Curated OER
Instill a Passion for Writing Short Stories
Quick writing tips and tricks to guide and polish learners' narrative writing.
Curated OER
Trek Across America
Bring a time machine into your classroom with this writing lesson plan, in which young writers project themselves back in time and have a variety of choices from that point forward. They either write a conversation with a historical...
Curated OER
The Search for Shangri-La
What is your idea of paradise? Middle and high schoolers share their visions of paradise on earth in this lesson, in which they view a video segment about Shangri-La. Your high schoolers can discuss and then write about their ideas in a...
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Oral History: Park City Museum
Bring U.S. history to your language arts class with this lesson. Middle schoolers complete an interview for an oral history project, and discuss the importance of oral histories - and how they embellish written accounts. They write...
Curated OER
Photograph Lesson
Students bring a favorite photograph to class and discuss what they see and don't see in the photos. They brainstorm with the teacher on the overhead and then translate the information into poetic form.
Daily Teaching Tools
Daily Teaching Tools: Project Exposition
This lesson engages students in expository writing. Four graphic organizers are provided to assist students in the expository writing process.
Daily Teaching Tools
Daily Teaching Tools: Project Persuasion
This Daily Teaching Tools resource provides persuasive essay graphic organizers. Students will be able to write a persuasive essay more efficiently by using these tools.