{"id":892,"date":"2014-05-08T19:22:56","date_gmt":"2014-05-08T19:22:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thecurriculumcorner.com\/thecurriculumcorner456\/?p=892"},"modified":"2014-05-08T19:22:56","modified_gmt":"2014-05-08T19:22:56","slug":"staying-on-topic-writing-lesson","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thecurriculumcorner.com\/thecurriculumcorner456\/staying-on-topic-writing-lesson\/","title":{"rendered":"Staying on Topic Writing Lesson"},"content":{"rendered":"<style>img#mv-trellis-img-1::before{padding-top:100%; }img#mv-trellis-img-1{display:block;}<\/style><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thecurriculumcorner.com\/thecurriculumcorner456\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/variquestontopic456.jpg\"><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft  wp-image-893\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thecurriculumcorner.com\/thecurriculumcorner456\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/variquestontopic456-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Teaching writers to stay on topic lesson plan, interactive anchor chart &amp; peer editing checklist all free from The Curriculum Corner &amp; VariQuest\" width=\"368\" height=\"368\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thecurriculumcorner.com\/thecurriculumcorner456\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/variquestontopic456-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.thecurriculumcorner.com\/thecurriculumcorner456\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/variquestontopic456-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.thecurriculumcorner.com\/thecurriculumcorner456\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/variquestontopic456-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.thecurriculumcorner.com\/thecurriculumcorner456\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/variquestontopic456-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.thecurriculumcorner.com\/thecurriculumcorner456\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/variquestontopic456-400x400.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.thecurriculumcorner.com\/thecurriculumcorner456\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/variquestontopic456.jpg 1500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 24px), 720px\"><\/noscript><img loading=\"eager\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft  wp-image-893 eager-load\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns='http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg'%20viewBox='0%200%20368%20368'%3E%3Crect%20width='368'%20height='368'%20style='fill:%23e3e3e3'\/%3E%3C\/svg%3E\" alt=\"Teaching writers to stay on topic lesson plan, interactive anchor chart &amp; peer editing checklist all free from The Curriculum Corner &amp; VariQuest\" width=\"368\" height=\"368\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 24px), 720px\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/www.thecurriculumcorner.com\/thecurriculumcorner456\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/variquestontopic456.jpg\" id=\"mv-trellis-img-1\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.thecurriculumcorner.com\/thecurriculumcorner456\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/variquestontopic456-1024x1024.jpg.webp\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thecurriculumcorner.com\/thecurriculumcorner456\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/variquestontopic456-1024x1024.jpg.webp 1024w, https:\/\/www.thecurriculumcorner.com\/thecurriculumcorner456\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/variquestontopic456-150x150.jpg.webp 150w, https:\/\/www.thecurriculumcorner.com\/thecurriculumcorner456\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/variquestontopic456-300x300.jpg.webp 300w, https:\/\/www.thecurriculumcorner.com\/thecurriculumcorner456\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/variquestontopic456-768x768.jpg.webp 768w, https:\/\/www.thecurriculumcorner.com\/thecurriculumcorner456\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/variquestontopic456-400x400.jpg.webp 400w, https:\/\/www.thecurriculumcorner.com\/thecurriculumcorner456\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/variquestontopic456.jpg.webp 1500w\" data-svg=\"1\" data-trellis-processed=\"1\"><\/a>Teaching young authors how to stay on topic can be a challenging task for any teacher. &nbsp;We believe that one of the keys is a high interest topic. &nbsp;For this reason, we created a lesson plan using the Iditarod sled race in Alaska as the focus. &nbsp;You can even expand this lesson by sharing a video from the race or encouraging students to research more about the topic. &nbsp;You will find the official web site here: &nbsp;http:\/\/iditarod.com\/.<\/p>\n<p>You will find the full lesson plan, interactive anchor chart and graphic organizer to be used during a peer editing session on VariQuest&rsquo;s blog. &nbsp;Just like all of our Curriculum Corner resources, these are also free! &nbsp; &nbsp;Hop on over: &nbsp; <a href=\"http:\/\/info.variquest.com\/infovariquestcom\/blogvariquestcom\/bid\/342863\/Staying-on-Topic-Intermediate-Lesson-Plan-Templates\" target=\"_blank\">Staying on Topic Lesson Plan, Anchor Chart &amp; Graphic Organizer<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #444444;\">Have you heard about our partnership with VariQuest? &nbsp;We are very excited to announce a new partnership with VariQuest Visual Learning Tools! &nbsp;Hopefully VariQuest is the company responsible for producing your school&rsquo;s poster maker. &nbsp; Besides the classroom tools available for you to purchase, VariQuest also has a very helpful blog which you can find here: &nbsp;<\/span><a style=\"color: #b8d94c;\" href=\"http:\/\/info.variquest.com\/infovariquestcom\/blogvariquestcom\" target=\"_blank\">VariQuest&rsquo;s Blog<\/a><span style=\"color: #444444;\">. &nbsp; Their blog is full of great tips for teachers, headlines in education and now&hellip; resources designed by The Curriculum Corner just for VariQuest. &nbsp;So that all of our followers will be able to find these resources easily, we will be sharing these resources on our site as well. &nbsp;For each resource shared by VariQuest, we will be creating a preview of the materials on our site along with a short summary. &nbsp;We will include the link to the resources on their blog so that it will be easy for you to download the materials. &nbsp;Of course, if you are an administrator who is looking for an amazing poster maker, let us know and we will be sure to help you connect with someone at VariQuest!<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Teaching young authors how to stay on topic can be a challenging task for any teacher. &nbsp;We believe that one of the keys is a &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"disable-in-feed":false,"article-schema-type":"","disable-critical-css":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[12,27],"tags":[],"yst_prominent_words":[1571,616,3096,825,1186,494,3357,709,674,857,3288,3279,3292,1573,3356,93,970,1512,1567,98],"class_list":["post-892","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog","category-text-types-and-purposes"],"mv":{"thumbnail_id":null,"thumbnail_uri":null},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thecurriculumcorner.com\/thecurriculumcorner456\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/892","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thecurriculumcorner.com\/thecurriculumcorner456\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thecurriculumcorner.com\/thecurriculumcorner456\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thecurriculumcorner.com\/thecurriculumcorner456\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thecurriculumcorner.com\/thecurriculumcorner456\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=892"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.thecurriculumcorner.com\/thecurriculumcorner456\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/892\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":895,"href":"https:\/\/www.thecurriculumcorner.com\/thecurriculumcorner456\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/892\/revisions\/895"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thecurriculumcorner.com\/thecurriculumcorner456\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=892"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thecurriculumcorner.com\/thecurriculumcorner456\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=892"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thecurriculumcorner.com\/thecurriculumcorner456\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=892"},{"taxonomy":"yst_prominent_words","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thecurriculumcorner.com\/thecurriculumcorner456\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/yst_prominent_words?post=892"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}