Writing Fix
Writing Fix: Scheming Against an Adversary
Enemy Pie by Derek Munson makes readers think seriously about this question: "What if I had to spend an entire day with someone with whom I had a conflict?" This question presents young writers with a great launching pad for developing...
Georgia Department of Education
Ga Virtual Learning: Narrative Grading Rubric [Pdf]
This site provides four versions of rubrics for narrative writing. The rubrics provide the following assessment categories: ideas, organization, voice, word choice, fluency, conventions. A 6-point rubric, a 5-point rubric, a 4-point...
Writing Fix
Writing Fix: Suggestions for Writing Memoirs: Memoirs Inspired by Whimpy Diary
After reading journal entries from The Diary of a Whimpy Kid by Jeff Kinney, students brainstorm and share their own ideas with a partner. Once they have a few ideas, they choose one idea to transform into a narrative writing. The...
TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: Metamorphosis Stories of Change
The goal of this activity is for students to learn how to tell a story in order to make a complex topic (such as global warming or ozone holes) easier for a reader to grasp. Students realize that the narrative impulse underlies even...
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: The Common Application for Undergraduate College Admission
SCU uses StoryCorps' tested interviewing techniques-combined with outstanding radio broadcasts and animated shorts-to support high school students in the development of identity and in drawing connections between their unique strengths...
Other
Childdrama: Creative Drama Lesson Plans
Many lesson plans with ideas for teachers and students, sorted by age and by type! Wonderful for thematic approaches.
Curated OER
Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Leopold Ranke
A German historian, frequently considered the founder of "scientific" history. Ranke set the tone for much of later historical writing, introducing such ideas as reliance on primary sources, an emphasis on narrative history and...