Using a Double-Entry Journal with Shakespeare's Hamlet Learn how to incorporate journaling in while teaching Shakespeare's play The Tragedy of...		Anagrams Students practice story writing with an emphasis on descriptive language and character...
Harry Potter Haiku Students learn how to write a haiku using the Harry Potter book series as a prompt.		Historical Sites Project Students will research an historically important site and make a project explaining its...
Inaugural Poetry Review poems read at presidential inauguration ceremonies with this lesson plan. After the...		Who Writes History? Rethinking Columbus Day In this lesson plan, students explore their ideas about history and who writes it. The...
Rachel Carson: The Coming of a Silent Spring Enhance reading comprehension with a lesson that is centered around a biography about...		Holiday Poems Students will write an acrostic poem from the name of a winter holiday: "Christmas," "Kwanzaa,"...
Reading and Defining Poetry By exploring a variety of poems, students will learn poetic techniques in this two-day lesson.		Jose Garcia Villa Students will read and analyze a poem and then read the poet's analysis of the same poem.
The Rights of Bike Riders Students will write a letter to the editor of a newspaper in reaction to the bicycle helmet...		Don'ts List Poem Students make lists of the don'ts they have heard in their lives, and they make them into a...
Can You Hear a Story? Students will explore creating moods with music, analyze a story, and the create a musical...		Creating Opera Work with students to improvise dialogue (speaking and singing), music, and scenery to turn a...
Reading the Newspaper Use this lesson to explore the newspaper through a variety of academic areas.