Contains plans for two lessons that teach about descriptive writing by asking students to create their own monster trading cards with vivid descriptions. In addition to objectives and standards, this instructional plan contains links to...

Online lesson plan which allows elementary students to us the technique of drawing as a tool to create meaningful writing skills in fiction.

This lesson plan is based on the PBS episode of American Masters about Truman Capote. Students will read and analyze how Truman Capote develops characters as they record their findings on worksheets included with this activity. Then...

This lesson focuses on critical analysis including a definition, a discussion of the three types of structure for critical analysis, and a practice activity.