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In this lesson, students analyze a writer's use of sensory details and descriptive language in a New York Times article reviewing the Apple iPhone. Then, students are asked to write original product reviews which incorporate some of the descriptive writing techniques identified and evaluated in class.

Introduce the power and the purpose of persuasion; develop student knowledge of strategies/techniques associated with persuasion; develop student ability to identify authors' purpose, arguments, and supporting evidence; develop students' abilities to conduct research in order to support a perspective with supporting evidence.

When best-selling author James Patterson noticed a few years ago that his 10-year-old son was losing interest in reading, he decided to do something about it. First he started writing books for young readers. Just recently, he launched a new website, ReadKiddoRead.com devoted to helping youngsters develop a love of reading.

Bring poetry to life in your school! These pages are specially designed to help you and your students to get the most out of the Poetry Archive. There are lesson plans and activities for all key stages and for the inclusive classroom. Poetry can enrich other areas of the curriculum too; there are ideas here for History teachers, and we will be adding material for other subject areas in the coming months. This is a growing, developing resource, so come back and visit regularly to see what's new. Our plans include a forum for teachers to discuss their experiences, as well as a space where you will be able to create your own teaching materials and share them with colleagues.

These are just a very few examples of different types of poetry. Most of the definitions have at least one example of each particular type of poetry for better understanding. All examples were provided by the members of Shadow Poetry or previous Egroup. More definitions for related poetry items may be found in the Shadow Poetry Handbook (link located above). As a bonus, we feature poetry forms created by selected poets as new and challenging writing styles. Try not only the traditional forms, but some of the rewarding invented formats as well!

"Here are some thoughts by Timothy Kelley on choosing a headline for your article - and then revising your draft so that your final article is the best it can be."

Feature Articles Unit

"What's in the News? Summarizing a Novel Using the 5 W's "

Feature Article Unit

"Elizabeth Birr Moje, professor of Literacy, Language, and Culture in Educational Studies at the University of Michigan, and Sunil Iyengar, director of Research and Analysis at the National Endowment for the Arts discuss the new literacy issues presented by computers and the internet."

Journalism unit: these stories would be great for read alouds

Game to read, comprehend, and recall feature articles. This is something that would be good with the whole class or smaller groups using a Smartboard or tablet PC

Grade 7 Journalism Unit

Miami Herald Newspaper

You will be writing about yourself, about something that happened to you. It doesn't have to be about something big. Often the most interesting stories are about little things-fishing one afternoon with your cousin, getting ready for your first dance, meeting your new stepfather for the first time, meeting your best friend, making a little mistake but learning a big lesson. Everyone has little moments that stick out in his or her mind. You will be writing about one of those moments and learning how to make your writing interesting.

One of my favorite genres in childrens' literature is memoir. I only recently learned of the power and beauty of memoir. Five years ago, I had the privilege of spending two weeks in New York City at Columbia University. It was there at Lucy Calkin's Teacher's College Writing Project for teachers that I learned of the power of this genre.

Ideas for Writing You've probably heard the saying "write what you know" but writing is also a great way to learn about something new. Here's some suggestions for exploring writing ideas and a list of topics that you might not have thought about before.

Website content writing basics. No new ideas, just thoughts on web writing in the information era.

"Voice lesson plan by Gigi Goshko Academy of American Studies, New York "

After this unit, students will have: Explored poetry as another medium of written and spoken expression. Students will appreciate poetry as another medium for authors to express commentary on the pressing social issues of the times Learned the following literary techniques used by poets in their writing: metaphor simile symbolism point-of-view Interpreted meaning Identified and examined the significance of specific themes that manifest themselves in the writings of poets from around the world Drawn parallels between the themes addressed in selected poems and the themes addressed in the literature read in class through out the year

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