Winter, spring, summer, and fall—Earth experiences them all! But what about Mars? Scholars compare the planets in terms of distance, tilt, and rotation during a lesson from PBS's Space series. Great visual models of Earth and Mars, plus...

Chimney sweeps, street urchins, and Queen Victoria — very different characters living in the very same era. A collection of images enhances any lesson on Victorian England, making a great addition to classroom decoration, slideshows, or...

Everyone has the right to a smokefree workplace, but those who work in casinos are exposed to so much secondhand smoke that they can suffer the same ailments as heavy smokers themselves. Learn more about the effects of secondhand smoke,...

This slideshow lesson focuses on revising using teacher comments. It discusses the advantages of teacher notes on rough drafts, how to use the notes to improve the final, examples from sections of marked student papers, editing and...

A printable graphic organizer for students to use when writing on opinion or persuasive essay. Directions on how to use this type of graphic organizer as well as lists of teaching ideas, lesson plans, and other resources are also...

This lesson introduces research papers and their goals. It is 2 of 3 in the series titled "Research Papers."

A series of notes and lessons focused on writing thesis statements and topic sentences. The lesson begins with a four-page downloadable PDF containing information about the function and form of a thesis statement as well as how to...

This slideshow lesson focuses on writing a reverse outline as a post writing strategy for assessing your paper for weak or missing aspects. It explains how to create the outline using a rubric if available and provides a skeletal example...

This slideshow lesson focuses on assessing and revising the thesis, topic sentences, and supporting details in a paper. It uses the analogy of the body: the thesis and topic sentences are the bones and the supporting details are the...

[Free Registration/Login Required] The PowerPoint lesson will guide students through the steps in persuasive writing.

This tutorial focuses on poetry; it defines free verse and haiku, explains how to write each, and provides examples. It offers a slideshow which provides tips for beginners on how to read poetry, how to identify types of poetry, and how...

[Free Registration/Login Required] This PowerPoint lesson contains a series of Wordles that will help test students' knowledge of quotes in Act II of Julius Caesar. Teachers can use this to link Act II of Julius Caesar to its themes and...

This lesson discusses improve an introduction through revision. It is 2 of 2 in the series titled "Revising an Introduction."

This lesson introduces the importance of revision in the writing process. This tutorial lesson shares a short slideshow with the lesson's content.

This lesson discusses improve a body paragraph through revision.

This lesson goes over how to incorporate questions in a composition.

This lesson discusses the peer review process and how to give an effective peer review. It is 2 of 2 in the series titled "Peer Review."

This lesson discusses the goal of concision in writing. It is 10 of 10 in the series titled "Concise Language."

This lesson discusses how to replace negatives with affirmatives. It is 3 of 3 in the series titled "Concise Language: Reframing Negatives."

This lesson discusses how to recognize and correct sentences that are choppy. It is 2 of 2 in the series titled "Choppy Sentences."

This lesson goes over the importance of the first portion of a sentence.

This lesson discusses how to anticipate and address a reader's questions.

This lesson goes over how to identify and correct sentence fragments. It is 1 of 4 in the series titled "Correcting Sentence Fragments."

This lesson discusses how to recognize and correct a split infinitive. It is 2 of 2 in the series titled "Correcting Split Infinitives."