Writing Fix
Writing Fix: Suggestions for Writing Memoirs: Memoirs Inspired by Whimpy Diary
After reading journal entries from The Diary of a Whimpy Kid by Jeff Kinney, students brainstorm and share their own ideas with a partner. Once they have a few ideas, they choose one idea to transform into a narrative writing. The...
BBC
Bbc Bitesize Revision: Personal Writing
As part of a revision and close reading section of BBC Bitesize, this site presents information on personal writing with six key features listed. The information is included as part of a brief series on the autobiography.
ReadWriteThink
Read Write Think: Reading and Analyzing Multigenre Texts
This lesson plan deals with the process of analyzing a variety of literary texts from poetry and letters to diary entries and works of fiction. Included in the lesson plan is an overview, practice, objectives, resources, preparation, and...
PBS
Pbs: Indian Country Diaries, Tribal Sovereignty Lesson Plan
This lesson will ask learners to review sections of A Seat at the Drum and Spiral of Fire where the many issues of tribal sovereignty are evident. Students will be asked to research the sovereignty issues facing a tribe that resides...
Writing Fix
Writing Fix: Creating a School Survival Guide
In this lesson, students will create a school survival guide that follows the model of Sleeping Freshmen Never Lie by David Lubar. This survival guide will serve as a "how to" instructional manual for other incoming freshman students...
ReadWriteThink
Read Write Think: Samuel Pepys Classroom Activity
A classroom activity marking the birth of diarist Samuel Pepys. Provides nice ideas for teacher-student involvement, as well as links, lesson plans, and a bibliography.
Turtle Diary
Turtle Diary: Sentence Structure Games
A collection of games for students to work on forming sentences. These games give students strategies for sentence formation.
TES Global
Tes: Introductory Lesson to Shakespeare: Kinaesthetic!
[Free Registration/Login Required] This resource offers active ways to learn facts about Shakespeare's life and works such as moving about the room collecting facts about Shakespeare and then creating a group collage with them and...
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Epistolary Narration
This slideshow focuses on epistolary narration, revealing a story through letters, documents, or diaries. It defines the term, explains what to look for to identify them, gives the two perspectives, and offers literary examples: C.S....
Other
Postcolonial and Postimperial Authors: v.s. Naipaul
An excellent resource on V.S. Naipaul, a Carribean writer, this website provides articles on his status as a "rootless wanderer," his major works, and the key themes and ideas conveyed in Naipaul's writing.
California Digital Library
Dangerous Intimacy: The Untold Story of Mark Twain's Final Years
From the diaries of his daughter, learn about the later years of the life of Mark Twain.
C-SPAN
American Writers: Mary Chesnut
An informational site on Mary Chesnut. Includes general information about her life, works, and writings, including A Diary from Dixie. Also includes links to other sites.
World Wide School
World Wide School: Etext of "Extracts From Adam's & Eve"
This site provides the complete etext for Mark Twain's story, "Extracts from Adam's & Eve's Diaries."
National Endowment for the Humanities
Neh: Edsit Ement: Say Hi to Haibun Fun
In this lesson plan, students will consider Say Hi to Haibun Fun which looks at a Japanese style of writing called haibun. Worksheets and other supporting materials can be found under the Resources tab.
University of North Carolina
Univ. Of North Carolina: Mary Boykin Miller Chesnut
Here at this site from the University of North Carolina, read the full text to Mary Chesnut's (1823-1886 CE) "A Diary from Dixie." This website include biographical information and illustration from the original book, published in 1905.
Read Works
Read Works: Ancient China: Travel Journal Part 3
[Free Registration/Login Required] This passage contains a journal that recounts travel observations of ancient Chinese warrior terracotta statues in Xi'an, China. This passage is a stand-alone curricular piece that reinforces essential...
Read Works
Read Works: Ancient China: Travel Journal Part 2
[Free Registration/Login Required] This passage includes a journal that recounts the author's travels along the Yangtze River in China. This passage is a stand-alone curricular piece that reinforces essential reading skills and...
Read Works
Read Works: Ancient China: Travel Journal Part 1
[Free Registration/Login Required] This passage consists of a journal that shares information about a trip to Shanghai, China. This passage is a stand-alone curricular piece that reinforces essential reading skills and strategies and...
Read Works
Read Works: Ancient China: Travel Journal Part 4
[Free Registration/Login Required] This informational passage contains a brief history of the Great Wall of China. This passage is a stand-alone curricular piece that reinforces essential reading skills and strategies and establishes...
National Endowment for the Humanities
Neh: Edsit Ement: Anne Frank
Students will explore Anne Frank in historical context in World War II. Lesson 2 explores Anne Frank as a writer, and students will have the opportunity to practice Anne's writing strategies.
Other
The 7th Kansas Cavalry in the Civil War
Fletcher Pomeroy was a cavalryman and quartermaster sergeant in the 7th Kanasas. This portion of his daily diary is transcribed here by his descendants.
ClassFlow
Class Flow: Anne Frank and Literacy
[Free Registration/Login Required] The main focus of this resource is on the nature of writing a Recount document, but it takes texts from Anne Frank's Diary as an example. This offers a valuable view of the document as a historical...
US Holocaust Memorial Museum
U.s. Holocaust Memorial Museum: Hidden Children: Expressions
After the Holocaust, the writings, poetry, songs, and artistic expressions of Jews who experienced it firsthand were collected. These expressions were in some cases ordered by the Nazis, or done secretly in concentration camps,...
Blackdog Media
Classic Reader: "Jupiter Doke, Brigadier General" by Ambrose Bierce
Text of the short story "Jupiter Doke, Brigadier-General" by Ambrose Bierce. The story is set up as a series of letters, diary entries, and editorials written in 1861 and 1862. (Free site registration offers some additional features,...
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