CHOICE BOARDS
These writing summer skill-building and retention activities for middle school students are perfect for summer writing…
WORKSHEETS
This creative writing assignment challenges students to write from the perspective of an inanimate object. They will use…
TEACHING RESOURCE
In shared writing, the teacher and students compose text together, with both contributing their thoughts and ideas to…
GRAPHIC ORGANIZERS
Extends students' learning experience reading literature. Students will use this printable worksheet to describe in…
Help students write five-paragraph essays with a graphic organizer. This printable is customizable. Tailor the PDF to…
ACTIVITIES
Use these enrichment activities and Internet resources to enhance teaching Anne Frank: Diary of a Young Girl.
Learn and apply this key writing technique Summarizing is more than retelling; it involves analyzing information,…
Learn how to incorporate journaling in your classroom. Teachers can use journaling as a kind of window into how students…
LESSON PLANS
An easy way to practice solving analogies before the big test! Analogies are a key part on many standardized tests -…
Five elements of a story's plot (introduction, rising action, climax, falling action, and resolution) provide the…
Definitions of words that help students write different types of essays.
Use this printable to have students create their own back to school Mad Libs® stories. Students supply key words (nouns,…
Writing aloud, or modeled writing, is a strategy wherein teachers use a "think aloud" strategy to share their thinking…
Use this graphic organizer to brainstorm. This printable is customizable. Tailor the PDF to your teaching needs by…
Encourage students to observe details by asking specific and pointed questions about various works of art.
An essential graphic organizer for all ELA classes! Students are asked to identify cause and effect of a story with…
This printable word processing lesson provides a creative writing activity. Students use story starters to type complete…
This graphic organizer will help your students identify the main idea and supporting facts in three paragraphs. It's…
Extra! Extra! Help your students get the scoop on journalism This printable will teach your students how to be budding…
Help students explore themes, analyse structure, and recognise literary devices in The Chronicles of Narnia with this…
Organizing the who, what, where, when, why, and how of an event is the goal of this graphic organizer. This printable is…
A writing workshop is a block of time set aside in the school day to focus exclusively on the writing process.
Author’s Chair is the final step in the writing process. Read our guide to learn about this strategy, its purpose, and…
GAMES AND APPS
Learn how you can use Mad Libs© in your classroom to teach reading and language arts. These activities are a fun way to…
