Young scholars write letters to e-mail pals and respond to letters received. Students describe the geography of their community to their pals.

Young scholars research a major historical event from the ancient world and write a newsletter about the event.

Students analyze and discuss illustrations of the New World by John White. They examine the images, answer questions about each one, and write an essay.

Students are introduced to the novel Sing Down The Moon written by Scott O'Dell. Throughout the book, after each chapter is read, class discussions and journal writing is incorporated into the unit.

Students write a short story set in a selected period of history. They conduct research on a selected period of history, write and edit a rough draft of their short story, and submit a final draft of their story that includes details...

Students use the information they wrote about on the topic they chose in studying About Weather. They then write a short story using the information choosing a theme, setting, characters, and the plot.

Students decide what type of weather they would like to write about such as tornadoes, hurricanes, snow, hail, floods, or another type of weather. Then, they look up the information and jot down notes about that particular subject....

Young scholars are introduced to the definition of "flashback" in that writers use it when they want to reveal to readers something that happened in the past. Then Students write a short story using a flashback scene and then move back...

Students read and analyze the point of view of a selected classic short story. They take notes while reading the story, select a character, and rewrite the story from a different viewpoint.

Students examine the various cultures of the immigrants who came to America. Using the internet, they research various ethnic and cultural groups within the United States. They identify the reasons why people immigrated to the U.S. and...

In this pronouns worksheet, students learn to write with pronouns in a research report to make their writing smooth. Students complete the three activities to help them with pronouns.

Students write an essay entitled "What Does Christmas Mean to Me?" In this writing lesson plan, students express their feelings about Christmas in an essay. Students discuss ways they have given to others during the Christmas season,...

Students write an essay comparing The Hobbit to The Fellowship of the Ring by J.R.R. Tolkien. In this The Hobbit and The Fellowship of the Ring lesson, students compare the plot, theme, writing styles, and other elements in the two books.

In this interactive grammar quiz, students are asked to read a paragraph and insert the correct punctuation, capitalization, and corrected spellings. When finished, they click on "Grammar's Version" for the corrected paragraph with...

In this comma quiz, students read each of two paragraphs and insert necessary commas. When finished with both paragraphs, they click "Explanations" to see the correct comma placements. Java is required. Links are also provided to "Guide...

Two interactive exercises where students retype three short paragraphs while making corrections in spelling, punctuation, capitalization, grammar, and usage. When finished, answers can be displayed so students can check the accuracy of...

Two interactive exercises where students retype three short paragraphs while making corrections in spelling, punctuation, capitalization, grammar, and usage. When finished, answers can be displayed so students can check the accuracy of...

An interactive exercise consisting of a paragraph with forty uses of compound nouns and modifiers. Students decide if each compound is written correctly or incorrectly.

This site discusses how to use quotation marks with changes in speakers. It also looks at quotations longer than a single paragraph. Correct and incorrect examples are included.