Lesson Plans: Fine Tune Your Writing Focus. Writing that lacks focus confuses readers. Student writing lacks focus because they rarely have a purpose, do not know how to make a point, and write to an imaginary, non-existent audience. End their pointless meanderings with these simple lesson plans. 1  Lesson Plan: Determining Audience and Purpose. 2  Teaching Students to Maintain a Personal Voice in Writing. 3  A Lesson Plan on Using Tone Effectively.  A Lesson Plan in Creating the Perfect Title.
The pasta may be frozen for up to 2 weeks. Cooking. Cook fresh pasta noodles in a large pot of boiling salted water. (Use about 6 quarts of water for 1 pound of pasta.) Fresh pasta takes considerably less time to cook than dried, usually 1 to 3 minutes, so watch it carefully. To test, remove a noodle with tongs or a long-handled fork and take a bite.
Add the pasta to the pot of boiling water and cook 8 to 10 minutes, or until al dente (still slightly firm to the bite). Reserving 1Â½ cups of the pasta cooking water, drain thoroughly and transfer to a large bowl. Wipe out the pot.