In this instructional activity young scholars will create 4 mystery haikus to publish for an audience.

In this lesson students will develop a "what if" poem using strong word choice and vocabulary.

In this lesson young scholars create a short poem utilizing the best word choice regarding an invertebrate.

In this lesson students will develop a poem while thinking about a special place. They will develop their ideas using strong word choice and figurative language. After the students have completed their ideas, they will be linked together...

Students will analyze a poem's word choice and then create a poem of their own using word wall vocabulary.

In this lesson students will complete a report regarding an animal for science class. Vocabulary, nouns and verbs can be incorporated cross-curricularly.

In this lesson students develop a story about an insect while utilizing previously written sentences with strong word choice.

In this lesson students learn to write meaningful prepositional phrases in order to evoke thoughtful word choice.

Students will learn how to combine sentences by utilizing participial phrases

In this lesson students will re-create a campfire song with internal rhyme and rhythm.

In this lesson, students will create 4 original poems within a particular rhythm and rhyme scheme.

In this lesson students will write 4-lined ballads about their relatives.

In this lesson students will personify a grammatical convention.

In this lesson students will learn how to write dialogue in a particular voice.

In this activity, Bertrand R. Brinley's The Mad Scientist's Club is used as a mentor text. Students will analyze the introductory paragraph of the mentor text and its sequel. Then students will use an interactive button to select a...

A Writer's Workshop lesson in which students uncover the riddle of a Sausage Story, learn to identify the sausage sentence within the story, and finally write their own Sausage Stories along with hints for their readers to figure out the...

In this instructional activity, students discover the riddle of sausage stories and learn to original write sausage sentences and then move up to sausage stories. Read and discover the riddle!

Write about a topic of your choice using a CINQUAIN or click on the topic generator if you need help with a topic. A cinquain is a five-line poem that matches either the traditional format or the modern format. Cinquain templates are...

Diamantes are poems that form a diamond-shape, and they are often about two opposite ideas. Write to topics of your choosing using a DIAMANTE or if you need help with a topic, click on the topic generator for ideas. Really try to include...

This lesson plan focuses on teaching the vocabulary used in the rubrics for 4 of the 6 Traits of Writing. It requires students to learn the vocabulary used in the rubrics and to define the traits so they understand what is expected of...

Inspired by the opening events in The Subtle Knife by Philip Pullman, young scholars are asked to create an original parallel world that is similar to ours but different in certain ways. They will focus on the similarities and...

Students will read chapter four of The Time Machine by H.G. Wells, noting both the time traveler's descriptions of the new world of 800,000 ACE, and the conclusions the main character draws as a 19th century man. Students will think of a...

After enjoying the story of Fox by Margaret Wild, students will work in small groups to generate possible themes that the book is trying to teach its readers. Themes will be shared whole-group, and a class list of the best themes will be...

Each writer will brainstorm experiences where he/she has learned some sort of lesson about life. Each will then come up with a personal list of "Rules and Things for a Funner Life," such as those shared in Bud, Not Buddy by Christopher...