Successful Traits of Mentors

You won't need much persuading to use an argumentative writing packet in your language arts class! With helpful reference pages, guided practice through the writing process, examples of opinion and argument writing, and a thorough...

The Odyssey, Star Wars, The Hunger Games. Odysseus, Luke Skywalker, Katniss Everdeen. Add The Hobbit and Bilbo Baggins to these lists, and you have a unit examining classic and contemporary myths, legends, and folktales with hero and...

You'll be a star at your next grade level meeting with an educational unit on Louis Sachar's Holes. Based on both the novel and film, the lessons include applications to language arts with character studies and movie reviews; social...

Let's pretend! Ben Bova's short story "Moonwalk" is used as a mentor text in a unit that shows kids how to create their own imaginative narratives. A great resource that deserves a special place in your curriculum library.

Having problems with abrupt and stunted writing? Upper elementary and middle schoolers write comic book scenes focusing on transition words. After listening to the book Meanwhile by Jules Feiffer, they participate in prewriting...

Middle schoolers identify writing techniques in example stories with this story structure lesson. After reading the book The True Story of the Three Little Pigs, they find the differences between it and the original version....

Young scholars create and write about an imaginary creature with a mixture of traits from two different animals. In this paragraph lesson, students hear an example story and are asked to model it in their writing. After listening to the...

Explore the writing traits of organization and idea development. Learners listen to and discuss the writing style of Boy's Life by Robert McGammon.They reflect on their own rooms and write narratives which allows readers to know the...

Explore a different style of writing! Read Caves, a picture book written by Stephen Kramer, which describes what isn't seen before describing the actual setting. After discussing the effect this style has on the audience, writers attempt...

Students are assigned book buddies.  In this mentoring lesson, students discuss what it means to be a mentor and create their own definition.  Students are assigned book buddies and they discuss the traits they should display as a mentor.