As a part of a study of the First Amendment, high schoolers research a current news story that seems to involve one of the freedoms granted by the First Amendment. Investigators decide whether they think the action presented in the story...

Students explore current event issues. In this evaluative writing lesson, students collaborate to write summaries of articles they have read. Students focus on writing pieces that avoid pejorative language.

Students write a funny story and illustrate it in a comic strip. In this comic strip lesson, students study comic strips and determine the plot of each story. Students then write a short story and illustrate it using a comic strip...

Learners read and review business letters and informal letters and evaluate the different components necessary for each type of letter. They write a business and an informal letter then convert a business to an informal letter and vice...

Students examine why it is important to study American history. In this American history lesson, students discuss why it is necessary to study history, arrange an outline of American history events in chronological order, and write...

Eighth graders write a narrative composition about funny incidents in their home lives. For this narrative writing lesson, 8th graders define what a blueprint is and draw one for their home. Students write about events that happened in...

Students complete activities to learn narrative writing. In this narrative writing lesson students are given writing prompts in order to better understand how to write in a narrative format.

Pupils explore the concept of injustice. In this nonviolent resistance instructional activity, students discuss how autobiographical writing may be used to promote justice. Pupils read an excerpt from Gandhi's autobiography and...

Students use their critical thinking skills to write about historical events. In this historical perspectives lesson plan, students read documents about historical events and make annotations and marginal notes. Students then respond to...

For this commas worksheet, students learn to use commas to help write more clearly. Students complete three exercises with commas.

In these sentence writing worksheets, students complete the packet of sentence writing activities to help them learn how to write complete sentences.

Students compose expository essays. In this written communication lesson, students examine paragraphs from sample expository essays and then discuss the attributes of well-written essays prior to writing their own expository essays.

Ninth graders write a continuation of the book The Giver. For this novel writing lesson, 9th graders read the book and discussed the way Lois Lowry wrote the book. Students answer questions about the novel and write an continuing chapter...

For this writing prompt worksheet, students examine pictures of Alaskan animals and then use the space provided to write descriptive sentences about them.

In this writing prompt worksheet, students examine a picture of a pirate scene and then use the space provided to write a pirate story about the picture.

In these English Language vocabulary and writing worksheets, students use the pictures to help identify the adjective vocabulary words and then write a sentence for each word.