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Ohio's Academic Content Standards in English Language Arts

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Ohio Standard: Writing Conventions Standard
Grade Level Indicator: (Grade: 8) 1. Use correct spelling conventions.
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Shared Spelling Strategies
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ORC# 1387
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Resource URL: http://www.readwritethink.org/classroom-resources/lesson-plans/s...
Resource Type: Lessons
Discipline: Reading
Grades: Grades 4–6
Professional Commentary: This repeated lesson helps students to develop and use effective spelling strategies during the writing process. While responding in writing to a previously read text, students are prompted to become more explicitly aware of the strategies they use ....
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You Can't Spell the Word Prefix Without a Prefix
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ORC# 4419
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Resource URL: http://www.readwritethink.org/classroom-resources/lesson-plans/s...
Resource Type: Lessons
Discipline: Reading
Grades: Grades 6–8
Professional Commentary: Starting with the premise that word study is intriguing and fun, students work in cooperative groups to identify, define, and construct words using a list of preselected prefixes. Students guess at initial meanings and spellings of words, then correct misspellings using spelling strategies developed by their work groups....
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Improve Comprehension Using a Word Card Game With Root Words and Affixes
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ORC# 9756
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Resource URL: http://www.readwritethink.org/classroom-resources/lesson-plans/i...
Discipline: Reading
Grades: Grades 6–8
Professional Commentary: In this lesson, students practice analyzing word meanings by learning root words and affixes. They work in a variety of ways with a list of about 20 common but challenging words which are presented in context....
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Showing Good Taste: Writing Thoughtful Restaurant Reviews in the Language Arts Classroom
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ORC# 181
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Resource URL: http://learning.blogs.nytimes.com/1999/01/22/showing-good-taste/
Resource Type: Lessons
Discipline: Reading
Grades: Grades 8–12
Professional Commentary: In this lesson students distinguish the important elements of well-written restaurant reviews by analyzing and evaluating reviews from The New York Times and by writing their own reviews of favorite dining locations. Students are encouraged to evaluate critical and persuasive texts as well as writing their own....
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