In this lesson, students learn how warmer temperatures have impacted ice drift tourism on the northern coast of Hokkaido, Japan. They will then consider the ways a continued warming trend might impact other global tourist destinations in the future.

This interactive resource may be used by students to analyze real individuals or fiction-based characters. The application includes appropriate space to add an image and specific descriptive details.

Tips and tools to help students write for the appropriate audience when writing an essay.

Tips and tools to help students start writing a paper and continue writing through the challenges of the revising process. Brainstorming can help students choose a topic, develop an approach to a topic, or deepen understanding of the topic’s potential.

A handout/tutorial on how paragraphs are formed, how to develop stronger paragraphs, and how to completely and clearly express your ideas.

A handout/tutorial on what a thesis statement is, how thesis statements work in writing, and how students can craft or refine one for their own draft.

Tips and tools to help students with anxieties about writing and how to overcome them.

In this Random House for High School Teachers Guide to Un Lun Dun by author China Miéville, students will explore literary genre, plot structure and the construction of characters and protagonists. This guide is divided into eight parts, each with discussion questions and writing prompts, as well as a section of activities, vocabulary, and extension ideas.

This resource provides a lesson designed to guide students through a reading of the short story "Lamb to the Slaughter". Students will read and analyze the text. Afterwards, students will reflect through response to guided questions and write an essay.

This resource provides a lesson that should accompany a reading of Einstein's four short works by Albert Einstein. Included is a speech, letter, and an essay. Students will read an analyze. Afterwards, students will be responsible for completing an essay.

In this lesson, students use inquiry to choose a topic for an essay. Students start with a general topic, then develop lines of questioning leading them to specific questions they want to answer with an essay.

This extensive unit plan centered around Like Water for Chocolate by Laura Eqsuivel explores Magical Realism and different critical viewpoints. It includes an overview of the subject matter, strategies for teaching, detailed daily lesson plans with assignments and activities for each day, assessment and discussion questions for each method of criticism, notes on the cultural and historical background, and suggestions for further reading.

This unit plan centered around "Like Water for Chocolate" by explores Magical Realism and different critical viewpoints. It includes an overview of the subject matter, strategies for teaching, detailed daily lesson plans with assignments and activities for each day, assessment and discussion questions for each method of criticism, notes on the cultural and historical background, and suggestions for further reading.

Students use a tuning protocol to give and receive peer-to-peer feedback on student writing in a structured, safe environment.

This lesson plan teaches students to vary the types of sentences used in their writing to create stronger overall written pieces. Students review types of sentences and practice arranging them before revising their own works for better sentence structures.

In this lesson plan, students practice incorporate specific tone into their writing. Students are broken into groups and given a specific tone to write with before rewriting their own personal drafts to improve the use of tone.

In this lesson, students will learn how to combine sentences using semicolons and colons, as well as how to best split sentences.

This lesson explores the twofold concept of "arete" (virture and excellence in sports) focusing on the ways in which the concept of arete bridges the gap between philosphy and sports. Students will read and critically evaluate an academic essay arguing that through the concept of arete, the ancient Greeks created a specialized athletic culture.