In this lesson, teachers set up an e-mail system whereby students in different classes or schools can communicate research-based questions and answers on a given topic.

In this lesson, students research using computers to gather information on wildlife management and use the information to write a letter to an agency.

In this lesson, students read “They Called Her Moses,” create a “wanted poster”, compose a journal entry imagining they are William Still, and work in groups to create a newspaper depicting the incident of the runaway slaves and events from the time period.

In this lesson, students gain familiarity with descriptive, figurative, and vivid language by writing free verse poetry.

In this lesson, students read "Letter From a Birmingham Jail" and "Civil Disobedience" to identify the appeals to ethos, logos, and pathos, and write a compare/contrast paper connecting the two essays.

In this lesson, students read a short essay in Euro English, then rewrite it using standard English spellings.

In this lesson, students read a short story and make notations about characters to use in a compare/contrast essay.

In this lesson, students will explicate "Thanatopsis" by William Cullen Bryant, and will identify poetic elements as well as sound effects in the poetry.

In this lesson students will use fables to determine the moral or central theme of a piece of writing. Students then create their own personal fables editing for grammar, punctuation, capitalization, and spelling.

In this lesson, students study the effectiveness of the plot of "Things Fall Apart". They complete a story diagram and compete in a debate regarding the effectiveness of the plot of the novel.

In this simulation activity, the classroom will be turned into a feudal system with the teacher as King. Students will participate in various aspects of feudal life as either lords, knights, peasants, and serfs.

In this lesson, students read “The Runaway” by Robert Frost and analyze it for its literal and symbolic meanings. Students then compare their personal experiences with the poet's suggestions about youthful attitudes and behaviors and evaluate the poem for its effectiveness in commenting on this theme.

In this lesson, students use graphic organizers and note taking to gain understanding and clarify meaning in the novel "Holes" and write daily inferences and generalizations about what they have read in that day's assignment.

In this lesson, students determine the main concept, details, stereotypes, and bias through movies. After viewing the movie, students write an essay explaining the film's influence on issues presented in the film.

In this lesson, students choose a character from a magazine, complete a character sketch, and develop a short story placing this character in a situation.

In this lesson, students use Emerson's "Self-Reliance" to relate what they read to their own experiences and feelings and use active listening to respond to other students' comments.

In this lesson, students write a letter to an author to discuss their points of interest in a novel.

In this lesson, students choose a leader and a follower from "Animal Farm" and write an essay explaining how the behavior of each contributes to the loss of freedom and equality.