Write poems, stories, and essays based upon personal reflections, observations, and experiences. 0501.3.4

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1. I'm Gonna Sit Right Down and Write Someone a Letter - historical letters help students do some real-world writing
2. Interactive Writing Prompts - inspiring young writers with word games that have interactive choices
3. Narrative Essay - Article and help on writing narrative essay.
4. Newspaper Writing Lesson Plan - Kids Learn to Write for a School Audience
5. Poetry writing practice web [This expired link is available through the Wayback Machine Internet Archive. If the page doesn't load quickly click on Impatient? at the bottom right of the page.]
6. Haiku Generator - use drop down boxes to make a haiku of three lines
7. Haiku Starter - Lesson plan to print to help students learn to write Haiku poetry.
8. How to write a Haiku - Lesson plan teaching how to create Haiku poetry.
9. Letter Poem Creator: Student Interactive - Letter poems are a particularly apt medium for exploring a defining characteristic of poetry-line breaks. As students work to transform narrative-style letters (shown at left) into poetic format, they are encouraged to think carefully about where to end each line.
10. Step by step guide - Guide on writing an essay.
11. Writing a Personal Narrative - Student model as an example
12. Writing Model - interactive model of supporting an interpretation
13. Writing Source - many ideas to use as prompts

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