An explanation and examples of various techniques that can be used in order to emphasize important sentences within a text.

In this lesson students will use the sentence structure from Wallace Stevens' "13 Ways of Looking at a Blackbird."

In this lesson, students will create 4 original poems within a particular rhythm and rhyme scheme.

In this activity students will create a poem from the viewpoint of a lost toy.

For this lesson students will learn the meter and rhyme of a sonnet and they will write one of their own using specific word choice.

In this lesson plan, students will use transition words and phrases to shift from one idea to another within a story.

In this lesson young scholars learn how to paint a setting with their descriptive choice of words.

In this lesson the students will use the conditional "if" in order to guide their reader to become someone or something.

Inspired by "Everybody's Free (To Wear Sunscreen)," this lesson asks students to think about memorable writing--writing that has, in some way, touched them personally. Students will make multiple drafts of simple advice in order to make...

Being able to speak English fluently does not guarantee that a student will be able to use language effectively in academic settings. Fluency must be combined with higher order thinking skills to create an "academic language," which...

Six slides explaining how to use additive transition words to connect, or add, one idea to another to increase fluency. Examples are provided in a chart and within various types of sentences.