O. Henry's "The Gift of the Magi" Find the full text of the classic short story by O. Henry, "The Gift of the Magi." This is an...		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.
Paragraph Writing: Similarities and Differences In this activity, students write paragraphs about the differences and similarities among the...		Heartfelt Greetings Children draft a letter to someone they care about to let them know how they feel. This is a...
Plain Jane Learn how adjectives, adverbs, and action verbs enhance writing.		Have a Heart Explore the meaning of everyday expressions that reference the heart and other parts of the...
Holiday Poems Students will write an acrostic poem from the name of a winter holiday: "Christmas," "Kwanzaa,"...		Heroic Couplets Review these couplets written in iambic pentameter.
Anansi and the Frog Prince By writing the ending to an Anansi story, children can explore African folk tales.		The Accordion-Folded Pop-Up Art Book This project will enable children to create beautiful books to house any number of...
Jan Brett's Winter Books Four books by Jan Brett – Trouble with Trolls, The Night Before Christmas, Annie and the...		Shape Poems Shape poems resemble the subject matter in form and are fun for children to try.
"The Little Match Seller" This is the full text of Hans Christian Andersen's classic tale, "The Little Match Seller." ...		St. Patrick's Day ABCs Children put words in alphabetical order, and then use them to write a story about St....
New Year's Resolutions The beginning of a new year is a good time to think about changing. Use this writing activity...		Metaphor Unit Poems Students learn about metaphors and similes, and write a poem using metaphors.
The Art of Haiku Students use a web resource to learn about and write science-fiction poetry that uses a haiku...		Emotion Similes Students will learn about similes and write a poem using them.
Fiction-Writing Content Rubric Analyze your student's fiction-writing with this organizational rubric.		Recycled Poetry Students use words from newspapers and magazines to make "found" poetry. This is a great way...