Lesson Plan
Writing Fix

Writing Fix: Creating a Second Person Choice Story

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
This lesson plan is designed to help students understand plot dimensions and literary devices while writing a multi-faceted short story that has many possible outcomes. For inspiration, students will analyze songs that tell stories for...
Lesson Plan
Writing Fix

Writing Fix: A Character's Decalogue [Pdf]

For Teachers 9th - 10th
In this activity students will write a personal decalogue for themselves, create a decalogue for an imaginary character and then, in the spirit of Because of Winn Dixie By Kate DiCamillo, they will write a short story where two...
Activity
Writing Fix

Writing Fix: Story Starters: Powerful Sentences

For Students 2nd - 8th Standards
In this lesson, students will click a button that will help them generate ideas for story development. Students can click several times, if needed, until one of the ideas is interesting to them. [Requires Adobe Reader.]
Unit Plan
McGraw Hill

Glencoe Literature Library: "Heart of Darkness" and "The Secret Sharer" [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th
Explore Joseph Conrad's novella, "Heart of Darkness," and his short story, "The Secret Sharer," with the help of this study guide. It provides pre-reading material (author biography, vocabulary, introductory article), reading activities,...
Activity
Other

Write a Goofy Story: The Sequel

For Students 3rd - 5th Standards
In this activity, students will complete humorous fill-in-the-blank prompts. After students complete each blank, students will view an automatically-generated story that contains their sentences organized ways that will be funny.