Tag: Language Arts
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Activity: Choose a Title
Activity: Choose a Title ~ The first step to writing a simple story is to choose a title. Here are ideas to help a student choose an interesting one.
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Orthography ~ Free eBook
Orthography by Elmer W. Cavins is a free public domain title that makes word study easy to cover in the seventh and eighth grade years.
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Activity: Steps for Developing Storytelling Skills
For beginning writers, retelling the best stories is the first step in developing our writing skills. Steps for developing storytelling skills.
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7 Free Writing Lessons for December
Here is a free download with 7 writing lessons for December taken from Write Something Every Day.
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How to Tell Stories to Children ~ Free eBook
How to Tell Stories to Children explains how to adapt stories for the telling along with resources. Free eBook.
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Stories to Tell to Children ~ Free eBook
Stories to Tell to Children, not only includes a list of stories to tell, but also suggestions for the telling. Free eBook.
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5 Tips for Teaching Writing
You have your children writing something every day. Great! Now let’s refine the process. Here our five tips for teaching writing.
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Write Something Every Day ~ New Book
We are excited to announce the release of our first book — Write Something Every Day: 366 Pencil Sharpeners for Students of Writing.
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Aldine Speller ~ Free eBooks
Students will have a much easier time remembering how to spell words as they are taught in context. The Aldine Speller takes this approach. Free
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10 Favorite How-Tos {2021–2022}
Ten reader-favorite how-tos from the 2021-2022 archives: Reading, notebooking, narrating & more!
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Activity: Words That Describe
By using a sensory detail form we can make a note of words that appeal to the five senses — words that describe.
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20 Common Idioms ~ Free Form
Grab our free form — checklist of 20 Common Idioms. Interacting with literature.
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Activity: Storytelling Prompts
Storytelling prompts encourage a student step-by-step through the process of creating his own story.
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Activity: Rhyming Couplets
Rhyming couplets are two consecutive lines of poetry that have the same sound at the end.
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Activity: Storytelling
Four ways to develop the art and skill of storytelling.
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Picture Match ~ Free Interactive
Picture Match interactive at ReadWriteThink.org is a great way to work with phonics.
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10 Favorite How-Tos {2020–2021}
Ten reader-favorite how-tos from the archives: Reading, notebooking, narrating & more!
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Spoonerisms: A Wordplay Unit Study
Archibald Spooner was born on July 22, 1844, and is best known for slips of the tongue. Unit resources.
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Interacting With Literature: Idioms
Interacting with literature. Idioms allow us to convey meaning in an interesting and brief way.
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10 Favorite How-Tos ~ 2019–2020
10 Favorite How-Tos ~ 2019–2020 ~ from the archives.
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Memorizing: Yes, It Does Have Its Uses! ~ 5 Things to Memorize
Love it or hate it memorizing does have its uses. 5 things to memorize.
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A Year of Beautiful Thoughts {Free eBook}
A Year of Beautiful Thoughts is a book of poetry providing a Scripture verse, one illustrative story or quote, and one related poem for each day of the year!
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“Thanksgiving” by Henry Coyle
The Promise of Morning (1899) | Henry Coyle
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“Song — The Owl” by Tennyson
The Works of Alfred, Lord Tennyson (1892) | Alfred, Lord Tennyson (1809–1892)
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5 Natural Ways to Improve Listening Skills
Five ways to naturally develop critical listening skills.
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10 Steps to Writing a Research Paper
Here is how to guide your older student through writing a research paper: 10 Steps
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