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This lesson can help your students produce and publish writing using technology, including the Internet. It can also help them interact and collaborate with others.
Have students research a chosen U.S. president and creatively synthesize that research into a fictional social media profile, practicing research, writing, and presentation skills.
A descriptive-writing project for older students: teaches historical background on 19th/20th-century patent 'health tonics' and elixirs, then has students design and describe their own fictional tonic advertisement using descriptive writing.
Use an animated short story about pigeons as a stimulus for reading-comprehension and writing skills practice.
Teach students to incorporate vivid setting descriptions, character development, and dialogue into creative/narrative writing, using picture-based writing prompts.
A multi-week nonfiction research project in which students research a country other than the United States and build a booth exhibit for a class-hosted 'International Festival,' assessed across reading, writing, social studies, and speaking/listening.
A creative-writing and art activity where students design their own original superhero, plan a narrative through structured graphic organizers, and present the finished story as a comic strip.
Short activity introducing students to a variety of digital tools for producing and publishing writing.
Teach the five phases of informative/expository writing (research and brainstorming, main ideas and support, introduction and conclusion, draft/edit/revise, final draft) using a Habitats-themed set of activities.
Teach the five phases of informative/expository writing (research and brainstorming, main ideas and support, introduction and conclusion, draft/edit/revise, final draft) using a Back-to-School-themed set of activities.
Teach the five phases of informative/expository writing (research and brainstorming, main ideas and support, introduction and conclusion, draft/edit/revise, final draft) using a Skeletal System-themed set of activities.
Teach the five phases of informative/expository writing (research and brainstorming, main ideas and support, introduction and conclusion, draft/edit/revise, final draft) using a Natural Disaster-themed set of activities.
Teach the five phases of informative/expository writing (research and brainstorming, main ideas and support, introduction and conclusion, draft/edit/revise, final draft) using a Arctic-themed set of activities.
Teach the five phases of informative/expository writing (research and brainstorming, main ideas and support, introduction and conclusion, draft/edit/revise, final draft) using a Pirate-themed set of activities.
Develop narrative writing and reading-comprehension skills using a short animated film about two llama friends as a shared text.
Wraps up the 'An Alien Wrote my Expository Essay' course with a narrative conclusion that recaps the writing strategies taught across the course (idea generation, reasons, transitions, hooks, conclusions).
Middle/high school vocabulary resource ('The Language of Educational Art') that introduces 35 SAT-style vocabulary words through daily bell-ringer slideshow activities, intended to culminate in a fantasy narrative writing assignment using the words.
Lesson 11 of a Tempest unit: a guided essay-writing/revision lesson exploring the theme of power across the play, scene by scene, to prepare students for an analytical essay.
Provides 50 quote-based writing prompts (one per slide) for high-school students to practice quick/timed journal or essay-style writing and build writing stamina.
Build middle/high school students' SAT-level academic vocabulary through daily bell-ringer word study (Book 3), building toward a tragedy narrative writing assignment.
Build middle/high school students' SAT-level academic vocabulary through daily bell-ringer word study (Book 4), building toward a realistic fiction narrative writing assignment.
Build middle/high school students' SAT-level academic vocabulary through daily bell-ringer word study (Book 1), building toward a science fiction narrative writing assignment.
Lesson 12 of a Tempest unit: a second guided essay-writing/revision lesson, this time exploring the theme of slavery across the play through the characters of Prospero, Caliban, and Ariel.
A guided-essay-writing lesson (PETAL paragraph method) for GCSE English Literature students studying JB Priestley's 'An Inspector Calls', built around Pearson Edexcel GCSE (9-1) English Literature Component 1 assessment objectives (AO1-AO4). This unit (5) is an Act 1 assessment focused on the essay question: 'In what ways does JB…