Excellent resource for those interested in professional, business, or technical writing. Gives definition, uses, and guidelines for the element of tone in a written work.

In this instructional activity, students will engage in writing activities as extensions to Lois Ehlert's book, Mole's Hill. Students will generate soluntions to conflicts in the story, generate ideas for writing letters, write an...

Provides an overview on how to write a letter.

Through the vast online resources available from EDSITEment, students can read the correspondence of the famous, the infamous and the ordinary, some of whom lived through extraordinary times. Use these fascinating letters as a starting...

This lesson gives guidelines for business writing in Western (North American) culture. From Purdue University.

After reading song lyrics to Brad Paisley's "A Letter to Me" and the personal essay "A Letter to My Younger Self" by Brian Elroy, students write a poem, lyric, or letter from George Washing to his younger self. Then students write a...

Expand your reading activity by having students write a letter to a character in the book.

This lesson plan really allows readers to express their opinion regarding an issue that affects them - the lunch menu! Young scholars will be guided through the writing process and then will write a convincing opinion piece by stating...

The students will learn how to form a proper letter. They will be able to remove key ideas/details from a text and apply it to their writing. They will also be able to incorporate transition and descriptive words into their writing.

Write a letter using the informal letter format to someone.

This example provides a brief overview describing what a complaint letter is and how to properly write one.

In these activities, students will consider Ted Hughes as a poet and a person, as well as some of the literary and personal influences on his writing. They will explore some of his poems in the draft and published form, exploring the...

After reading the book, Thank You, Mr. Falker by Patricia Palacco, which is about a teacher helping a student overcome a long struggle to learn to read, students write a personal thank you letter to a teacher who helped them. Then they...

This lesson plan will allow young scholars to practice both writing names and identifying beginning sounds for common item names.

This teaching pack will introduce students to Ignatius Sancho in his own words through a selection of his letters and invite students to offer a variety of creative responses to Sancho's life, work, and unique voice. Students will work...

Can you remember all of your ABC's? Computers need to "remember" letters too. Every time we use a computer to write a story, the computer needs to "remember" the letters in the story by saving them to the computer's memory as a file. In...

This is a challenging first-time programming project. You'll learn how to use JavaScript to create a simple program to analyze one or more paragraphs of text. Your program will count sentences, words and letters, and report the resulting...

This lesson teaches young scholars the five parts of a friendly letter. Students will be able to write friendly letters utilizing the writing process. Young scholars will visit various websites to learn more about writing friendly...

Before writing, students should listen to and discuss the writing style of the picture book, Thank You, Mr. Falker by Patricia Polacco. This seven-step, teacher-created lesson was inspired by the NNWP's Going Deep with Compare and...

In this lesson, a subject of high interest to students is the vehicle for teaching skills that may be perceived as boring to students. Nominating a performer for induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame allows students to recognize...

A brief guide to writing a polite business letter in which one rejects a job offer.

George Catlin made extensive observations on the various native peoples that he encountered on his travels in the West. He recorded his experiences in letters and notes. These documents provide us with critical information on the culture...

Contains plans for three lessons that teach about sound and letters using Dr. Seuss's "Mr. Brown Can MOO! Can You?" In addition to objectives and standards, this instructional plan contains links to sites used in the lessons as well as...

Examples of a business letter in block and indented formats.