Students view examples of blogs, learn the basic elements of blog creation, and then create a blog from the perspective of a fictional character.

Students work together to create classroom rules by brainstorming why they are at school and what they need while they are there.

Students create poetry collections with the theme of ńgetting to know each other.î They study and then write a variety of forms of poetry to include in their collections.

Students interview family members, and then create graphic family timelines based on important and memorable family events.

Students explore the motivation behind characters' actions in "To Kill A Mockingbird" by creating psychological profiles for characters from the novel.

This series of activities is designed to teach research strategies. Students use KWL charts to guide their inquiry and publish their results in a collaborative question and answer book.

Students write authentic newspaper stories, including learning about various aspects of newspapers, such as writing an article, online articles, newspaper reading habits, and layout and design techniques.

This lesson teaches intermediate students to "use the experts" to learn how to revise to create sharp, sensory-rich experiences for their readers.

Students learn how to get their voice out on the web when they research issues important to them and compose a persuasive podcast to post online.

Students publish their work in an electronic portfolio, which enables them to respond to each other's content online.

Graphic organizers assist the development of comparative vocabulary and generate discussions of analogy and metaphor in art as students go on a real or virtual tour of an art gallery.

After reading a short story, students use freewriting as a catalyst for a literary analysis essay.

Using books by Ezra Jack Keats as inspiration, students explore problems and solutions through read-alouds, discussion, and an interactive bulletin board.

Students are exposed to wordless picture books and begin developing story lines, both orally and in writing, using an online, interactive story map.

Students practice writing detailed, sensory-rich descriptions by framing a small piece of nature and freewriting about it. From this minilesson, students can develop a variety of types of writing.

Students take their ideas from the classroom page to the community pavement when they participate in a service-learning project based on their multimedia presentations.

Students will really warm up to this lesson about global warming as they study multimedia materials and use a variety of comprehension strategies.

By looking at advertising and mass media critically, students begin to understand how the media oppresses certain groups, convinces people to purchase certain products, and influences culture.

By critically analyzing popular television programs, students develop an awareness of the messages that are portrayed through the media.

Students make predictions about the stories and analyze story elements, compare and contrast the different stories, distinguish between fact and opinion, and draw conclusions supported by evidence from their readings.