Poets write love letters, but how often do the objects of their love write back? Compare Christopher Marlowe's "A Passionate Shepard to His Love" to Sir Walter Raleigh's response, "The Nymph's Reply to the Shepherd," with an engaging...

Young scholars review the format for a letter. They discuss advice and encouragement and generate examples of each. Students write a letter to Despereaux. They proofread their work and a partner's work. Young scholars discuss symbols and...

Students explore the art of letter writing. In this writing skills instructional activity, students examine the format of friendly letters and business letters. Students create mail race surveys and practice writing letters according to...

Young scholars compose a thank you letter and a time line about the history of wheat. In this wheat lesson plan, students learn and discuss the origin of wheat, and the differences between einkorn, emmer, and wheat.

Students learn to check and evaluate their letter writing skills using a checklist created during interactive writing sessions. The lesson provides students with criteria for good letter writing and serves as an evaluation tool for...

Students dictate letter to Santa after a fun brainstorming session.

Students write a friendly letter to an Alien Pen Pal including details about the planet Earth.

Young scholars type a personal business letter to their elementary principal, teacher or pastor to thank them.

In this literacy worksheet, class members look at the formation of the letter and practice creating it. Then they use the pictures to make cognitive connections to help with spelling.

For this literacy instructional activity, pupils look at the formation of the letter and practice creating it. Then they use the pictures to make cognitive connections to help with spelling.

In this literacy instructional activity, learners look at the formation of the letter I and practice creating it. Then they use the pictures to make cognitive connections to help with spelling.

In this literacy instructional activity, pupils look at the formation of the letter and practice creating it. Then they use the pictures to make cognitive connections to help with spelling.

In this literacy activity, class members look at the formation of the letter and practice creating it. Then they use the pictures to make cognitive connections to help with spelling.

Learners identify letters and sound that are being alliterated in a text they are given. For this alliteration worksheet, students also create alliteration in words and sentences.

Students read the book, 'The Relatives Came' by Cynthia Rylant to revive memories about their own summer vacations and family customs. They write a friendly letter about a fantasy summer vacation--"What I Wish I Did on My Summer...

In this language arts activity, students practice writing the letters j, k, and l. The lower case letters are modeled in a word (jellyfish, kangaroo, and leaf). They are printed with an arrow showing the direction of the first stroke....

In this language arts worksheet, students practice writing capital A, B, and C. The letters are modeled in a word (Ant, Banana, Cat). Students are shown a Sample of the letter on the lined portion of the paper. There is a shadow letter...

Learners practice forming the lowercase letter W. They use the guides to help with letter formation.

For this literacy instructional activity, pupils practice printing the lowercase letter X. They use the guides to help with letter formation.

For this literacy worksheet, learners practice forming the lowercase letter Z. They use the guides as examples to help with letter formation.

For this literacy worksheet, pupils practice forming the lowercase letter D. They use the examples as a guide for helping with letter formation.

In this literacy worksheet, students practice forming the lowercase K. They use the examples as guides for help with letter formation.

Students review the concept of letter writing and investigate the country of South Africa by communicating to another class there. The questions covered in the letters is finding information about the community, environment, schools, and...

Students are introduced on how to write a cursive letter b. As a class, they answer where the loop closes in the letter b and how b differs from other letters. They complete a worksheet in which they trace a row of letters and practice...