Skill Building resources on Writing A-Z provide teachers a collection of downloadable or projectable mini-lessons that focus on individual elements of composition for the purpose of strengthening students' writing skills. Each Skill Lesson includes developmentally appropriate resources for each student's writing level.
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​Conventions Lessons cover the basics appropriate to each level of writer, including elements such as capitalization, grammar, paragraphing, and spelling.
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​Endings Skill Lessons teach students how to create compelling endings to their compositions. Whether a summary in nonfiction, or the solution to a problem in fiction, endings use descriptions and strong vocabulary to create pictures in readers' minds that provide a feeling of closure.
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​Openings Skill Lessons teach students how to effectively write introductions to their original compositions. Effective openings for compositions capture a reader's attention.
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​Sentence Skill Lessons help students learn to write sentences that are clear and accurate. Lessons show students how to create different kinds of sentences, including simple, compound, and complex sentences.
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​Word Choice Skill Lessons improve students' writing to make it more interesting and precise by providing students strategies to improve word choice, such as using a thesaurus.