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"Poetry Idea Engine Get your poetry juices flowing with the Poetry Idea Engine. Created with GoCyberCamp, this activity will allow you to write haikus, free verse, limericks, and more!"

Activity 1: Introduction to the Genre of Memoir: Writing a Comparison/Contrast Essay, ONCE I WAS; NOW I AM (adapted from BEAT NOT THE POOR DESK, by Marie Ponsot and Rosemary Deen, Boynton/Cook Publishers, Portmouth, N.H., 1981).

Reading and Writing Our classroom literacy instruction consists of speaking, listening, viewing activities, word study, Readers' Workshop, and Writers' Workshop .

Great interactive activity to introduce the elements of a story.

List of pre-, during and post-reading strategies and activities

Classroom Strategies Explicit strategy instruction is at the core of good comprehension instruction. "Before" strategies activate students' prior knowledge and set a purpose for reading. "During" strategies help students make connections, monitor their understanding, generate questions, and stay focused. "After" strategies provide students an opportunity to summarize, question, reflect, discuss, and respond to text. Teachers should help students to understand why a strategy is useful, how it is used, and when it is appropriate. Teacher demonstration and modeling are critical factors for success, and student discussion following strategy instruction is also helpful. The most frequently researched strategies can be applied across content areas; other content-area specific strategies are emerging, and we will include them here in the future.

You already spend a lot of time trying to persuade your parents or teachers to allow you to watch more TV or do less homework. Now you can use those same skills to write a persuasive essay!

Explore Michael, Mina and Skellig's character traits through this interactive activity

Some great resources--including mentor texts--to use in the writing workshop

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

Feature Article Unit

This would be a fun activity for writing feature articles! Fun with any kind of writing, really. . .