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Knock, knock, knock...Creep out your class with a critical thinking lesson focused on word relationships in Edgar Allen Poe's "The Tell-Tale Heart." They investigate the relationship between word choice, mood, and interpretation of a piece of writing. They analyze the story, and then create a visual display of a favorite writer.
All young authors experience the frustration of feeling absolutely misunderstood at least once. Your class can experience themselves as writers through a literary analysis and writing project. They read a story about a misunderstood writer and then compose an essay, poem, or story relating a time when they also felt misunderstood. Story and teacher guide are both included.
Young writers work together to develop specific writing skills. After identifying the characteristics of different writing genres, class members select a genre and draft an original piece. Exercises in peer editing and revising follow, and the unit concludes when the polished pieces are published on the Internet.
Kindergarteners or first graders conduct an interview. In this writing and interviewing instructional activity, learners brainstorm a list of what they know about writers, learn how to conduct an interview, and then work with a partner to practicing their interviewing skills. Learners conduct the same interview with a parent or older family member and share their findings with the class.
Have your class examine the characteristics of various writing genres using the Writing with Writers online project. Detailed instructions for how to introduce, discuss, and develop a piece of writing for each genre are included. Class members complete the online activities independently but work in groups to edit their written work before handing it in. Finally, they publish a final piece of writing online.
Here is lesson plan 5 from a 7 lesson plan unit on using blogging to create a community of writers. The aim of this lesson plan is to get students writing about what Archaeologists do and how they use material data to study the past. They compose a story where they imagine they are an archaeologist on a dig in Africa. They edit, post their stories on the class blog, and make comments of their peers stories. Great lesson plan on its own or in the context of the unit.
Mentor texts are a great way to demonstrate how to write with purpose. Pupils will be reintroduced to two well-known books and then asked to think about them from the writer's point of view. They will see that the author had to use basic story elements to build a story with purpose. They will then write a story of their own and share it in writer's circle.
Writer's workshop is an idea that's been around for years. Students write, read, and comment on each others writing in an authentic and thoughtful way. Here is a 21st century twist, 6th graders will use the class blog to create a community of writers in the classroom. This Introductory lesson contains 7 complete lessons and instructions on how to get a class blog started. Each lesson focuses on reinforcing a different type of writing. Really great!
Students investigate and report on an obscure woman writer. In this women's writer lesson plan, students research a woman whose writings are considered to be lost, out of print, or forgotten. They develop an oral presentation that includes a poster based on their research.
Peer editing is a big part of the writing process, and this worksheet will really help guide both editor and writer. Class members read brief editing tips and examine examples of helpful and not-so-helpful comments. (Consider projecting this document instead of simply handing it out.) The focus is on specific and constructive comments, and there are five short-answer questions to guide the editor. This is part of the National Novel Writing Month project, so if your kids are embarking on this journey, be sure to look at the rest of this thorough unit.