K12 Reader
Winter Attack
A pack of hungry wolves surround a panicked buffalo – who will come out alive? Have your young writers narrate this nature scene, taking the point of view of either a wolf or the buffalo. Perfect for a narrative writing unit or for your...
National Endowment for the Humanities
Neh: Edsit Ement: Crane, London, and Literary Naturalism
In this lesson plan, students will consider Crane, London, and Literary Naturalism. Worksheets and other supporting materials can be found under the Resources tab.
Writing Fix
Writing Fix: To Imitate Two Nature Writers
In this lesson each writer will compose and revise a "showing" description inpsired by an object or a place in nature. Long before drafting, students will discuss and compare the writing styles and techniques of published authors who...
Other
A Literature of Place
Author Barry Lopez shares his observations about the literature of place in the United States. In this piece he examines how nature writing addresses the universal theme of connection between humans and the environment.
ReadWriteThink
Read Write Think: Reading/writing About Whales Using Fiction and Nonfiction Texts
Students will have a whale of a good time in this lesson in which they use fiction and nonfiction texts to write a letter to an online scientist.
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: Living in the Wild
In this lesson, students will compare and contrast how the Prehistoric Americans lived off the land at Russell Cave and how Sam Gribley from "My Side of the Mountain" lived off the land. This lesson plan is made possible through the ALEX...
Open Library of the Internet Archive
Open Library: Parables From Nature
This ebook version of Mrs. Alfred Gatty's Parables From Nature has been made available in multiple formats by the Open Library. Editions of the full novel, organized by year of publication, may be accessed here.
EL Education
El Education: Collecting Nature's Alphabet
This book features two separate yet related projects created by kindergarten students at The College School in St. Louis, Missouri. After reading the book Discovering Nature's Alphabet, kindergarten students were inspired and asked to go...
American Geosciences Institute
American Geosciences Institute: Earth Science Week: Writing Earth Science
An exercise for students to explore nature and write about it.