What do a cheetah, Audi commercial, and air have in common? They're all topics of an engaging inquiry-based, hands-on workshop for educators about background knowledge, reading strategies, the CER model, and argumentative writing. The...

[Free Registration/Login Required] During this guided creative writing lesson plan, students will develop written pieces and writing stamina. Students will write for short timed periods with the goal of writing progressively more...

Need help planning ways to creatively teach your middle schoolers chronological order? Here's a great place to start. While the site is specifically geared toward the middle school student, it is a teaching idea which could easily be...

This PIZZAZ (People Interested in Zippy and ZAny Zcribbling) lesson plan will engage learners in creative writing about items found in a basket. Examples of creative writing are provided. Examples of springboard ideas are included.

Looking at three of Sylvia Plath's poems, young scholars will be encouraged to think critically and create compositions that explore complex themes. [PDF]

This teaching pack will introduce students to Ignatius Sancho in his own words through a selection of his letters and invite students to offer a variety of creative responses to Sancho's life, work, and unique voice. Students will work...

Students learn the basics - title, name, and date - for crediting creative work. They discuss the importance of citing work, as well as recognizing that they should give themselves proper credit so that others can attribute their work...

Creative Canjos is an interdisciplinary unit that teaches American History through Folk Art and Folk Music. The students began the project in Art class. They were introduced to American Folk Art through a teacher made iMovie. The iMovie...

A lesson plan designed to have middle schoolers obtain the role of creative director for a clothing line. Through the lesson students will learn the qualifications, training, education, job requirements, and salary of a creative director.

A Creative Twist to The Tragedy of Macbeth is a project that gives students an opportunity to express their understanding of Macbeth through their artistic ability. The activity appeals to the learning style of all students by allowing...

Looking at three of Robert Browning's poems, students will be encouraged to think critically and create compositions that explore complex themes.[PDF]

This PIZZAZ (People Interested in Zippy and ZAny Zcribbling) lesson plan will engage students in writing cinquain poems. Examples of cinquain poems are provided. A template is also included as a graphic organizing support for students.

This PIZZAZ (People Interested in Zippy and ZAny Zcribbling) lesson plan will engage students in writing up and down poems. An example of an up and down poem is provided.

This PIZZAZ (People Interested in Zippy and ZAny Zcribbling) lesson plan will engage young scholars in writing chain stories. A variation of the lesson plan is provided as an extension during the publishing phase of writing.

This PIZZAZ (People Interested in Zippy and ZAny Zcribbling) lesson plan will engage students in writing tongue twisters. Examples of tongue twisters are provided. A template is also included as a graphic organizing support for students.

For this lesson plan, students will consider "Leonardo da Vinci: Creative Genius." The plan includes worksheets and other student materials that can be found under the resource tab.

In this lesson, young scholars interpret a poem called 'The Little Blue Engine' by adding music, movement, visual art, and drama. After performing their creation, they will discuss any mathematical and/or scientific connections that have...

Integrating various creative formats with solid, researched fact, allows students to show what they have learned. The resulting "museum" can be shared with an audience in any of a number of ways. Includes handouts, rubric, and...

Excellent classroom activities for building students' character. This activity focuses on students' critical thinking, creative, and comprehension skills. Good resource.

Excellent classroom activities for building students' character. This activity focuses on students' critical thinking, creative, and comprehension skills. Good resource.

In this lesson, students will use adjectives to describe artwork and to develop descriptive language in creating interesting and unique stories.

This PIZZAZ lesson allows learners the opportunity to write stories about magazine picture collections. Two examples of creative writing pieces are provided.

This PIZZAZ (People Interested in Zippy and ZAny Zcribbling) lesson plan will engage students in writing diamante poems. Examples of diamante poems are provided. A template is also included as a graphic organizing support for students.

This PIZZAZ (People Interested in Zippy and ZAny Zcribbling) lesson plan will engage students in writing headline poems.