Aunt Isabel Tells a Good One By isolating basic story elements including setting, characters, problem, and solution show...		Emily Dickinson -- Selected Poems -- Series Two This selection of Emily Dickinson's poems gives students the opportunity to experience one of...
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.		The Rights of Bike Riders Students will write a letter to the editor of a newspaper in reaction to the bicycle helmet...
Heartfelt Greetings Children draft a letter to someone they care about to let them know how they feel. This is a...		A Collection of Poetry Activities This collection of ideas will help students to love poetry from creation to recitation.
The Accordion-Folded Pop-Up Art Book This project will enable children to create beautiful books to house any number of...		Explore Poetry with Emily Dickinson Students will immerse themselves in the poems of Emily Dickinson by writing, researching,...
Shape Poems Shape poems resemble the subject matter in form and are fun for children to try.		Nursery Rhyme Collection Thirteen of the most popular nursery rhymes are collected here.
St. Patrick's Day ABCs Children put words in alphabetical order, and then use them to write a story about St....		Discover Nursery Rhymes This assortment of activities will help your students to love nursery rhymes.
Recycled Poetry Students use words from newspapers and magazines to make "found" poetry. This is a great way...		Describe the Rainy Day Write sentences describing what you would see, feel, smell, and hear on a rainy day.
State Your Case About Packaging Children brainstorm letters to companies about how to package products more efficiently.		Writing from the Heart Creative writing assignments encourage thoughtfulness and originality.
Bollingen Prize in Poetry The Bollingen Prize in Poetry is a $50,000 award, given biennially, from 1949 to present-day.		The Shaped Book - Handout Students will make a book and relate the shape of the book to any theme being studied. Use this...
Emily Dickinson -- Selected Poems -- Series One This selection of Emily Dickinson's poems gives students the opportunity to experience one of...		The Shaped Book This interdisciplinary lesson will allow students to write a book and relate its shape to...