Given the two-sentence skeleton of a news story about a car theft/joy ride, budding writers create their own version of the story varying diction and sentence structure to heighten interest and complexity in their writing. Resource...

Explore legends and storytelling with your learners. After listening to some legends, pupils work collaboratively and then individually to come up with original legends about animals.

Despite the slightly off-putting title, the instructions and activities detailed in these project guidelines for researching a noteworthy figure will serve as a fantastic supplement to your next famous person research...

A powerful introduction and conclusion can really pack a punch. Using the resource, scholars first read and discuss a model essay. Then, as part of the end of unit assessment, they draft the introductory and concluding paragraphs of...

Star Wars holds enduring fascination for generations of kids. Use this interest to help kids with autism learn their personal information. Young Jedis practice recording their first and last names, addresses, birth dates, and phone...

In a perfect marriage of social studies and science, groups work together to research and create a travel guide presentation to share with the class. Not only do kids learn about the climate and geography of a biome, but also the...

A clear, relatively quick look at the relationship and needed agreement between pronouns and antecedents. This provides your pupils with defined terms, examples, and opportunities for practice. 

Students analyze a piece of writing by creating diary entries based on a character.  In this reading comprehension lesson, students read an assigned book with their classmates and create a sketch of what they believe the main...

Students practice describing a room. In this descriptive writing lesson plan, students use all of their five senses to describe their favorite room. The teacher will model for the class by creating a word list that describe the classroom...

Students write a scientific article using data and prediction skills. In this scientific writing lesson, students access data about fishing off the coast of New Jersey. They look at satellite data, fluorometry and CTD data over a 3 -4...

Students create a descriptive paragraph conveying ideas utilizing a personal photograph as a prompt for their writing. This concept includes the writers emotions, personal issues, education, art and photography. They share insights to...

In this creative writing about the letter Zz worksheet, teachers add a word list for students to use with the writing prompts letter Zz and picture of a zebra. Students write 1 writing exercise.

Second graders practice their creative writing by using descriptive words.  In this language arts lesson, 2nd graders utilize their best descriptive writing to elaborate on one of 20 different bean bag characters.  Students...

Young scholars read the "Chicago Tribute Markers of Distinction," and pick one famous person to write about. In this creative writing worksheet, students write about this person's home. Additionally, young scholars pretend that 100 years...

Students contemplate, discuss and share responses to critical and analytical questions regarding impending war in Iraq. They write persuasive essays arguing the pros and cons of the United States waging war unilaterally.

In this he's, she's, it's and airport worksheet, students use a word bank to fill in blanks in sentences, write two sentences using the names of people and places, and put phrases in order to meet someone at an airport. Students write...

Students write positive comments to classmates. They decorate a box or envelope, write one positive comment to share with each student in the class, and read the comments written to them by the other students.

In this number identification worksheet, students write the number four on the given lines. Students also write the digital form of the number four, as well as color in four rectangles.

Third graders create an original fairytale. In this creative writing lesson, 3rd graders read Cinderella. After reading the fairytale, students break into small groups and construct a graphic organizer. Each student in the group writes a...

Students play the role of a correspondent and write a news article about a famous landmark. In this correspondence lesson, students use a computer template to build word processing skills. Students edit a story in order to...

Young scholars read and discuss a film review of the animated movie Antz and then write a monologue from the perspective of a non-human organism.

Students view photographs from the Civil Rights Movement and write an essay from the point of view of someone in the photograph. They artistically represent various aspects of the Movement.

Third graders read and discuss the selection "Paul Revere's Ride" (included with the lesson plan). Students imagine they live in one of the villages that Paul Revere stopped. They are awakened by his knock on the door. Students write an...

In this writing math problems worksheet, 3rd graders write four math problems involving three toy store scenarios stated on the worksheet. Students determine if they are an estimate or an exact solution to the problems.