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Grades 5-8
Inspire your students to develop a passion for writing, practice reading comprehension, and build vocabulary and grammar skills with these language arts lesson plans.
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Outlining Essays Printable
Writing First Drafts Printable
Presenting Persuasively Printable
Letter Writing Printable
Short Story Writing
Writing From Experience Printable
Drafting and Revising Essays Printable
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Outlining Essays (Grades 3-6)
Highlight brainstorming and the elements of an expressive essay with this lesson.
New! Short Story Writing (Grades 6-8)
Use this lesson to assign a short story writing activity as well as to illustrate the critical steps of short story composition, including plot elements, brainstorming, and more.
New! Letter Writing (Grade 6-8)
Focus on adjectives, figurative language, and more with this lesson that will help your students prepare a personal and descriptive letter to a loved one.
Writing First Drafts (Grades 3-6)
Review outlining essays while you encourage your students to being the draft writing process.
Presenting Persuasively (Grades 6-8)
Use this lesson to help your students identify the strongest and weakest components of their persuasive arguments!
NEW! Autobiographical Writing About Memories (Grades 6-8)
Lead a class discussion that helps students explore Fall memories that inspire autobiographical writing.
Writing From Experience (Grades 7-12)
Allow your students to dig into their own personal backgrounds to write an expressive essay.
Drafting and Revising Essays (Grades 7-12)
Students learn to draft and revise essays.