by anna@wildmanweb.com | Sep 26, 2025 | Uncategorized
This mini-lesson plan focuses on teaching 7th grade students how to write a strong main idea or thesis sentence for informative writing. In just 20 minutes, students learn what a main idea sentence is, why it’s important, and how to craft one effectively. The lesson...
by anna@wildmanweb.com | Sep 26, 2025 | Uncategorized
This lesson plan introduces students to the “Do What” Writing Prompt Analysis Strategy, a structured method to help them better understand and respond to writing prompts. Over the course of a 50-minute session, students learn to carefully dissect prompts by...
by anna@wildmanweb.com | Sep 26, 2025 | Uncategorized
This video introduces the COPS Strategy, a clear and simple framework that helps upper elementary students turn editing struggles into success. Learn how to check Capitalization, Organization, Punctuation, and Spelling systematically. Perfect for visual learners, this...
by anna@wildmanweb.com | Sep 26, 2025 | Uncategorized
This video shows how students can use color to make writing easier and more organized. Learn how to highlight topic sentences, evidence, and explanations in one set of colors, and mark grammar, punctuation, clarity, and style in another. Perfect for visual learners,...
by anna@wildmanweb.com | Sep 26, 2025 | Uncategorized
This PowerPoint is a teacher-facing guide to C SPACE, a narrative writing strategy designed to help students plan and create engaging stories. The presentation introduces C SPACE as a fun “secret code,” where each letter stands for an essential element of...
by miles@wildmanweb.com | Sep 26, 2025 | Uncategorized
This graphic organizer teaches students a color-coded writing strategy for organizing paragraphs. The system uses three colors: green for the topic sentence (introducing the main idea), yellow for supporting details (at least 3 are recommended), and red for the...
