Activity
New York Times

New York Times: 650 Prompts for Narrative and Personal Writing [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
A wonderful collection of 650 writing prompts organized into categories and issues, e.g., role models, family, memories, race, gender, sexuality, social media, etc. Each prompt is linked to an article on that topic. W.9-10.10 Write...
Professional Doc
AdLit

Ad lit.org: Reading and Writing in the Academic Content Areas

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This issue brief from the Alliance for Excellent Education looks at the role every middle and high school teacher must play to help older students become fully literate, and puts forth a four-part agenda for improving literacy in the...
Lesson Plan
Writing Fix

Writing Fix: The Vocabulary Fashion Show

For Teachers 3rd - 8th Standards
Inspired by Debra Frasier's clever vocabulary fair from her book, Miss Alaineus: A Vocabulary Disaster, individual young scholars will imagine what a vocabulary fashion show would be like. Assuming the role of a fashion show announcer,...
Lesson Plan
Louisiana Department of Education

Louisiana Doe: Louisiana Believes: English Language Arts: Grade 6: Steve Jobs

For Teachers 6th Standards
Sixth graders will explore the role of failure in finding success. In this set, 6th graders learn that success takes hard work, deliberate practice, and the ability to learn from failures and persevere. Students explore how an author's...