My Inspiration Project

Honor the important women in your pupils' lives with this interview project. After defining courage, young writers choose a woman who fits their definition. They write a series of questions, interview their subject, and create a profile...

Read Dangerous Minds with your language learning disabled pupils to identify characteristics and connect to literature. This is a specific activity intended for use with the suggested book. The class uses a character map  as a way to...

What makes your pupils happy? Find out with a lesson plan centered around this theme. Class members come up with things that make them happy and write about them in preparation for quick group project. Learners watch and discuss a short...

Students participate in a collaboration activity. For this My Hero Project lesson, students discover what a hero is to someone halfway around the world and themselves. Over the 16-week session, circles, made up of between 6-9 classes...

Students explore what is very relevant in their personal lives during this project. They reflect upon past experiences and are encouraged to investigate what their post-high school graduation plans are.

Students focus on the writing traits of idea development and organization. In this 6 traits of writing lesson, students examine the symbolism in "My Adidas” by the Run DMC. Students write their own pieces that tell a story from their...

Travel through Europe with ten-year-old Teddy Roosevelt in this writing activity, which uses the picture book My Tour of Europe: by Teddy Roosevelt, by Ellen Jackson. After reading the book, readers compare it to passages from The...

Analyze the "My Life 24-7" project as a part of community involvement. Students discuss the pros and cons of being community involved. They will also write a proposal to increase community involvement and submit a blog entry about the...

Find inspiration for writing poetry by studying Ben Harper's music. Using this Six Traits of Writing lesson, learners develop their ideas and focus on the voice trait of writing. A video lesson is included in the highly engaging lesson.