LESSON PLANS
This printable word processing lesson provides a creative writing activity. Students use story starters to type complete…
Students get to know each other through a poetry writing activity.
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…
Week 19: Word analogies to sharpen students' thinking skills and prepare them for standardized tests.
Examples of emotion similes, and a writing project for using them Learn about how to convey emotion in written…
Students create postcards that reflect a summer happening. They use a pen name to sign it and the rest of the class has…
Students use personal experience to write creatively in this poetry lesson plan. They'll think back and choose a dozen…
Students will write a one page report from the point of view of an Olympic athlete and present it as an oral report to…
Students learn to summarize one chapter from a Harry Potter book and write a one scene script for it.
Finding one's voice is a challenge for many writers. In this exercise, students use classic photographs to explore the…
Students will reinforce their use of quotations by writing an imaginary dialogue among pilgrims as they land at…
Week 11: Word analogies to sharpen students' thinking skills and prepare them for standardized tests.
Find tips for writing an essay, from scheduling and time-management to outlining to revision.
Students practice story writing with an emphasis on descriptive language and character portrayal.
Students use words from newspapers and magazines to make "found" poetry. This is a great way to teach students about…
Using this writing printable, students are introduced to writing and editing a research report through this writing…
Students do independent research about a vacation spot and then create a travel brochure describing this location.
Pupils generate fake book reports with their classmates by sharing information.
Students name everyday objects and then construct imaginative sentences with those words.
Students create descriptive autumn similes and write them on fall-themed paper. This is a fun arts & crafts activity to…
Children practice storytelling and write a narrative poem.
Most poems are, on some level, the answer to a question that you might not have heard asked. In this poetry activity,…
Encourage students to follow the step-by-step directions for writing an essay.
REFERENCE
Creating scrapbooks about themselves can lead pupils to studying autobiographies.
