Contains plans for five lessons that teach students how to write feature news stories and the difference between feature and hard news articles. Students interview each other as prewriting for writing their own human interest stories. In addition to objectives and standards, this instructional plan contains links to sites used in the lessons as well as assessment and reflection activities.

Contains plans for three lessons about love poetry that ask students to review the genre before writing their own. In addition to objectives and standards, this instructional plan contains links to PDF handouts and sites used in the lessons as well as assessment and reflection activities. RL.11-12.7 Multi Interpretations

This activity is a field investigation where students make observations, formulate a question, construct and collect data on that question on stream flow on the Crow River in Central Minnesota

Blended learning lesson plans for primary aged students to investigate butterflies and the butterfly life cycle. Great to use during small group/ guided reading time. 

Students will write and present a paper which consists of a review of literature and an empirical/statistical test of the relation between specific variables in the field of social stratification.

This consists of a short essay to be written by students after watching the West Wing episode "Hartsfield's Landing." In it, students are asked to help a friend to understand the content of the show using the basic components of non-cooperative game theory and the prisoner's dilemma.

Learn to give and receive written feedback effectively. Time to complete: 45-90 minutes

An extensive and detailed glossary of the many words and phrases one may come across in the field of publishing. Includes general and basic terms as well as "jargon" only publishers understand.

The Glyfada Method is a formula to help students write essays by focusing on the most difficult part of an assignment: getting started. This method helps the writer discover what their main points are and what they have to say about each main point.

Electronic text of Thomas Palgrave's book, "The Golden Treasury: Of the Best Songs and Lyrical Poems in the English Language". There are several ways to find the poem that you want to study: by author, by title, by first line, and by chronology. Excellent resource.

Students collect protein electrophoresis data comparing goldenrod gall flies, analyze class data, and write a lab report in the format of a scientific paper.

You bet we do! What economic, political, and social factors led to the writing of the Declaration of Independence and American Revolution? How are emerging ideals of government taking shape in the colonies? In this lesson, students learn what caused the colonies to declare independence from Great Britain and analyze how ideas behind the split are reflected in the Declaration of Independence. LESSON OBJECTIVES: Identify key causes resulting in the Declarationof Independence and the Revolutionary War *Describe the colonies' grievances with Britain *Explain the effects of British economic and political policies on the colonies *Explain social factors that influenced the writing of the Declaration of Independence *Analyze ideals found in the Declaration of Independence

This site is concerned with writing any kinds of items in a series. It verbally and graphically illustrates parallel structure, and shows how to punctuate a series.

An infographic is provided to help students with writing essays. Explicit information about essay writing steps are included. Essay mistakes relative to the content and style are articulated, along with features specific to essays.

This workshop involves students in evaluating the efficacy of posters as a communication tool, focusing on elements of clarity in poster and graphic design.

An interactive online quiz teaching about and correcting the use of comma splices in writing. A good tool for students to improve their writing skills.

Online PowerPoint writing tutorial on the subject of clauses in sentences. L.9-10.1b Phrases/Clauses

Grammar lesson that teaches the conditional verb forms. Includes examples, quizzes, and related links.

The Guide to Grammar and Writing defines many of the terms common to sentence development, such as the parts of speech, or provides links for those definitions. Discusses strategies for adding variety to sentence structures. Includes links to exercises.

Great site! Offers student tons of confusables! Also offers quizzes and a pull-down menu for one "confusable" at a time. CCSS.ELA-Literacy.CCRA.L.2, L.11-12.2b Spelling, L.11-12.4 Word Meanings