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Cover Letter/Letter of Introduction Writing
Students compose cover letters. In this writing skills lesson, students follow the provided steps to write cover letters that introduce them to potential employers.
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Resume and Cover Letter
Students analyze and create their own resume and cover letter. In this job skills activity, students analyze the components of a cover letter and resume and complete related activities. Students then draft their own cover letter and resume.
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Writing a Friendly Letter
Students write a friendly letter using the four standard sentence. In this friendly letter lesson plan, students use correct sentence structure and punctuation in pairs.
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Working with Business Letters
Students practice with business letters. They identify main ideas and supporting details.
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Friendly Letter Writing
Third graders write a friendly letter. In this writing lesson plan, 3rd graders consider audience, purpose, labeling, salutation, body, closing, and ending. Some excellent examples of friendly letters are shared with the students in a...
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Writing a Letter to Johnny Appleseed
Third graders write a letter to Johnny Appleseed describing how they use technology in their daily life and the advantages and disadvantages of using technology.
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Identifying Unbalanced Parts of Sentences
In this grammar worksheet, students read ten unbalanced sentences, identify and underline the unbalanced part and then circle its letter.
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Word Parts and Suffixes
First graders complete a worksheet. In this word parts lesson, 1st graders brainstorm words with the same endings and discuss which words the suffix "s" can be added to. Students complete a worksheet.
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Sounding out accuracy, The Sum of the Parts
Students explore word structures by participating in a group activity. In this word segment lesson, students collaborate in small groups and pass out cards with certain letters that can form words when put together. Students win the game...
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Letters from the Road
Students examine and differentiate between rural, urban, and suburban communities. They describe their local areas, view and discuss the images on the West Virginia Quarter, and write a friendly letter describing a camping trip.
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Careers in Music - Letter Writing Checklist
In this careers in music instructional activity, students choose a person who works in a music career that interests them. They write a letter to this person asking for more information about his or her career.
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Parts of Speech Spelling Practice Worksheet
In this parts of speech worksheet, 5th graders fill in missing letters on 15 word puzzles. Each puzzle includes words such as "verb" and "pronoun" that students must complete multiple times for spelling practice.
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Always Allow Alliteration (part 1)
Students identify letters and sound that are being alliterated in a text they are given. For this alliteration worksheet, students also create alliteration in words and sentences.
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Friendly Letter: CLOZE
In this writing worksheet, students learn to write a friendly letter about where they live. The letter has a CLOZE format to guide the beginning writer.
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Study Guide: The Scarlet Letter
In this study guide worksheet, students complete a variety of activities to review the novel The Scarlet Letter. Students work in groups and independently to complete the questions.
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The Screwtape Letters by C.S. Lewis (Letter 10)
In this The Screwtape Letters by C.S. Lewis activity, students define six key vocabulary words with one or two words and answer six comprehension questions over letter ten.
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Scrambled Letters
In this word recognition worksheet, students unscramble letters to make words. Students decipher twelve sets of letters to make words that are either verbs, nouns, or adjectives.
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Four Famished Foxes and Fosdyke; The Letter F
Learners listen to the story of the four famished foxes and practice writing the letter F. In this letter F lesson, students work with their teacher to find F words in the story and make a list on the board. Learners then draw a scene...
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Parts of Speech Worksheet 2
In this grammar instructional activity, students write the appropriate letter in the space provided that identifies the part of speech of the underlined word in twenty sentences.
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If You Give a Pig a Pancake - P is for Pancakes!
Students read "If you give a pig a pancake" then write the letter P with pancake batter on a griddle tablet for a yummy treat to eat!
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The Horrible House of Horrors
Young writers get to pair up and construct sentences that have specific elements. Each sentence needs to have two adjectives and one verb that both start with the letter "c." Then, they try again using the letter "d" as the starting...
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Beginning and Ending Sounds - Lesson 1 of 2
Stamp, slap, and clap! Emergent readers demonstrate their awareness of the initial, medial vowel, and final sounds in spoken, short vowel, single-syllable words with a stamp/slap/clap activity. After identifying the letters and sounds of...
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"Get A Life!" Career Exploration Project
Students create a cover letter that they can use. They discuss the type of employment they are seeking. Students discuss the parts of a cover letter, body, and closure. They use a template to make their own cover letters. Students go...
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Etymology
Learners dissect and build words from parts like prefixes, base words, suffixes, and inflectional endings. Etymology skills help us find the meanings of words by identifying the different parts that constitute them. Class members use...