Paragraph Writing: Similarities and Differences In this activity, students write paragraphs about the differences and similarities among the...		The Accordion-Folded Pop-Up Art Book This project will enable children to create beautiful books to house any number of...
Plain Jane Learn how adjectives, adverbs, and action verbs enhance writing.		Shape Poems Shape poems resemble the subject matter in form and are fun for children to try.
Holiday Poems Students will write an acrostic poem from the name of a winter holiday: "Christmas," "Kwanzaa,"...		St. Patrick's Day ABCs Children put words in alphabetical order, and then use them to write a story about St....
Anansi and the Frog Prince By writing the ending to an Anansi story, children can explore African folk tales.		Recycled Poetry Students use words from newspapers and magazines to make "found" poetry. This is a great way...
New Year's Resolutions The beginning of a new year is a good time to think about changing. Use this writing activity...		Bollingen Prize in Poetry The Bollingen Prize in Poetry is a $50,000 award, given biennially, from 1949 to present-day.
The Art of Haiku Students use a web resource to learn about and write science-fiction poetry that uses a haiku...		Emily Dickinson -- Selected Poems -- Series One This selection of Emily Dickinson's poems gives students the opportunity to experience one of...
Fiction-Writing Content Rubric Analyze your student's fiction-writing with this organizational rubric.		A Collection of Poetry Activities This collection of ideas will help students to love poetry from creation to recitation.
Aunt Isabel Tells a Good One By isolating basic story elements including setting, characters, problem, and solution show...		Explore Poetry with Emily Dickinson Students will immerse themselves in the poems of Emily Dickinson by writing, researching,...
Aunt Isabel Tells a Good One and Aunt Isabel Makes Trouble Create a memorable storytelling unit for your class with the help of this teacher's guide.		Nursery Rhyme Collection Thirteen of the most popular nursery rhymes are collected here.
Heartfelt Greetings Children draft a letter to someone they care about to let them know how they feel. This is a...		Discover Nursery Rhymes This assortment of activities will help your students to love nursery rhymes.