Activity
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Holt, Rinehart and Winston: Writer's Model: Critical Review of a Sitcom

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This four-page essay provides an example of an critical essay, specifically a review of a sitcom. Clicking on the "Writer's Guide" link in the upper right-hand corner of the page enables the user to get tips, directions, and explanations...
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Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Holt, Rinehart and Winston: Writer's Model: Editorial Essay Example

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This four-page essay provides an example of an editorial essay. Clicking on the "Writer's Guide" link in the upper right-hand corner of the page enables the user to get tips, directions, and explanations on the essay.
Activity
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Holt, Rinehart and Winston: Writer's Model: Problem Analysis Essay

For Students 9th - 10th
This four-page essay provides an example of a Problem-Analysis Essay. Clicking on the "Writer's Guide" link in the upper right-hand corner of the page enables the user to get tips, directions, and explanations on the essay.
Activity
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Holt, Rinehart and Winston: Writer's Model: Proposal of a Solution

For Students 9th - 10th
This seven-page essay provides an example of a Proposal of a Solution. Clicking on the "Writer's Guide" link in the upper right-hand corner of the page enables the user to get tips, directions, and explanations on the essay.
Unit Plan
Other

Online Journalism

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Use this site for analyzing the effectiveness and techniques of several aspects of web news. Pop up windows guide viewers to important questions about what they will view.
Handout
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Holt, Rinehart and Winston: Writer's Model: Review of a Documentary

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
A one-page guide to writing a review of a documentary.
Lesson Plan
Read Works

Read Works: Plot Kindergarten Unit: Retelling a Story

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] Teach retelling a story using plot elements through explanation, guided practice, and independent practice as learners develop the skill. The text, My Red Balloon by Eve Bunting, must be provided by the...
Lesson Plan
Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Research Project: American Heroes

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This lesson is designed to help students of all backgrounds learn to work together in groups to complete a research paper assignment. This is a collaborative based lesson plan that challenges students to work together to complete the...
Unit Plan
Other

Literature Unit: "A Day No Pigs Would Die"

For Students 6th - 8th
This site features questions for each of the chapters in Robert Newton Peck's "A Day No Pigs Would Die."
Unit Plan
BBC

Bbc: Gcse Bitesize Science: Atomic Structure

For Students 9th - 10th
An explanation of atomic structure and the element groups in the periodic table using plain language. Supported by diagrams and charts.
Handout
Letter Writing Guide

Requesting a Letter of Recommendation

For Students 9th - 10th
This student and teacher-friendly site contains provides the etiquette associated with obtaining a letter of recommendation. In addition, the article discusses the elements of a good letter of recommendation.
Unit Plan
BBC

Bbc: Gcse Bitesize: Making Fertilizer

For Students 9th - 10th
This lesson focuses on fertilizers including how they replace nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium in the ground; how the plants get the nutrients; a table showing examples of fertilisers, their formula, and the essential elements they...
Unit Plan
BBC

Bbc: Gcse Bitesize: Atomic Structure

For Students 9th - 10th
This lesson focuses on early ideas about the structure of an atom including John Dalton's plum pudding model and Ernest Rutherford's nuclear model. A link to a test is provided.
Lesson Plan
ArtsNow

Arts Now Learning: The Color Monster [Pdf]

For Teachers K - 1st Standards
Explore how our emotions color our lives and add depth to our stories.