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1. Classroom Resources | Grades   3 – 5  |  Lesson Plan  |  Standard Lesson
   Book Report Alternative: Writing Resumes for Characters in Historical Fiction
   Students write resumes for historical fiction characters. They first explore help wanted ads to see what employers want, and then draft resumes for the characters they've chosen.
2. Classroom Resources | Grades   3 – 5  |  Lesson Plan  |  Standard Lesson
   Multimedia Responses to Content Area Topics Using Fact-"Faction"-Fiction
   Students climb into the mind of a spider in this lesson that asks them to compose a spider diary using spider facts, fiction, and "faction"—fiction that sounds like fact.
3. Classroom Resources | Grades   3 – 12  |  Calendar Activity  |  March 12
   On this date in 1901, Andrew Carnegie gave $5.2 million to New York City libraries.
   Students write expository and persuasive pieces with the help of the Persuasion Map and Essay Map interactives, and compare the essential features of the two modes of writing.
4. Classroom Resources | Grades   3 – 5  |  Lesson Plan  |  Standard Lesson
   Technical Reading and Writing Using Board Games
   Students celebrate a novel they have read and get hands-on experience with technical writing by creating a board game based on the novel and writing the instructions for it.
5. Professional Development | Grades   K – 8  |  Professional Library  |  Book
   The Writing Workshop: Working through the Hard Parts (And They're All Hard Parts)
   A practical, comprehensive, and illuminating guide for both new and experienced teachers that confronts the challenges of the writing workshop head-on.
6. Classroom Resources | Grades   3 – 12  |  Calendar Activity  |  March 21
   Today is World Poetry Day.
   Students read and respond to Billy Collins' poem "Introduction to Poetry." Students then write about a favorite poem and imagine the perfect way to read it.
7. Classroom Resources | Grades   3 – 5  |  Lesson Plan  |  Standard Lesson
   Unwinding A Circular Plot: Prediction Strategies in Reading and Writing
   Students use graphic organizers to explore plot in circular stories while focusing on prediction and sequencing. After exploring the features of circular plot stories, students write their own stories.
8. Professional Development | Grades   K – 8  |  Professional Library  |  Journal
   Violent Red, Ogre Green, and Delicious White: Expanding Meaning Potential through Media
   This article reports on the meaning potential of daily access to drawing/writing media for widening and deepening meaning construction.