Students criticially read an unfinished creative writing piece, answer factual questions concerning the piece, and then finish the story or create their own story about their own neigborhood and possible environmental issues.

In this beginning sentence correction worksheet, students determine grammatical mistakes and correct them. In this short answer worksheet, students write six answers.

In this beginning sentence correction worksheet, students determine and fix grammar errors. In this short answer worksheet, students write six answers.

In this beginning sentence correction worksheet, students determine mistakes and fix them. In this short answer worksheet, students write six answers.

In this beginning sentences corrections worksheet, students determine errors and fix them. In this short answer worksheet, students write six answers.

Young scholars explore writing as an agent for social change. In this Social Studies lesson, students examine the power of writing using Dr. King's Letter from a Birmingham Jail.  Young scholars will practice the technique of...

Third graders receive Gummi hamburgers. They discuss parts and structure of a (real) hamburger. Students dissect the gummi hamburger and rearrange the pieces. Students discuss the problems that would be caused by this with a real...

Learners read and write an artist's statement. In this artist's statement lesson, students read Dorothea Lange's artist statement before writing one of their own about their photography. They examine their own photography and use...

Students practice writing with alliteration, repeating the same letter sound at the beginning of two or more words in a sentence; students also review of adjectives, verbs, and adverbs while creating an alphabet book.

Students in a Spanish class are introduced to the techniques of creative writing. In groups, they focus on the pre-writing section of creative writing and keep a folder of their works throughout the lesson. They end the lessons by...

Students explore alliteration. For this writing lesson, students read the book Thank You for the Thistle and create sentences with alliteration. Students create an alphabet booklet with alliteration.

Students view a wordless comic before using it as a story starter. They access a story that uses the same characters at a website in order to better understand the nature of the characters. They write a story inspired by the comic and...

Fifth graders write numbers in standard and expanded form.  In this writing numbers in standard and expanded form instructional activity, 5th graders write integers up to billions in word form and standard form.  Students use...

First graders access prior knowledge about goods and pricing.  In this scarcity instructional activity, 1st graders understand the meaning of scarcity and how it effects people.  Students prepare for a boat trip and choose...

In this essay outline worksheet, students apply a quotation from Julius Caesar to their own lives and formulate an outline for a well developed five paragraph essay. The outline includes quotes and examples to fully support the author's...

In this creative writing worksheet, students use the checklist to edit their fictional news report. Students use the checklist to prepare for their final written report.

Students share their memories of a recent event. They use Elie Wiesel's night to help them recongize a memoir. They write a memoir about a recent school event that was shared by many. They also gather evidence that supports their version...

In this writing worksheet, students read a topic sentence or supporting details of ten paragraph. Students fill in the missing information to create a complete outline.

A Middle school special ed class uses the acronym SPAM to learn the 4 parts of writing. They employ 4 different colors to help them visually distinguish each part of writing in a given prompt. This lesson is vague and uses a strong...

How can you put a passage in your own words without changing the meaning of the original text? That is the question facing many young researchers. The advice modeled in this presentation is that writers read the passage carefully,...

Thinking about what they have just learned with a short reflection worksheet. Kids note four things they have learned in small frames after writing the topic at the top of the page.

For this descriptive writing worksheet, students use the titles to each page to write a beginning, middle, and ending paragraph for each title. Students write 5 stories.

Need an active voice exercise? Learners rewrite a series of sentences to ensure that the subject of the sentence is doing the action. Beware the typos, especially in the title.

What is historical fiction? After explaining the difference to your learners, it's time to give each learner a try! With your support, encourage them to research, plan, and write their own historical fiction story. Don't forget to have a...