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Writing Education Articles for Teachers - Page 4


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Haiku Lessons With Feeling

Haiku writing may follow a basic formula, but the product can be beautiful and surprising. When students first see the standard haiku format, one line of seven syllables, the next five syllables, and the last seven syllables, they may think the lesson will be a cinch. But when they actu...

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A New Spin on Letter Writing Lessons

It may feel as though letter writing has become a lost art. Students from even a young age know about e-mail and texting, but may not be so familiar with letter writing. They haven’t experienced the anticipation of waiting for the mail to arrive, hoping they get the letter they had been waiting f...

J.D. Salinger Lesson Plans

The Catcher in the Rye Lesson Plans

Does the 1951 novel The Catcher in the Rye still hold the same acclaim that it did 20, 30, 40 years ago? Read it with your class to find out. Do you remember reading J.D. Salinger’s influential novel The Catcher in the Rye? If you attended high school in the United States, you probably read it. A...

Martin Luther King Jr. Lesson Plans

Martin Luther King Jr. Lesson Plans

Every year people throughout the country celebrate Martin Luther King Jr. Day with speeches, concerts, and involvement in public service projects. As a teacher, we have a choice to make. We can bring out the tired old worksheets, or read from the same book we read from last year, and the year bef...

Health and H1N1 Flu Lesson Plans

Health and H1N1 Flu Lesson Plans

Teachers, parents and administrators all over the country are waging an uphill battle against the H1N1 (Swine Flu) virus. Recent CDC (Center for Disease Control and Prevention) estimates indicate that as many as six million Americans may have been infected with the virus. In&n...

Nobel Prize Lesson Plans

Nobel Prize Lesson Plans

If you're like me, you casually list the Nobel Prize as one of those things you'd like to have in your cache of accomplishments. This may not actually happen; there are fewer than 1,000 Nobel Laureates. This isn't really the point, however. It's all about imagining the courage of working toward a...

wild things

"Where the Wild Things Are" Lesson Plans

Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak is one of those books that you can read once, but will remember forever. It's the simple story of a boy who gets sent to bed without his supper because he "made mischief of one kind and another." We all know someone like that. Instead of sulking in...

News Reporting Lesson

Turn Students Into News Reporters

Everyone wants to feel the thrill of being a news reporter. You're out on the street, meeting people, and watching as something amazing unfolds. The day to day life of a news reporter may not be quite that exciting, but students can learn how basic news reporting techniques can bring something a...

children writing lesson

Making a Memoir Lesson Memorable

While it’s easy to talk about yourself, and your plans, it’s not always so easy to write your thoughts and experiences down on paper. You have to think of something you’d like to write about, and then map out how you’d like to tell this story. With this in mind, it might be a good idea to use mem...

student writing in journal

Jazzing Up Journal Writing

Journaling is a part of the daily lesson plan in many classrooms. Students come into class, and are expected to sit down and write about a certain topic. As many adults know, writing on demand is a difficult proposition. You may need to get into the mood, and you definitely need to have something...
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