Curated OER
All About Me
Students write a paragraph, make lists, draw, and brainstorm things about themselves, their goals, and their past. In this all about me lesson plan, students recall information about themselves, and interview others in order to write...
Curated OER
All About Me
Students practice biographical and autobiographical forms of writing: autobiography, biopoem, character traits, classmate biography.
Annenberg Foundation
Native Voices
The Navajo people build their dwellings with the doors facing the rising sun in the east to welcome wealth and fortune. Pupils learn about the traditions of the Navajo people in the first part of a 16-part unit. They explore American...
College Board
Choices and Consequences
Paul Fisher, the main character in Tangerine, comes to see that it's the choices in life that lead to the consequences that make all the difference. A unit study of Bloor's young adult novel leads readers down this same path.
Scholastic
Scholastic: Writing Poetry With Karla Kuskin
Karla Kuskin will take you through the writing process and will share many of her helpful hints! There is a teacher's guide included.
Other
The League of Canadian Poets: Identity and Autobiography
Explores Canadian poetry that reveals personal insights and reflections on the larger Canadian identity, and presents learning activities where students do research and write poems.