ReadWriteThink.org Lesson Plans That Teach Genres of Writing
A Genre Study of Letters With
The Jolly Postman
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http://www.readwritethink.org/lessons/lesson_view.asp?id=322
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Can You Convince Me? Developing Persuasive Writing
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http://www.readwritethink.org/lessons/lesson_view.asp?id=56
)
Creating a Classroom Newspaper
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http://www.readwritethink.org/lessons/lesson_view.asp?id=249
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Exploring Cause and Effect Using Expository Texts About Natural Disasters
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http://www.readwritethink.org/lessons/lesson_view.asp?id=925
)
Fairy Tales from Life
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http://www.readwritethink.org/lessons/lesson_view.asp?id=42
)
Genre Study: A Collaborative Approach
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http://www.readwritethink.org/lessons/lesson_view.asp?id=270
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Reading and Analyzing Multigenre Texts
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http://www.readwritethink.org/lessons/lesson_view.asp?id=293
)
If students need additional practice in any of the genres, you may want to use some of the following lesson plans:
Lessons that use the Acrostic Poems tool
(
http://www.readwritethink.org/student_mat/student_material.asp?id=45
)
Lessons that use the Bio-Cube tool
(
http://www.readwritethink.org/student_mat/student_material.asp?id=57
)
Lessons that use the Comic Creator tool
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http://www.readwritethink.org/student_mat/student_material.asp?id=21
)
Lessons that use the Letter Generator tool
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http://www.readwritethink.org/student_mat/student_material.asp?id=5
)
Lessons that use the Persuasion Map tool
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http://www.readwritethink.org/student_mat/student_material.asp?id=34
)
Lessons that use the Story Map tool
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http://www.readwritethink.org/student_mat/student_material.asp?id=8
)
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