In this lesson plan students will read a text from a number of different perspectives which will result in a greater understanding of it. This is a good strategy to use to guide students through multiple readings of a text. Lesson plan indicated for 3rd grade and up.

In this lesson plan students will be able to understand the different personalities of a character by examining how they act when in contact with other characters. Lesson plan indicated for 4th grade and above.

This is a template for "I Am" poetry. Students will focus on their own characteristics as they create an autobiographical poem.

This site describes how a 5W poem is a good way to teach children to identify and focus on the five W's of a story or an event. Lesson plan indicated for 1st grade and above.

At the most basic level a cinquain is a five line poem or stanza. Here are two variations. Lesson plan indicated for 1st grade and above.

This is a good poem format to help teach adjectives, verbs, and nouns. Lesson plan indicated for 2nd grade and above.

This site describes how a Name Poem is a good way to teach children to focus the influence that people (friends and family) around them have. Lesson plan indicated for 3rd grade and above.

Practice important fine motor skills by having students control their pencil, following a line. Teacher lesson plan for K-1st.

This site features an extensive list of poems and songs for every event during the school year. Explore the seasons, colors, holidays, and more.

Fun game helps young readers develop their reading skills by playing an engaging game with spinners.

In this lesson plan students will be able to focus on the main events of a book by drawing a storyboard. Lesson plan indicated for 2nd grade and above.

In this lesson plan students will write science fiction stories based on stories brought up in the tabloids. Lesson plan indicated for 5th grade and above.

For grades 1 to 3, this game has students write a story by focusing on the word choice.

This site has hundreds of writing prompts/journal topics to get students started writing. Topics like "what is" and "what if" will get students thinking about what they could write.

This site describes how a Bio poem can be used to teach students to focus on the characteristics of a person or an animal, anything or anyone really. It requires the student to put themselves in the subject's shoes. Lesson plan indicated for 3rd grade and above.

In this lesson plan, students will write a cooperative class story, using brainstorming and editing skills. Lesson plan indicated for 3rd grade and above.

Contains plans for four 40-minute lessons that teach persuasive writing to elementary students. In addition to student objectives and standards, these instructional plans contain links to PDF handouts and links to sites used in the lessons as well as assessment and reflection activities.

Interesting article from Canadaone.com that outlines the author's seven C's of effective writing. Each of the concepts (all beginning with the letter "C") includes an explanation that demonstrates why the concept is important to the student.

Students practice forming contractions by rewriting sentences, changing the underlined words to a contraction.