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1. Classroom Resources | Grades   6 – 8  |  Lesson Plan  |  Minilesson
   Audience, Purpose, and Language Use in Electronic Messages
   Students explore using electronic messaging and Internet abbreviations for specific purposes and examine the importance of using a more formal style of writing based on their audience.
2. Classroom Resources | Grades   6 – 8  |  Lesson Plan  |  Standard Lesson
   Improve Comprehension: A Word Game Using Root Words and Affixes
   Students study common root words and affixes, improve their comprehension and spelling, and make a card game in which they form words with a prefix, root word, and suffix.
3. Classroom Resources | Grades   6 – 8  |  Lesson Plan  |  Standard Lesson
   Persuading the Principal: Writing Persuasive Letters About School Issues
   Students learn that you don't have to raise your voice to raise a point. Writing a persuasive letter to your principal is a great way to get your opinions heard.
4. Classroom Resources | Grades   6 – 8  |  Lesson Plan  |  Recurring Lesson
   Shared Spelling Strategies
   Students increase their spelling accuracy and retention, while preserving fluency, by using sound, sight recall, and analyzing strategies instead of memorizing words, as they deal with spelling during drafting.
5. Classroom Resources | Grades   6 – 8  |  Lesson Plan  |  Standard Lesson
   Solving Word Meanings: Engaging Strategies for Vocabulary Development
   Vocabulary gumshoes use context clues and semantics to determine the meaning of unfamiliar words.
6. Classroom Resources | Grades   4 – 8  |  Lesson Plan  |  Standard Lesson
   Spelling Patterns "Go Fish" Card Game
   Students use sets of words that share a spelling pattern to create a card game like "Go Fish" and then play the game in groups, helping them improve their spelling.
7. Classroom Resources | Grades   6 – 8  |  Lesson Plan  |  Recurring Lesson
   Using a Word Journal to Create a Personal Dictionary
   Students will be the definition of vocabulary experts as they use the skills they learn in this lesson to track, define, and ultimately master unfamiliar words.
8. Classroom Resources | Grades   6 – 8  |  Lesson Plan  |  Standard Lesson
   You Can't Spell the Word Prefix Without a Prefix
   Students explore the role of prefixes, as well as their origins and meanings, and examine how the understanding of prefixes can improve comprehension, decoding, and spelling.