Learners write a biopoem. In this literature and poetry writing lesson, students write a biopoem about the characters in A Raisin in the Sun by Lorraine Hansberry following a specific given format. Examples and format are included.

Students listen to and discuss various fables, and identify the moral and central themes. They write their own personal fables and create illustrations to go with them.

Fifth graders write rebus stories using technology. They share the rebus stories with younger students

Students examine the culture and history of the Hmong. Using story cloths, they investigate how they were used as expressions of their culture. They discover the Hmong's economic conditions and how they were able to form a new way to...

Students create a Thanksgiving writing piece. For this holiday lesson, students use a turkey picture to write a short story about the things they are thankful for.

Students choose a topic from a list to write a journal entry about. In this journal writing lesson, students use one of the ideas included in the comprehensive list of ideas when they cannot think of a topic to write about. They write...

Fourth graders arrange five major events from the story Isla in correct order on a quiz. They represent the sequence of at least five story events through a story map based on the book, Isla.

Young scholars research child labor using Internet resources. They present the information in a creative writing piece and post it on Chalkboard.

In this writing worksheet, students compose their own creative Christmas story. Students choose from four different beginning sentences.

First graders explore language arts by reading a classic story in class. In this word choice lesson, 1st graders read the story of Johnny Appleseed and identify the descriptive words and sentences the author used to entice the reader....

Eighth graders examine different pieces of literature from specific isolated Pacific islands. For this Geography lesson, 8th graders read and interpret a written selection. Students construct a map of the stories setting.

Students are read Tell Me a Story, Mama, by Angela Johnson. For this vocabulary focused lesson, students discover the definitions of at least three Tier Two words. They discuss the meanings of the words, as a group, both before and after...

Students brainstorm animals with unusual characteristics such as a giraffe with a short neck or a zebra without stripes. They write paragraphs about their animals and work in peer editing groups to refine their stories.

Learners develop sequential stories to guide a partner through a computer-generated maze. In pairs they illustrate each place and character listed, build and print a maze, and write a class-generated story.

Second graders complete story maps in order to retell stories to the class.

In this writing sparks worksheet, students write a descriptive paragraph after being given the prompt to write a story about what happened one time when you had to dress in something you did not want to wear.

In this creative writing activity worksheet, pupils collaborate to write a story using the words characters, captivate, focus, intrigue, imagination, plot, recognition, style, and wisdom.

Students utilize their reading comprehension abilities by discussing a story in class.  In this story analysis lesson, students read the story Witch of Blackbird Pond and answer questions in their reading journal.  Students...

In these rebus worksheets, students read the story about the busy Easter bunny. Students use the picture key to help them define the missing words in the story. Students then complete 2 activities that help their comprehension of the text.

Young scholars practice recognizing the elements needed to produce a piece of creative writing and become aware of those elements in their own original pieces of writings. In groups, they creatively write a new story utilizing all the...

Students discuss the earliest form of writing, pictographs and view several examples. They then create their own hieroglyphics and write a short story using them. They then create and label a timeline including methods of writing prior...

Students read books about dinosaurs for book club groups and then participate in focused writing. For this reading and writing lesson, students work together over the course of three days to produce a group story about a dinosaur.

In this writing to analyze, comment and review worksheet, students analyze blurbs, comment on the openings and endings of novels, and review a book from their own choosing. Students answer seventy short answer questions.

Students create a classroom community. In this character education lesson, students discuss the functions of communities and then work in small groups to write stories to be shared with their classmates.