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- Lesson Plans
- Celebrate National Children's Book Week
Early Childhood, K-2
This article provides both time-tested and novel suggestions for celebrating National Children's Book Week.
- Clifford in the Classroom
Early Childhood, K-2
Find fun teaching ideas and extension activities across the curriculum for books in the Clifford series.
- Eric Carle Author Study
Early Childhood, K-2
This article contains a biography of Eric Carle, plus great cross-curricular activities related to his books.
- If Dinosaurs Were Alive Today
3-5
What would it be like if dinosaurs still roamed the earth?
- Make Kids' Writing Shine: Using Beginnings and Endings to Teach Craft
3-5, 6-8
This article describes how to support students' writing by focusing on beginnings and endings.
- Moment in History
3-5, 6-8
Put yourself into the shoes of famous women with this writing exercise.
- Scary Starters
K-2, 3-5
Use these story starters to inspire young writers to invent their own Halloween tales.
- Spooky Stuff Theme Unit
Early Childhood, K-2
Build on students' Halloween excitement with fun activities across the curriculum.
- The American Dream: Exploring the Possibilities
6-8
Practice writing, explore American history, and reflect on your own family's stories and dreams.
- The Answer to Better Writing? Better Questions!
K-2, 3-5
Support children by looking for questions as they work -- questions that encourage more thinking and, ultimately, writing.
- Unit Plan: Journal Writing from a Graphic Timeline
6-8
The Graphic Timeline is a creative way to show who you are, where you’ve been, and where you’re going. After completing the timeline, the entries are used to prompt journal writing.
- Unit Plan: Once Upon a Genre
3-5
Respond to fractured fairy tales by writing in many styles, including a persuasive essay, a personal narrative, a letter of complaint, an advertisement, and even a resume.
- Unit Plan: The Road to Success
6-8
Provide children with a fun, creative way to introduce who they are and the accomplishments of which they are proud.
- Unit Plan: Writing an Autobiography
6-8
Set up high school students for writing success by providing a variety of writing assignments that focus on their expertise: being a teenager.
- Unit Plan: Writing Autobiographies
6-8
Show children that they are the experts when it comes to the genre of autobiographical writing.
- Using Monologue and Dialogue
3-5, 6-8
Use picture books to teach character to children by looking at interior monologue and dialogue. (PDF) Source: Teaching Writing With Picture Books as Models
- Weather Words
K-2
Find creative ways to incorporate weather words into writing.
- Writers' Workshop: Fiction
3-5, 6-8
Fiction-writing lessons from the Teachers and Writers Collaborative.
- Writers' Workshop: Nonfiction
3-5, 6-8
Nonfiction writing lessons from the Teachers and Writers Collaborative
- Writing From Experience: Movies and Memories
3-5, 6-8
Learn about filmed entertainment and its role in telling stories of the past, present, and future.
- Online Activities Teacher Guides
- Dinosaurs! Teacher's Guide
Lesson planning suggestions for use of the Dinosaur! online activity in the classroom.
- Myths, Folktales and Fairytales Teacher's Guide
A great resource for learning about writing in these genres.
- Writing With Writers Teacher's Guide
Teacher's guide for the Writing with Writers workshops.
- Reproducibles
- Active Beginnings
3-5, 6-8
These easy reproducibles with mini-lessons help kids write wonderful dialogue, dazzling descriptions, and more. (PDF) Source: Super Story-Writing Strategies & Activities
- Developing a Main Character
3-5, 6-8
A handy chart helps kids develop a character for a story. (PDF) Source: Teaching Literary Elements with Short Stories
- Don't Say. . .
3-5, 6-8
Use these reproducibles to help students build vocabulary and avoid overused words in their writing. (PDF file) Source: 25 Quick Mini-Lessons to Teach Narrative Writing
- Expository and Narrative Prompts
3-5
Give students practice in distinguishing between expository and narrative prompts. (PDF) Source: 10 Easy Writing Lessons That Get Kids Ready for Writing Assignments
- Many Beginnings
3-5, 6-8
Inspire writing with these creative story starters. (PDF) Source: 50 Writing Lessons That Work!
- Meet You at the Movies
6-8
Plan a film based on the writings of Edgar Allen Poe. (PDF)
- Shy
K-2, 3-5
This poem and related writing prompts are an excellent way for students to explore feelings. (PDF) Source: 50 Fantastic Poems With Wonderful Writing Prompts
- Spin-A-Story Writing Prompts Chart
K-2, 3-5
Use this chart to outline the details of your stories – character, plot, and setting. (PDF) Source: Spin-A-Story Writing Prompts Chart
- Who Am I?
3-5, 6-8
Encourage children to make lists of influences that have shaped them for use in memoir writing. (PDF) Source: Teaching Memoir Writing
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