Fiction-Writing Content Rubric Analyze your student's fiction-writing with this organizational rubric.		Emily Dickinson -- Selected Poems -- Series One 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.		A Collection of Poetry Activities This collection of ideas will help students to love poetry from creation to recitation.
Heartfelt Greetings Children draft a letter to someone they care about to let them know how they feel. This is a...		Nursery Rhyme Collection Thirteen of the most popular nursery rhymes are collected here.
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.		Discover Nursery Rhymes This assortment of activities will help your students to love nursery rhymes.
Metaphor Unit Poems Students learn about metaphors and similes, and write a poem using metaphors.		Writing from the Heart Creative writing assignments encourage thoughtfulness and originality.
Emotion Similes Students will learn about similes and write a poem using them.		The Shaped Book - Handout Students will make a book and relate the shape of the book to any theme being studied. Use this...
Recycled Poetry Students use words from newspapers and magazines to make "found" poetry. This is a great way...		The Shaped Book This interdisciplinary lesson will allow students to write a book and relate its shape to...
Bollingen Prize in Poetry The Bollingen Prize in Poetry is a $50,000 award, given biennially, from 1949 to present-day.		Fall Similes Students create descriptive autumn similes and write them on fall-themed paper. This is a fun...
Emily Dickinson -- Selected Poems -- Series Two This selection of Emily Dickinson's poems gives students the opportunity to experience one of...		Fall Haiku Students write fall-themed haikus, then decorate paper with beautiful autumn scenes on which...