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Wendy Windust

Elements of Literature: Writing Resources - 1 views

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    Interactive Writer's Models Analyze the elements of good writing with these interactive writer's models. Each model includes annotations and tips to help you be a good writer yourself. Middle School Grade 6 Grade 8 * Comparison-Contrast Essay * Descriptive Essay * How-to Explanation * Informative Report * Literary Comparison-Contrast Essay * Personal Narrative * Problem-Solution Essay * Short Story * Supporting a Position Grade 7 * Business Letter * Comparison-Contrast Essay * Complex Process Essay with Word Processing Features * Descriptive Essay * Informative Report * Literary Comparison-Contrast Essay * Personal Narrative * Persuasive Essay * Problem-Solution Essay * Short Story * Supporting an Interpretation * Business Letter * Character Analysis * Comparison-Contrast Essay * Informative Report * Instructions for Operating a Tool * Literary Comparison-Contrast Essay * Personal Narrative * Problem-Solution Essay * Review of a Novel * Short Story * Supporting a Position High School Grade 9 Grade 11 * Analysis of a Poem * Analysis of a Short Story * Autobiographical Narrative * Comparison of a Play and a Film * Comparison of Media Coverage * Description of a Place * Nonfiction Analysis * Persuasive Cause-and-Effect Essay * Persuasive Essay * Research Paper * Short Story Grade 10 * Analysis of a Short Story * Autobiographical Narrative * Biographical Narrative * Comparison of a Play and a Film * Comparison of Media Genres * Description of a Person * Persuasive Essay * Problem-Solution Analysis * Research Paper * Short Story * Analysis of a Novel * Editorial * Historical Research Report * Reflective Essay * Short Story Grade 12 * Analysis of Literature * Comparison-Contrast of Literature * Descriptive Essay
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25 Brilliant Animated Short Movies - 1 views

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    "Beautiful animated short movies are excellent for tedious coffee breaks and uninspiring Monday mornings. To put some beautiful story in a short 2-5 minutes sequence isn't easy, but even in this case designers and artists are quite creative and manage to come up with very surprising and unusual results. The selection below is supposed to make you cry, laugh, feel bizarre or even shocked - in every case being absolutely smashed. Let's take a look at the collection of 25 brilliant animated short movies. Among them you'll find funny cartoons, typography-related movies as well as artistic masterpieces - hopefully everybody will find something interesting and unusual for his/her personal taste."
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    Short Story Unit
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Short Stories by Ray Bradbury - 0 views

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    "Short stories by Ray Bradbury is the online text version of All Summer in a Day for use with Elements of a short story Application Lesson. "
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Short Story - Language Arts - Grades 7-10 - 4 views

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    Short Story Interactive Unit
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Collections for Educators - ITVS - 1 views

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    Community Classroom is an innovative and free resource for educators, offering short-form film modules adapted from ITVS's award-winning documentaries and standards-based lesson plans for high school and community colleges, NGOs, and youth organizations."
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Performance Enhancing Drugs in Schools: How Big is the Threat to Kids? - 0 views

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    "Performance Enhancing Drugs in Schools: How Big is the Threat to Kids? By Jeff Roberts on August 9, 2013 2 Comments Lance Armstrong. Ryan Braun. A-Rod. Marion Jones. Tim Montgomery. Tyson Gay. Bill Romanowski. Rafael Palmeiro. And so on … and so on. We've all heard the names. We're all familiar with the historic heights each of them achieved in their respective sports. And we have all witnessed their tragic, self-induced falls from grace.  Their respective careers are ruined. Their legacies disgraced. And, perhaps most tragically, all of the youngsters they once inspired are left confused and heartbroken. The worst part? The high-profile names mentioned here are a tiny fraction of the incredibly long list of professional and amateur athletes who have tested positive for performance-enhancing drugs (PEDs). Over the past decade, the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency has sanctioned cyclists and soccer players, water poloists and weightlifters, rowers, wrestlers, boxers and archers. And that's just a small sample of the offenders.   But when officials in Texas revealed last July that nine high school athletes tested positive for steroid use - and that just recently, scandal-ridden Biogenesis of America provided PEDs to high school athletes in Miami - the conversation became slightly more sickening. We were immediately filled with questions: What is the prevalence of PEDs in high schools? What types of PEDs are being used among high school athletes? What can be done to combat this trend? Let's answer these questions one by one. The prevalence of PEDs in high schools Roughly 3.2 percent of American high school kids - boys and girls - took steroid pills or shots without a doctor's permission at least once in their lives, according to the U.S. Department of Health's Youth Risk Behavior Survey published in June 2012. Bear in mind that the data collected reflects the 2011 school year and four U.S. states did not share data. Still, powerful co
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Dan Gutman | Author Revealed at Simon & Schuster - 1 views

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    Author of short story--memoir--"Let's Go to the Videotape" in the book: Boys Read
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    memoir unit--author study
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KidsCom - Create - Write me a story - 0 views

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    Write me a story: Kids read (and vote on their favorite) and write short stories on this kid-friendly site
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Books, Stories, Writing Contests and Publishing for Kids | KidPub Press - 4 views

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    Short Story Unit: publishing option for students
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Writer's Model - 0 views

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    Model for writing a short story: good for use on the Smart Board
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WritingFix: a 6-Trait Writing Lesson that uses Love That Dog by Sharon Creech - 0 views

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    Three-Sentence Overview of this Lesson: Inspired by both William Carlos Williams and the main character in Sharon Creech's Love That Dog, the writer will create four original 16-word poems that capture interesting images. The writer will then choose a favorite 16-word poem and ask, "Why would so much depend upon that image to someone else?" The writer can then create a short story about an original character who might have written the 16-word poem.
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    Grade 7 Poetry Unit
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RoaldDahlFans.com - Teacher Ideas - 2 views

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    "Teacher Ideas This page features all the lesson plans and classroom ideas I've collected. They're organized by topic, with general education and Dahl resources first, books next, and shortstories last"
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    Short Story unit
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Dark They Were, And Golden Eyed (The Naming of Names) by Ray Bradbury - 0 views

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    Earthlings and Martians! Oh my!
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There Will Come Soft Rains_Bradbury.pdf (application/pdf Object) - 1 views

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    Short Story Unit: Ray Bradbury's sci-fi story about a robotic house after a nuclear war
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Plot Activity - 3 views

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    "Plot Structure Scenarios"
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Plot Mini-lesson Lesson - 2 views

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    "Plot Lesson "
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Au coin de ma rue - 0 views

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    Pictures of people off the street--great for characterization
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