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Peer reviewedVan Horn, Leigh – Language Arts, 2001
Describes an exploration the author and his seventh-grade students undertook as they wrote essays about objects of personal significance. Describes how they examined a piece of literature (an essay) as a model for their own writing, how they spent some time talking and listening to one another about their personal objects, and how they then wrote…
Descriptors: Class Activities, English Instruction, Essays, Grade 7
Download full textMinnesota State Dept. of Children, Families, and Learning, St. Paul. – 1998
Developed by classroom teachers during the development phase of Minnesota's Graduation Standards, this performance package is made up of locally designed assignments that, taken together, show whether a student has learned and can apply the knowledge and skills related to writing for a variety of academic and technical purposes, situations, and…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Class Activities, Editorials, Essays
