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International Reading Association
Reading Online: Publishing Student Work on the Internet
Explore this online article by Rachel Karchmer discussing the advantages of publishing student work on the web.
Better Lesson
Better Lesson: Publishing Time
For this lesson, students will experience different types of publishing in order to strengthen their motivation and cultivate pride in their work. After utilizing the writing process, students will type out their writing on a computer....
TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: Write On!
In this activity, students create a book, newspaper or other published work to communicate what they have learned about engineering and the environment.
AdLit
Ad lit.org: A Sample Rubric for Grading Student Writing
All written work should be assessed using a rubric. Using a set of criteria linked to standards not only allows for uniform evaluation, but helps students understand what is important about an assignment and encourages them to reflect on...
Louisiana Department of Education
Louisiana Doe: Curriculum Hub: Ela Guidebooks: Application Student Selected Task: Publish Your Final Work
We will publish our final work to express our understanding of our chosen topic.
Louisiana Department of Education
Louisiana Doe: Curriculum Hub: Ela Guidebooks: Application Student Selected Task: Publish Your Final Work
We will publish our final work to express our understanding of the effect of age on decision making.
AdLit
Ad lit.org: Organizations That Promote Adolescent Literacy
From lesson plans and classroom tools to free books and opportunities to publish students' work, nonprofit organizations have a lot to offer parents, teachers, and struggling readers themselves. Learn about some nonprofits with a...
Other
Literacy Works: Learning Resources: Three Strikes Law Failures
While this resource was developed to support adult literacy learners, it can easily be used from junior grades and up. After reading an article about the three-strikes law in California, students complete a variety of vocabulary and...
Other
Literacy Works: Thanks to the Web, We're Alone Together and Loving It
While this resource was developed to support adult literacy learners, it can easily be used from junior grades and up. After reading an article about how people today interact on the Internet, students complete a variety of vocabulary...
Louisiana Department of Education
Louisiana Doe: Curriculum Hub: Ela Guidebooks: The Joy Luck Club: Writing a Final Draft
Students publish final work to express their understanding of The Joy Luck Club.
TES Global
Tes: Schemes of Work: Prose. The Monster Garden by Vivien Alcock.
[Free Registration/Login Required] This lesson plan will engage students in a shared reading of Vivien Alcock's novel, The Monster Garden. As a post-reading activity, 6th graders will learn about book review writing. Then students will...
Other
Bright Ring Publishing: Robert Arneson [Pdf]
This fun ceramic artist is used as inspiration for a "silly self" art activity. You and your students will enjoy viewing his work.
Cengage Learning
Houghton Mifflin Publishing: Grace Paley (B. 1922)
This site, intended for instructions using the "Heath Anthology of American Literature," provides suggestions for teaching Paley's works. Students will find the background information on Paley's themes and styles, the connections to...
ReadWriteThink
Read Write Think: Oral Storytelling and Dramatization
Students begin this lesson by discussing what makes a good, vivid story and creating a working checklist of the criteria for a good story. They explore background information about the Mercury Theatre production of the "War of the...
Better Lesson
Better Lesson: Tie It Up With Transition Words to Write a Story!
Read, write, and present a digital narrative with transition words to help us put the events in order! After modeling the lesson, groups of students will write narratives to recount a short sequence of events, they will include details...
University of Michigan
University of Michigan: Dimensions
The College of Architecture and Urban Planning at the University of Michigan publishes a student-produced journal of architecture titled "Dimensions." Aimed at showcasing the best student work and at increasing the quality of the...
Other
Story Jumper
Students can create their own storybooks using this website. They can add backgrounds, props, characters, personal photos or artwork, text, and their own voices. Free registration is required in order to save their work. There is a cost...
Better Lesson
Better Lesson: And the Author Is...using Digital Tools for Writing
Empower students to recognize that they are thinkers and writers! They will collaborate on a writing piece to brainstorm, organize and publish ideas with a digital tool. This lesson highlights different website creations as examples of...
British Library
British Library: 20th Century Teaching Resources: Ted Hughes's Birthday Letters
In these activities, students will consider Ted Hughes as a poet and a person, as well as some of the literary and personal influences on his writing. They will explore some of his poems in the draft and published form, exploring the...
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: Taking the Mystery Out of Writing a Mystery
This mystery-writing lesson focuses on the structure of a short story and the elements of a mystery in particular. Learners complete the entire writing process: prewriting, drafting, revising, editing, and publishing. Students...
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: Johnny Appleseed
During this lesson, young scholars will learn about Johnny Appleseed through a variety of sources. From the information, students will distinguish between fact and fiction. Young scholars will use the writing process to create their own...
ReadWriteThink
Read Write Think: A Significant Influence: Describing an Important Teacher
In this project, students write tributes to teachers who have made a profound difference in their lives then publish their work in a class collection.
Other
Bright Ring Publishing: Robert Rauschenberg
This art activity looks at the work of Robert Rauschenberg for inspiration. Students design a meaningful collage that is full of symbolism.
Other
Teen Ink: Art Galleries
"Teen Ink" is a monthly magazine written and illustrated by teens for teens. Sample the creative work from the current issue or access a gallery of work from the archive of previous issues.