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The Brooklyn Museum of Art Newspaper
Students create newspapers. In this technology skills lesson, students create a newspaper layout using a word processor program. The newspaper features stories regarding the Brooklyn Museum of Art.
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Writing From the Heart
Students improve their writing skills by identifying people, places, ideas, and things that are important to them. In this writing skills lesson, students discuss things that are important to them. Students use the heart map template to...
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Orange
In this orange worksheet, students write, count, color, and sort different things that represent the color and the fruit of oranges. Students complete 4 problems.
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Cause and Effect Writing
Students practice their writing skills. In this cause and effect writing lesson plan, students use the provided framework to write a cause and effect story in the style of If You Give A Mouse A Cookie.
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KS3 Bitesize
Students complete exercises using their five senses to improve their writing skills. In this writing skills lesson, students complete activities blindfolded and using their five senses. Students then select an abstract noun and describe...
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What is History and Why Do We Study It?
Students examine why it is important to study American history. In this American history lesson, students discuss why it is necessary to study history, arrange an outline of American history events in chronological order, and write an...
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Writing a Letter
In this writing letters worksheet, students review the purpose and tone for writing a letter. Students brainstorm three goals to achieve when writing a letter of complaint. Students then circle the sentence examples that would be most...
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Writing Sentences Lesson Plan
Students explore first person and third person points of view. In this perspective lesson, students identify first person and third person points of view in literature they have read. Students rewrite stories from different perspectives.
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Intermediate English Test
In this English vocabulary skills test learning exercise, students respond to 10 multiple choice, 1 essay, and 23 fill in the blank questions regarding English vocabulary.
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Agony Aunt Writing Exercise
For this English vocabulary skills worksheet, students correct the grammatical mistakes in 10 sentences, fill in the blanks in a paragraph with the appropriate words, and write a paragraph that requires them to give advice.
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An Email about My Town Writing Exercise
In this English vocabulary skills worksheet, students respond to 10 short answer, 1 essay, and 12 fill in the blank questions regarding their town.
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Teaching Language Arts with Sayings and Phrases
Students complete a unit to learn sayings and phrases that help them understand language art concepts. In this sayings and phrases lesson, students complete 11 lessons that use common sayings and phrases to teach language art concepts...
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Explain Your Vote!
Students improve their essay writing skills using the subject of voting as a topic. In this writing essays lesson, students write expository essays to increase the weight of their vote in the 'Cast Your Vote Poll' for the Trans-Amazon...
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Narrative Writing
Students complete activities to learn narrative writing. In this narrative writing lesson plan students are given writing prompts in order to better understand how to write in a narrative format.
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The Daily News
Students complete a news writing activity and improve their writing skills. In this news writing instructional activity, students write about an activity they experience each day of the week. Students use the articles to make a newspaper...
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Perspective
Students explore the writing trait of voice. For this writing skills lesson, students read No, David! and discuss the author's use of voice. Students write a class version of the story called Yes, David! that incorporates an alternative...
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Digital Storytelling
Sixth graders write a creative story and turn it into a digital storybook. In this digital storytelling lesson, 6th graders write a creative story, illustrate the story, and then use computer technology to turn their story and...
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Stacy Bodin's "Digesting a Story" Unit
Second graders create a story and role-play the story using edible items to create a final story-video project. For this edible story lesson, 2nd graders write their own stories using literary format and elements. Students then create a...
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Video Haiku
Students write Haiku poetry and illustrate their poems with a form of digital or video technology. In this poetry and technology lesson, students study examples of haiku poetry and then write their own poem. Students use digital cameras...
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Literacy through Self-Ethnography
Students examine writing topics. In this writing skills lesson, students incorporate photography into their personal writing and align it with 6 traits skills.
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Vocabulary Puzzle
Students create vocabulary puzzles using the computer. In this vocabulary puzzle lesson, students create vocabulary puzzles using computer software. Students include synonyms of the words and illustrations. Students trade the finished...
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By Jove, I Think You've Got It
Students author a problem and solution essay. In this environmental stewardship lesson, students conduct research and write an essay regarding an environmental topic of their choosing.
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Read and Review
Young scholars create presentations to discuss a book they've read using a video format. In this reading and speech activity, students video tape a presentation about a book they've written a summary for. Young scholars then produce an...
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I Have a Dream
Students use flip video cameras to film a speech about the 'I Have a Dream' speech. In this poetry and speech lesson, students listen to the speech from Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Students memorize part of the speech.