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Grade 7, Reading and Language Arts Std #: 1 Exhibit proficiency in the use of the writing process in four modes of writing. Writing Process Four Modes of Writing Prewriting Narrative Drafting Descriptive Revising Expository Editing Persuasive Publishing

Lesson Plans: Glencoe/McGraw-Hill Alabama Lesson Plans User-friendly "Search" feature PDF document Be Persuasive! One week lesson on writing a persuasive essay The Bing, the Bang, and the Bongo--The Five-Paragraph Essay Easy way to have students write a five paragraph essay Camp Bound Earth: Problem Solving and Finding for Fun Writing a persuasive experience involving a field trip to Earth Descriptive Writing Using Landscape Scenes Students write a descriptive essay using landscape scenes Living the Dream? Expressing an Immigrant's Story Using an immigrant's story to write Teachers' Handbook of Lesson Plans--Persuasive Writing #1 Persuasive writing lesson plans geared toward GED students that appropriate for middle school students. Teachers' Handbook of Lesson Plans--Persuasive Writing #2 Persuasive writing lesson plans geared toward GED students that appropriate for middle school students. Teachers' Handbook of Lesson Plans--Persuasive Writing #3 Persuasive writing lesson plans geared toward GED students that appropriate for middle school students. Teachers' Handbook of Lesson Plans--Persuasive Writing #4 Persuasive writing lesson plans geared toward GED students that appropriate for middle school students. Teachers' Handbook of Lesson Plans--Expository Writing Expository writing lesson plans geared toward GED students that appropriate for middle school students. Teachers' Handbook of Lesson Plans #1 Writing lesson plans geared toward GED students that appropriate for middle school students. Teachers' Handbook of Lesson Plans #2 Writing lesson plans geared toward GED students that appropriate for middle school students. Teachers' Handbook of Lesson Plans #3 Writing lesson plans geared toward GED students that appropriate for middle school students. Teachers' Handbook of Lesson Plans #4 Writing lesson plans geared toward GED students that appropriate for middle school students. Teachers' Handbook of Lesson Plans #5 Writing lesson plans geared toward GED students that appropriate for middle school students. Teachers' Handbook of Lesson Plans #6 Writing lesson plans geared toward GED students that appropriate for middle school students. Teachers' Handbook of Lesson Plans #1--Descriptive Writing Descriptive writing lesson plans geared toward GED students that appropriate for middle school students. Teachers' Handbook of Lesson Plans #2--Descriptive Writing Descriptive writing lesson plans geared toward GED students that appropriate for middle school students. Teachers' Handbook of Lesson Plans--Creative Writing Creative writing lesson plans geared toward GED students that appropriate for middle school students Persuasive Essay: Environmental Issues Writing an essay about Environmental Issues Become a Logophile The purpose is to provide a variety of pre-writing activities which will encourage students to manipulate, explore, discover and fall in love with words.

Resources: Glencoe/McGraw-Hill Online Essay Grader 11 Rules of Writing A concise guide for writing Writer's Handbook A complete teacher's guide Suggestions for English Language Learners: ESL Ideas (B=Beginning, I=Intermediate, T=Transitional) (B, I, T) For prewriting, students individually list adjectives that describe a picture or photograph provided to them. Intermediate and transitional students then brainstorm their list of adjectives to view appropriateness. (B, I, T) For drafting, students write a short sentence using the adjectives. Students compare their sentences with other classmates. If students can organize their sentences into paragraphs, they do so at this time. (I, T) For revising, students check for paragraph structure, capitalization and punctuation, verb tenses and subject-verb agreement. (I, T) For editing, students should revise the final draft by taking suggestions into consideration. This can be done individually or with other students. (I, T) For publishing, students can print their document on the computer and coordinate it into a class publication.
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