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 plan, 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...

Students 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 instructional activity, students discuss why it is necessary to study history, arrange an outline of American history events in chronological...

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

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

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

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

In this commas activity, learners 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.

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

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

In this writing prompt learning exercise, 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.