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- Classroom Resources | Grades 6 – 8 | Lesson Plan | Standard Lesson
Exploring Free Speech and Persuasion with Nothing But the Truth
Students read Avi's Nothing But the Truth and examine the First Amendment and student rights, and then decide whether the rights of the novel's protagonist, Philip, are violated. - Classroom Resources | Grades 6 – 8 | Lesson Plan | Unit
Expository EscapadeDetective's Handbook
Students create a Detective's Handbook based on a detective mystery they have read. The handbooks include expository and descriptive writing, as well as a letter.
- Classroom Resources | Grades 6 – 8 | Lesson Plan | Standard Lesson
Fantastic Characters: Analyzing and Creating Superheroes and Villains
Students analyze characterization by creating their own superheroes or super-villains,
complete with related gadgets and settings. - Classroom Resources | Grades 3 – 12 | Student Interactive | Writing & Publishing Prose
Flip Book
The Flip Book is designed to allow users to type and illustrate tabbed flip books up to ten pages long. Students and teachers can use the flip book for taking notes while reading, making picture books, collecting facts, or creating question and answer booklets. - Classroom Resources | Grades 6 – 8 | Lesson Plan | Standard Lesson
Found Poems/Parallel Poems
Students compose found and parallel poems based on a descriptive passage they have chosen from a piece of literature they are reading. - Classroom Resources | Grades 5 – 8 | Lesson Plan | Standard Lesson
Glogging About Natural Disasters
After researching various natural disasters, students share their findings with each other using glogs, or through poster presentations. - Classroom Resources | Grades 6 – 8 | Lesson Plan | Standard Lesson
Graphic Life Map
In this autobiographical prewriting activity, students brainstorm important memories, choose graphics to represent these memories, and then rank the events as low or high points in their lives. - Classroom Resources | Grades 6 – 12 | Student Interactive | Inquiry & Analysis
Hero's Journey
Students can use this tool to learn about the elements of the hero's journey, analyze a text that follows the hero's journey pattern, or start creating a hero story of their own. - Parent & Afterschool Resources | Grades 3 – 12 | Tip & How-To
How to Start a Writer's Notebook
Writer's notebooks allow children and teens to take in the world around them and document their daily lives. Use these tips to learn how to start a writer's notebook with your child. - Classroom Resources | Grades 6 – 8 | Lesson Plan | Standard Lesson
Imagine That! Playing with Genre through Newspapers and Short Stories
Students identify genre characteristics for short stories and newspaper articles then practice both genres by turning a short story into a news article and an article into a short story.