This website offers a free download of the Research-Based Content Area Reading Instruction booklet. The purpose of this booklet is to provide teachers with research-based and classroom-tested information about each of these aspects of...

Students are instructed in a nine-step process of how to write a literary response paper that includes a thesis, strong ideas, and specific supporting details from the text. W.11-12.9a Amer Lit 18th,19th, 20th cen/Analy

Numerous resources are provided to support the instruction of the argument essay.

Contains plans for four lessons that ask students to change the action in the turning point of a tragedy in order to see the effect on the rest of the play. In addition to objectives and standards, this instructional plan contains links...

A Writer's Workshop lesson in which students read E. A. Robinson's poem "Reuben Bright" and record five different interpretations in their notebooks. Any of these interpretations can be used later as an interesting piece of writing to...

A lesson through which students identify, understand and work with important vocabulary words found in an online article on biodiversity. Based on the "Ten Important Words Plus" strategy that teachers can employ as part of vocabulary and...

Contains plans for three lessons that teach students to express and perform responses to reading. In addition to objectives and standards, this instructional plan contains links to PDF handouts and sites used in the lessons as well as...

Contains plans for four lessons that are adaptable to many texts that students may be reading. Students analyze the text for literary elements such as characters, setting, figures of speech, and themes, and then publish their findings in...

Contains plans for two lessons that ask students to make connections between literary texts and popular culture texts like song lyrics. After checking popular culture texts for literary elements, these elements are then examined in...

Contains plans for six lessons that ask middle schoolers to write group book reviews after reading texts in literature circles. Students also learn about research and documentation as they put together their reports. In addition to...

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...

Contains plans for three lessons designed to improve comprehension of nonfiction, especially nonfiction texts on the web. It focuses on identifying text features, locating specific information, and generalizing that information. In...

Contains plans for seven lessons that use the book "Junie B., First Grader (at last!)" by Barbara Park to develop reading comprehension, summary and writing skills. Young scholars create literacy mystery boxes based off the text. In...

Contains plans for two lessons that examine different translations of "Beowulf" in order to study the nature of translation and examine the verse structure of the original text. In addition to objectives and standards, this instructional...

Contains plans for six 50-minute lessons that ask students to evaluate a text for its cultural relevance. In addition to student objectives and standards, these instructional plans contains links to PDF handouts and links to sites used...

This lesson plan uses a virtual trip to the moon to teach vocabulary practice. Included in the lesson plan is an overview, practice, objectives, resources, preparation, and more.

Contains plans for four lessons that ask students to create childhoods for characters in books they have read. This instructional activity uses Jane Yolen's "Merlin and the Dragons" as an example, but this book report alternative can be...

Contains plans for two lessons that develop students' ability to ask questions about the pictures in a text. In addition to objectives and standards, this instructional plan contains links to sites used in the lessons as well as...

Critical thinking, comprehension and analysis skills are the focus of this physical activity. Good beginning to teaching different ways of looking at things.

This Daily Teaching Tools resource provides ten ways to incorporate social media to classroom instruction and writing initiatives.