After reading song lyrics to Brad Paisley's "A Letter to Me" and the personal essay "A Letter to My Younger Self" by Brian Elroy, students write a poem, lyric, or letter from George Washing to his younger self. Then students write a...

Expand your reading activity by having students write a letter to a character in the book.

This is a challenging first-time programming project. You'll learn how to use JavaScript to create a simple program to analyze one or more paragraphs of text. Your program will count sentences, words and letters, and report the resulting...

How to write this letter: Ask the reader for the information you want. If applicable, tell the reader how you learned about the product or service or why you are interested in it. Inform the reader about how to contact you. Thank the...

A brief guide to writing a polite business letter in which one rejects a job offer.

A brief guide to writing a formal business request for further communication/negotiation with a potential employer.

This lesson plan will allow young scholars to practice both writing names and identifying beginning sounds for common item names.

This lesson plan really allows readers to express their opinion regarding an issue that affects them - the lunch menu! Young scholars will be guided through the writing process and then will write a convincing opinion piece by stating...

Excellent resource for those interested in professional, business, or technical writing. Gives definition, uses, and guidelines for the element of tone in a written work.

This lesson gives guidelines for business writing in Western (North American) culture. From Purdue University.

After reading the book, Thank You, Mr. Falker by Patricia Palacco, which is about a teacher helping a student overcome a long struggle to learn to read, students write a personal thank you letter to a teacher who helped them. Then they...

This lesson teaches young scholars the five parts of a friendly letter. Students will be able to write friendly letters utilizing the writing process. Young scholars will visit various websites to learn more about writing friendly...

Are you ready to apply for your dream job? Explore tips to develop a great cover letter to help you get the job!

This student and teacher-friendly site contains the purpose of writing a cover letter. In addition, the article discusses the format of a good cover letter and elements to include in a good cover letter.

Before writing, students should listen to and discuss the writing style of the picture book, Thank You, Mr. Falker by Patricia Polacco. This seven-step, teacher-created lesson plan was inspired by the NNWP's Going Deep with Compare and...

Provides an overview on how to write a letter.

Knowing the relationship between written letters and spoken sounds will help children recognize words accurately and automatically. In this lesson, children practice matching letters with initial sounds.

Celebration words can be used to help students review and practice beginning sounds. This lesson will help students recognize and produce the initial sound of a given word. Included are an assessment checklist, videos of the lesson in...

In this lesson, Roald Dahl's book The Witches is used as a mentor text. Young scholars will attempt to save themselves and the other children. Students will analyze real population statistics from world-wide and details from the story to...

Spanish American War Centennial Website presents a letter written by member of the USS Vulcan, C. F. Smith, about the death and burial of a fellow soldier in Cuba during the war.

In this lesson, Rolf Myller's book entitled How Big is a Foot? is used as a mentor text. Learners will answer the question, "What does it mean to be big?"The mathematical concepts of area, attributes, and fractions are introduced....

In this 3rd through 5th grade lesson, students read the book Letters from Rifka by Karen Hesse and write responses as Tovah to three of Rifka's letters in their journal.

This example provides a brief overview describing what a complaint letter is and how to properly write one.

This informational site for teachers and students explains the importance of a letter of apology. Then the article articulates the types of information to include in friendly/personal apology letters and in formal/business apology letters.