Sophia: Narratives: Organization: Lesson 1

Improve your youngsters' descriptive writing. They study an object and write about what they see as a warm-up, then they read an excerpt from Paul Guest's memoir, One More Theory about Happiness. The next part of the...

Scholars evaluate E.B. White's tone in his narrative. Lessons use turn-and-talk strategies to discuss details of a personal narrative essay, respond to guided questions, and work in pairs to analyze word choice. Learners demonstrate...

This slideshow lesson focuses on organizational structures for narratives including a review of narratives and a list of possible organizational structure types: chronological or sequential order, climactic order, in media, and...

This lesson introduces argumentative papers. It is 1 of 3 in the series titled "Argumentative Papers."

This video lesson focuses on the key elements of writing a narrative: point of view, tone, reflective statement, pacing, emphasis, and cohesion. W.9-10.3,3a, 3b, 3c, 3e Narratives, W.11-12.3,3a, 3b, 3c, 3e Narratives

Every good novel needs a solid beginning! Setting the stage can have your budding authors stumped, so use this activity to get them thinking. After examining the plot rollercoaster image (included) they consider the four places...

This lesson discusses structuring an outline for a process paper. It is 1 of 2 in the series titled "Process Papers: Organization."

This lesson introduces exclamation points and how they are used. It is 1 of 5 in the series titled "Exclamation Points."

This lesson goes over how to avoid unintentional plagiarism. It is 1 of 4 in the series titled "Avoiding Plagiarism." CCSS.ELA-Literacy.WHST.6-8.8 Gather relevant information from multiple print and digital sources