Lessons and Activities

Writing Handouts and Advice

The link goes directly to the Writing Center for the University of North Carolina Chapple Hill Writing center "handout" section. Contains simple and complex writing suggestions.

• Grade Level(s):

  Gr. 9 | Age 15, Gr. 10 | Age 16, Gr. 11 | Age 17, Gr. 12 | Age 18, Hr. Ed. | Age 19+

• Subjects:

  Reading & Language Arts

• Language:

  English

• Posted:

  Oct. 7, 2009

Posted by:

RDKn 

Writing Humorous Fiction: Planning

Students will practice planning a setting, writing a draft, and evaluating a friend's paper.

• Grade Level(s):

  Gr. 3 | Age 9, Gr. 4 | Age 10, Gr. 5 | Age 11, Gr. 6 | Age 12

• Subjects:

  Writing

• Language:

  English

• Posted:

  Apr. 14, 2010

Posted by:

Alliebea

Fishing

Comprehension Passage

• Grade Level(s):

  Gr. 1 | Age 7

• Subjects:

  Writing

• Language:

  English

• Posted:

  Oct. 20, 2010

Posted by:

gilmorel

Easy Creating Poetry Website

A really nice website that will help your students to create simple and fun poems.

• Grade Level(s):

  Gr. 6 | Age 12, Gr. 7 | Age 13, Gr. 8 | Age 14, Gr. 9 | Age 15, Gr. 10 | Age 16, Gr. 11 | Age 17, Gr. 12 | Age 18

• Subjects:

  Reading & Language Arts

• Language:

  English

• Posted:

  Nov. 13, 2010

Posted by:

sparedes 

Linear or Webbed?

The students will read the paragraph and decide whether it is a linear paragraph or a webbed paragraph.

• Grade Level(s):

  Gr. 4 | Age 10, Gr. 5 | Age 11

• Subjects:

  Writing

• Language:

  English

• Posted:

  Oct. 29, 2010

Posted by:

Lyndiekp

Word Choice

Introducing word choice

• Grade Level(s):

  Gr. 4 | Age 10

• Subjects:

  Writing

• Language:

  English

• Posted:

  Nov. 10, 2010

Posted by:

anna.johnson

Adjectives- Bible Version!

This lesson is for first grade and introduces adjectives with a Biblical theme using pictures and sentences from familiar Bible stories.

• Grade Level(s):

  Gr. 1 | Age 7, Gr. 2 | Age 8, Gr. 3 | Age 9

• Subjects:

  Reading & Language Arts

• Language:

  English

• Posted:

  Mar. 11, 2011

Posted by:

teepeesmommy   

Holes booklet

Students make a booklet about the book Holes as they read the book.

• Grade Level(s):

  Gr. 4 | Age 10, Gr. 5 | Age 11, Gr. 6 | Age 12

• Subjects:

  Reading & Language Arts

• Language:

  English

• Posted:

  Apr. 14, 2011

Posted by:

ajb_cjs

MMLB'd: Not Just Another Adverb Lesson

This lesson on adverbs has been revised to incorporate Quality Content Criteria that make an interactive lesson great!

• Grade Level(s):

  Gr. 6 | Age 12, Gr. 7 | Age 13, Gr. 8 | Age 14, Gr. 9 | Age 15

• Subjects:

  Reading & Language Arts

• Language:

  English

• Posted:

  Apr. 6, 2011

Posted by:

teepeesmommy   

Use -er With a Pair and -est for All the Rest!

This lesson for first grade is useful after teaching the concept of comparative and superlative adjectives.

• Grade Level(s):

  Gr. 1 | Age 7, Gr. 2 | Age 8, Gr. 3 | Age 9

• Subjects:

  Reading & Language Arts

• Language:

  English

• Posted:

  Mar. 22, 2011

Posted by:

teepeesmommy