Students will read a description and example of transition words. Students will then read sentences and rewrite them using transition words. This resource supports English language development for English language learners.

Students will read a description and example of transition words. Students will then read transition words and write sentences using them. This resource supports English language development for English language learners.

In this lesson, students work in small groups to write and dramatize a Shakespearean scene using Elizabethan language.

In this lesson, student teams read Native American legends from books and websites and write an original legend with enriched word choice and elaboration.

This teacher's guide for Little Green by Chun Yu includes background information on the Cultural Revolution, discussion questions, activities, writing practices, and collaborative exercises.

In this lesson, students practice thinking abstractly to write a "Life Is..." poem.

In this lesson students examine how imagery is used to represent ideas, themes, periods of history, and make cultural connections to poem, "Still I Rise." Students will reflect through written expression how resiliency is in their lives, school, and community.

In this lesson, students write a paragraph using descriptive language to create a vivid image of their idea of a more modern, updated version of Santa Claus—the millennium Santa!

In this lesson, students create and use mixed up one-word poetry cards to write short, vivid poems.

Using the supernatural powers of The Monkey's Paw, the Whites make a wish for money, receive the money after their son is involved in a fatal accident, wish for his return, and finally wish for his disappearance. In this CCSS lesson, students will explore this story through text dependent questions, academic vocabulary, and writing assignments.

Students will ask and record questions as they reflect upon the work of art. They will develop understanding of metacognition while considering questions and themes. ESSENTIAL QUESTION: How does asking questions lead to deeper thinking?

This lesson plan provides a selection of writing prompts for students to choose from, centered around baseball.

Using the theme of identity, students will work through various activities to learn the characteristics of a Narrative Essay. This particular unit will/should take place prior to writing the Narrative Essay. Many of the lessons address how to identify, create, apply and analyzeheme, dialogue punctuation, figurative language and citing direct and indirect evidence.

In this lesson, students write and share a poem after taking a nature walk for inspiration.

In this lesson, students choose a newspaper article and dramatize it in a poem.

In this lesson, after reviewing several familiar fairy tales, students work in small groups to rewrite the familiar story as it might read as a news article in today's newspaper.

While Paul Revere's ride is the most famous event of its kind in American history, other Americans made similar rides during the Revolutionary period. After learning about some less well known but no less colorful rides that occurred in other locations, students gather evidence to support an argument about why at least one of these "other riders" does or does not deserve to be better known.

In this video resource from PBS Learning Media, students will consider Mark Twain as the enormous "noticer" and explore the humor that Twain found in the ordinary details of life.