Young scholars will focus on Main Idea, Author's Purpose, Identifying supporting details and Organizing details. Students will read a variety of Informational Text (non-fiction) to understand how stated and implied main idea effect the...

Contains plans for two lessons that teach students how to recognize an author's use of style in literature. These plans use "Their Eyes Were Watching God" by Zora Neale Hurston as an example, but the basic ideas can be adapted to other...

In this science-themed literacy lesson, students learn how to determine the author's purpose and follow the development of that purpose.

This Daily Teaching Tools resource provides information about an author study. Students will find a multi-step project to help students effectively investigate an author during research. Reproducible graphic organizers are provided.

This article describes blogging implementation in ninth-grade pre-advanced placement language arts classes to support strong writing practices. The author found that blogging empowered high school authors to craft worlds of digital...

By watching a short video and engaging in two primary source activities, students will explore the need for social change, as well as its inherent challenges.

Through two activities and a short biographical video, students will understand Helen Keller's accomplishments.

This article discusses the importance of teaching students how to write for an online audience using traditional writing skills but transitioning these to digital media. The author talks about ways to incorporate social media and...

In this lesson, students will explore ways authors use text structures to convey meaning through cause and effect, sequencing, comparison, and more.

This thematic collection will allow students to read and understand 19th-century non-fiction texts, and support them in identifying key features for a range of genres, audiences, and purposes. Each source is accompanied by original...

This thematic collection will allow students to read and understand 19th-century non-fiction texts, and support them in identifying key features for a range of genres, audiences, and purposes. Each source is accompanied by original...

This thematic collection will allow learners to read and understand 19th-century non-fiction texts, and support them in identifying key features for a range of genres, audiences, and purposes. Each source is accompanied by original...

This thematic collection will allow learners to read and understand 19th-century non-fiction texts, and support them in identifying key features for a range of genres, audiences, and purposes. Each source is accompanied by original...

This Daily Teaching Tools resource provides an exemplar of the expectations for an independent class project. Each student must study an author and meet the criteria listed on the page.

This Daily Teaching Tools resource provides a structure for an author study. Students will work in a jigsaw activity during a 9-week author study. Downloadable graphic organizers accompany this author's study.

This lesson is designed to help students understand the importance of character development when writing stories of their own. It also helps them understand the process authors use when writing novels and other stories. During this...

After analyzing examples of contemporary youth poetry as well as the poetry of Langston Hughes, students will use the Internet to conduct research on how events in the world have shaped Hughes' work. They will cite specific examples that...

Biography on Mexican novelist, Carlos Fuentes, famous author, scholar and diplomat with great political stature, who produced a trove of essays, short stories and novels. Students can visit photos, interviews and read a profile of Mr....

Even though this excellent site helps teachers present Hemingway, it also helps students learn how to read his works.

An excellent, detailed report, written by author, speaker, and educator Dr. Kathie F. Nunley, focusing on depression seen in adolescents. Research based, this article provides an in-depth look at the relationship of self-esteem and...

In this lesson, students will choose their favorite from an assortment of Dr. Seuss books and state a reason why for their choice. Examples of student work are included. Students will also have fun dressing up as their favorite Dr. Seuss...

Comprehensive report on the effect of school uniforms on school safety and achievement. For the authors' conclusions, scroll down to Page 21, Conclusion. (Jan. 15, 2010)

Biography of Elie Wiesel, a Holocaust survivor, writer, and winner of the Nobel Prize for Peace. Students can learn through this comprehensive site about his extraordinary life and how he continues to speak out against genocide and...

Teaching students to read well in areas other than language arts requires teaching and reinforcing the kinds of reading strategies taught here. There are 27 strategies, ranging from brainstorming to word mapping. The site includes PDF...