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11. Classroom Resources | Grades   K – 2  |  Lesson Plan  |  Standard Lesson
    Four Simple Steps to Small-Group Guided Writing
    Students will go batty about the three writing strategies they learn in this lesson centered on Nicola Davies' Bat Loves the Night.
12. Classroom Resources | Grades   9 – 12  |  Lesson Plan  |  Standard Lesson
    Locating Purpose in Allusion through Art and Poetry
    Through this lesson, students will learn how to use the literary term "allusion" in discussing how and why authors and artists draw on and transform subject material.
13. Classroom Resources | Grades   3 – 5  |  Lesson Plan  |  Standard Lesson
    Make a Splash! Using Dramatic Experience to "Explode the Moment"
    Students will have a blast as they use descriptive language to write about an "explosive" and dramatic moment in their lives.
14. Classroom Resources | Grades   3 – 5  |  Lesson Plan  |  Standard Lesson
    Once They're Hooked, Reel Them In: Writing Good Endings
    It's important to "hook" readers at a story's beginning, but it's equally important to keep them interested. In this lesson, students learn to write effective conclusions to their own stories.
    
15. Classroom Resources | Grades   6 – 8  |  Lesson Plan  |  Standard Lesson
    Play Ball! Encouraging Critical Thinking Through Baseball Questions
    Cooperation and critical thinking are the name of the game as students use baseball facts they find online to create trivia questions for a class Jeopardy game.
16. Classroom Resources | Grades   3 – 5  |  Lesson Plan  |  Standard Lesson
    Reading, Writing, Haiku Hiking! A Class Book of Picturesque Poems
    Students learn haiku
    write descriptive poems
    and share with the class.
    
17. Classroom Resources | Grades   6 – 8  |  Lesson Plan  |  Standard Lesson
    Reciprocal Revision: Making Peer Feedback Meaningful
    Interpreting art is a subjective process. In this lesson, students write written responses analyzing a work of art and use feedback from their peers to revise or confirm their initial responses.
18. Classroom Resources | Grades   3 – 5  |  Lesson Plan  |  Standard Lesson
    Seasonal Haiku: Writing Poems to Celebrate Any Season
    After listening to haiku poetry, students use seasonal descriptive words to write their own haiku, following the traditional format. They then publish their poems by mounting them on illustrated backgrounds.
19. Classroom Resources | Grades   5 – 10  |  Lesson Plan  |  Standard Lesson
    Songs of Our Lives: Using Lyrics to Write Stories
    Students learn about the life and music of John Lennon, write a short story from their lives integrating lyrics from some of their favorite songs, and create a class book of stories.
20. Classroom Resources | Grades   K – 2  |  Lesson Plan  |  Standard Lesson
    The Big Green Monster Teaches Phonics in Reading and Writing
    A big green monster helps students build their reading fluency and word recognition skills through choral reading, literacy center activities, and writing stories.

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