LESSON PLANS
In this poetry lesson plan, introduce (or re-familiarize) your students with metaphors. Then, encourage them to get…
WORKSHEETS
Focus peer conferencing and make it a valuable tool with this set of questions.
ASSESSMENT
The organization, elements of expressive writing, grammar, usage, mechanics, and spelling of a written piece are scored…
The organization, elements of description, grammar, usage, mechanics, and spelling of a written piece are scored in this…
The organization, elements of how-to/process explanation writing, grammar, usage, mechanics, and spelling of a written…
The organization, elements of persuasion writing, grammar, usage, mechanics, and spelling of a written piece are scored…
The organization, elements of multimedia report writing, grammar, usage, mechanics, and spelling of a written piece are…
In this creative writing activity, students are provided with a brief description of a place called "Moe's Café." They…
In this activity, students imagine how they would react if they saw the most popular person in school cheating on a…
In this creative writing activity, students will read about Juan, whose summer job helps him learn something about…
Students are asked to imagine that they run a small business and that one of their trusted employees has betrayed them.…
Students consider what their early experiences with friends taught them about friendship.
Learn about "The Famous Five," women who made strides for women's rights and representation in Canada. Then, children…
John Simpson Kirkpatrick was a hero at Gallipoli during World War I. Students will write an essay about an act of…
Explore the life and works of British novelist Anthony Trollope in this fill-in activity.
After learning about a political party's attempt to make Quebec an independent nation, students consider the pros and…
TEACHING RESOURCE
Award-winning author Susan Vreeland gives students advice on creative writing, from tools of the craft to revision…
BOOK GUIDES
Use this printable discussion guide to Fire, the companion novel to Graceling by Kristin Cashore, to supplement…
REFERENCE
The proper way to use parentheses.
How to use the semicolon.
Review iambic pentameter with your students.
If you are interested in having your students' writing published, send their work to the publications in this list.
How to use apostrophes.
The proper ways to uses commas are explained.
