE BOARDS

Geography Activities for Middle School

Help students explore the world and develop their geography knowledge with this packet of geography activities for middl...

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Exit Tickets for Middle School Classrooms

ASSESSMENT

Exit Tickets for Middle School Classrooms

Exit tickets are a form of assessment that are often used informally to assess how well students grasped a lesson, what ...

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TEACHING RESOURCE

Essay Keywords

Essay KeywordsEvery essay question will generally contain a key word that tells you what kind of answer your teacher wan...

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WORKSHEETS

Writing Self-Assessment

This self-assessment asks children to analyze their recent work with an eye on improving their future projects.

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WORKSHEETS

Public Transport Essay

Ask pupils to think about how public transport makes getting from place to place convenient and relatively inexpensive.

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Essay Writing Lesson: Defining Success and Failure

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Success and Failure: Writing an Essay

In this activity, students will explore how they measure success and failure in themselves and in others.

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LESSON PLANS

How to Write an Essay

How to Write an Essay Establish Your Topic Your teacher may assign you a topic or ask you to choose from among a few to...

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Cages: Writing a Description

Students will write about cages in this activity.

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