Get in touch with the emotional side of writing by reading Words By Heart. The writing assignment helps learners make personal connections with the text and hone their writing skills by exploring a time that they had to forgive or be forgiven by someone. The resource provides a plan for how to individualize instruction to meet everyone's needs. Fourth out of a series of six activities, scholars of all skills benefit from such well-written plans. 

Concepts

essay writing, reading, punctuation, the writing process

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Additional Tags

english language arts

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Instructional Ideas

• Examine a model paper and discuss what makes it so well written
• Consider having writers publish their work on a class blog or in the school newspaper 

Classroom Considerations

• Make time in the class period to individually assist those who are struggling with the assignment 

Pros

• Resource contains a rubric for the writing assignment
• Assignment sheet offers guiding questions to help writers form a thesis statement

Cons

• None

Common Core

W.6.3.a W.7.3.a W.8.3.a