Students investigate how to create drawings using a word processing program. They examine the use of draw tools in Microsoft Word. They combine drawing with the patterns they made for a truss bridge projects. They follow the teacher's...

"When Should You Call a Professional?" an excerpt from a home repair handbook, provides the text for an exercise in learning how to read technical journals and workplace documents. Pupils are directed to examine the format, graphics, and...

Although the article that launches this lesson is about the history of the Periodic Table, the objective is reading comprehension. Using the eight-page informational text, learners answer five comprehension questions and craft one essay....

After a lecture on the importance of graphic elements in technical writing, class members make their own graphic and detail how it could be used.

Celebrate Black History Month with this lesson, in which middle schoolers create an essay about a famous African-American. Writers conduct research online, take notes to write an essay in proper format, and use ideas, text, and graphics...

Consider various aspects of world hunger in this writing lesson. After taking a pre-test, middle and high schoolers play a map game, analyze and discuss world statistics, and write a report on an assigned country. The lesson can apply to...

Bring this lesson on the expository format to your language arts writing unit. Middle schoolers take notes on a step-by-step plan detailing how to write a good expository writing piece. The process takes young writers through the...

Demonstrate the importance of children's health with this cross-curricular lesson, which includes elements from health and science as well as expository writing. Middle schoolers develop realistic and obtainable one week health and...

What is a media baby? Discuss at what age children should be exposed to electronic media. After reading an article, they identify the types of media products for infants and toddlers. Learners will predict the effects of media on the...

Sixth graders read several poems and choose one to create a Powerpoint presentation. They create original illustration for the poems and use graphics from software resources. Students are then are given jobs in order to create a...

Eighth graders research and write reports on key figures of the Antebellum Period. The projects also include pictures, bibliographies, and timelines about their assigned figure. In addition, 8th graders present oral reports to classmates.

In this prime numbers worksheet, 6th graders identify and complete 5 different problems that include determining whether numbers are prime or composite. First, they use the number of unit squares to create as many figures as possible in...

Investigate how graphics in informational text enhance the author's purpose. Your class will discuss the benefits of graphics in informational texts such as text books, and use a rubric to evaluate the graphics. Additionally, they bring...

Add to the narrative writing experience. Elementary or middle school writers listen to the teacher read a descriptive passage, then reread the same passage silently. They highlight sensory details and figurative language, then orally...

After choosing a candidate for "Hero of the Universe," seventh graders research their candidate in the library and classroom. They complete a written report, as well as creating a multimedia presentation using Corel Presentation...

Explore objective and subjective writing in this interdisciplinary lesson, which brings language arts and visual art together. Middle and high school students examine the sculpture Head with Horns by Paul Gauguin. They then analyze the...

Looking for a cross-curricular project for language arts and science? Use this instructional activity to reinforce knowledge of the Solar System, as well as expository writing skills. Elementary and middle schoolers choose one aspect of...

Middle schoolers work with a partner to gather information on a question from two sources using a computer program and the Internet. They also write a report with visuals to air on closed-circuit TV for the school. Use this lesson plan...

Students investigate how to create word processing documents and apply several functions to enhance its presentation. This includes the inclusion of graphics, clip art, and adding a caption. The lesson includes the format for creating a...

Use the dictionary and the thesaurus to find and use new words to use in paragraphs. Memory makers write messages about their experiences during the school year, illustrating their entries, and type their thoughts using Microsoft Word. 

For this creative writing worksheet, students create an original travel brochure. Students formulate 5 categories to include in it and 4 graphics and/or pictures. Students sketch out each page of their brochures.

In these graphic elements worksheets, students complete 5 worksheets of activities that help them learn about colors, patterns, and textures.

Students use computer technology and explore methods to place appropriate illustrations and graphics into a word processing document. They practice resizing the graphics, aligning it left, right and centering it. Students produce a...

First graders discuss ways that signs, maps, pictures, etc. convey information. They listen to a teacher prepared tape recording of sounds that carry information and discuss what can be learned from each sound. Students record an...