Your young writers will practice identifying the hook, position statement, and main points of two examples of persuasive writing.

Students examine and discuss most appropriate format for giving examples in the American discourse style.

Students practice descriptive writing in a thank-you note format. In this descriptive writing lesson, students read the example letter and analyze the corrections in the letter. Students read the example thank you notes and focus on the...

With a nice description of what the standard means, an idea for a class activity, and a quiz with answers, this resource should deepen your (and your pupils') understanding of the targeted Common Core standard. The provided activity is...

Class members will be as confident as prize-winning thoroughbreds after completing a instructional activity on figurative language. Young writers jot down metaphors and similes for three categories: they way they...

Growing writers explore what it takes to develop and support a thesis statement with pre-fabricated ideas provided by the Virginia Department of Education. Learners take notes on what makes a thesis statement and a topic sentence, and...

Students identify capital and lowercase letters. In this writing lesson plan, students work independently to write lowercase letters and capital letters and practice writing the alphabet in order.

Students integrate writing skills with music. They select three to four topics to write about and print out on decorative paper.