Students write a creative writing piece by personifying apples. In this creative writing lesson, students view a PowerPoint about the writing process and brainstorm about apples. Students write a rough draft about their apple and peer...

Fourth graders write a composition on what they think the world would be like without trees. They brainstorm ideas of what they think the world would be like treeless, and creative a story. A rubric is distributed to the students which...

Seventh graders produce a mystery story based on a mystery box created by a classmate. They develop the story using appropriate voice and containing a clear beginning,middle and end. They participate in peer editing.

First graders, after generating a list of possible writing topics, begin the writing process and participate in peer-editing and publishing their own works.

Second graders are guided through the writing process and then given time to use the skills they have acquired by writing a story and publishing it using a computer.

[Free Registration/Login Required] In this lesson, young scholars learn about the roles of authors and illustrators through games and book-writing. Students will have an opportunity to act out the roles of illustrators and authors. They...

What do you know about designing scoring rubrics for your classroom? This site features an article that details how and when to use rubrics in the assessment process. It also gives examples of rubrics used in classrooms.

Provides some help with the difficult job of teaching writing by providing some strategies for students to follow. Easy to navigate from the top of the page, strategies are categorized into grade 3-6 and 6-12, in addition to lesson plan...

A kindergarten teacher shares how she introduced persuasive writing in her classroom. After a discussion about "problems" that need to be fixed in their school, the class decided they wanted to write the principal a persuasive letter...

As part of a revision and writing section of BBC Bitesize, this site goes over several tips involved with the planning part of the writing process. The tips are arranged in the form of a plan to follow.