This graphic organizer provides students the opportunity to brainstorm words about a given topic, count and record the syllables, and draft a haiku.

Haiku Starter

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Connection Web
3 - 8
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| Graphic Organizer
Students use this printout to expand on connections they have made to a text and use those details to write essays or create projects about the text.

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Double-Entry Journal
3 - 8
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| Graphic Organizer
This printout helps students record ideas and situations from texts in one column, and their reactions in the second, thus making a connection between the text and themselves, another text, or the world.

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RAFT Writing Template
5 - 12
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| Writing Starter
Students can utilize this printout to organize their writing as they learn to use the RAFT strategy. This printout enables students to clearly define their role, audience, format, and topic for writing.

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Seed Discussion Organizer
5 - 12
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| Graphic Organizer
Students can utilize this printout to organize their thoughts as a new concept or content is introduced through a Seed Discussion. This printout readies students to acquire new knowledge by organizing what they know and what they're prepared to learn.

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Sequence of Events Chart
3 - 12
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| Graphic Organizer
This graphic organizer helps students see the sequential or cause-effect relationships between multiple events in a text.

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Anticipation Guide
3 - 12
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| Assessment Tool
Help establish a purpose for reading—and generate post-reading reflection and discussion—with this guide.

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Podcasts: The Nuts and Bolts of Creating Podcasts
3 - 12
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| Informational Sheet
Use this helpful tool to integrate podcasts into your classroom or to help your students create their own podcasts with audio and images.

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Persuasion Map
3 - 12
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| Graphic Organizer
Use this graphic organizer to develop a persuasive stance for an essay, speech, poster, or any type of assignment that incorporates persuasion.

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Tips For Using Movie Maker
7 - 10
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| Informational Sheet
It's easy to make a movie today, thanks to software that may already be on your home computer. Sounds fun, and it's a lesson in how to communicate ideas.

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Acrostic Poem
3 - 5
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| Writing Starter
Acrostic poems are fun to write. Your students will find constructing them easy, too, thanks to this helpful tool, which has endless possibilities for curriculum integration.

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Editing Checklist for Self- and Peer Editing
3 - 5
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This helpful tool will give your students the opportunity to edit their own writing and then observe as their peers edit the same work.

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Essay Rubric
6 - 12
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This rubric delineates specific expectations about an essay assignment to students and provides a means of assessing completed student essays.

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K-W-L Chart
3 - 8
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| Graphic Organizer
This K-W-L Chart, which tracks what a student knows (K), wants to know (W), and has learned (L) about a topic, can be used before, during, and after research projects.

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T-Chart
3 - 8
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| Graphic Organizer
Use this T-Chart to examine two facets of an object, situation, or event and to make comparisons related to a variety of subjects and content areas.

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Persuasion Rubric
6 - 12
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| Assessment Tool
Use this rubric to assess the effectiveness of a student's essay, speech, poster, or any type of assignment that incorporates persuasion.

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PowerPoint Tool Tips
3 - 12
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| Informational Sheet
Combining words, images, graphics, and multimedia is simple with PowerPoint software. Students learn the basics of slide creation.

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Venn Diagram Rubric
K - 12
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| Assessment Tool
The Venn Diagram Rubric can be used to provide students feedback on students' use of a graphic organizer to compare and contrast two things.

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Compare and Contrast Rubric
3 - 12
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| Assessment Tool
Students and teachers can use this rubric when doing writing that compares and contrasts two things, as well as when assessing the writing.

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Book Review Template
K - 12
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| Writing Starter
Students can use this template as a means of communicating about a book that they have read.