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The Better Writing Breakthrough: Connecting Student Thinking and Discussion to Inspire Great Writing
Dougherty, Eleanor; Billings, Laura; Roberts, Terry – ASCD, 2016
Every teacher knows the challenge of trying to engage reluctant readers and struggling writers--students whose typical response to a writing prompt is a few sentence fragments scribbled on a sheet of paper followed by an elaborate shrug of the shoulders. The best way to engage less confident readers and writers is to give them something powerful…
Descriptors: Writing (Composition), Thinking Skills, Teaching Methods, Elementary Secondary Education
Reynolds, Luke – Teachers College Press, 2012
In this age of standardization, many English teachers are unsure about how to incorporate creative writing and thinking into their classroom. In a fresh new voice, Luke Reynolds emphasizes that "creativity in our lives as teachers and in the lives of our students is one of our most vital needs in the 21st century." Based on his own journey as an…
Descriptors: Writing Assignments, Creativity, Creative Writing, English Teachers
Brandvik, Mary Lou; McKnight, Katherine S. – Jossey-Bass, An Imprint of Wiley, 2011
This unique time-saving book is packed with tested techniques and materials to assist new and experienced English teachers with virtually every phase of their job from lesson planning to effective discipline techniques. The book includes 175 easy-to-understand strategies, lessons, checklists, and forms for effective classroom management and over…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Writing Assignments, Educational Technology, Substitute Teachers
Selfe, Richard J.; Selfe, Cynthia L. – Theory Into Practice, 2008
For some teachers, the increasing attention to digital and multimodal composing in English and Language Arts classrooms has brought into sharp relief the profession's investment in print as the primary means of expression. Although new forms of communication that combine words, still and moving images, and animation have begun to dominate digital…
Descriptors: Language Arts, English Instruction, Learning Modalities, Educational Technology

Wright, Beth Teofilak; And Others – English Journal, 1997
Presents three short essays designed to stimulate teachers in their approaches to teaching literature and writing as the school year draws to a close. (TB)
Descriptors: English Instruction, Lesson Plans, Literary Criticism, Literature Appreciation
Soderquist, Alisa – 2002
Based on characters in the Arthurian legend, this lesson plan presents activities designed to help students understand that many writers have told the tale of King Arthur and the people around him, including Guinevere, Lancelot, Merlin, and Mordred. The main activity of the lesson involves students writing a dramatic monologue supposedly composed…
Descriptors: Characterization, Class Activities, English Instruction, Language Arts
Maupin, Lara – 2002
Based on Arthur Miller' play "The Crucible," this lesson plan presents activities designed to help students understand that in 17th-century New England, people were persecuted for allegedly practicing witchcraft; students of this period have looked into the allegations and offer alternatives to witchcraft to explain the people's behavior; and…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Drama, English Instruction, Language Arts
National Endowment for the Humanities (NFAH), Washington, DC. – 2000
In this lesson plan, students in grades 3-5 compare imagined travel experiences of their own with the actual experiences of 19th-century pioneers on the Oregon Trail. After the 4 lessons students will have: (1) learned about the pioneer experience on the Oregon Trail; (2) compared and contrasted modern-day travel experiences with those of the 19th…
Descriptors: Creative Writing, Elementary Education, English Instruction, Language Arts
Discovery Communications, Inc., Bethesda, MD. – 2002
This lesson plan presents activities designed to help students understand that Keiko, the killer whale, lived for a long time in an aquarium and had to be taught to live independently; and that computer users can get updates on how Keiko is doing. The main activity of the lesson involves middle school students working in small groups to produce a…
Descriptors: Childrens Literature, Class Activities, English Instruction, Group Activities
Soderquist, Alisa – 2002
Based on John Steinbeck's novel "The Grapes of Wrath," this lesson plan presents activities designed to help students understand the universal nature of Steinbeck's characters' struggles and some of the complex forces affecting their lives; and the value of primary source material in presenting an authentic picture of a given period in history.…
Descriptors: Characterization, Class Activities, English Instruction, Language Arts
Soderquist, Alisa – 2002
Based on Herman Melville's novel "Moby-Dick," this lesson plan presents activities designed to help students understand that the novel is grounded in facts that Melville acquired in his own experiences at sea; New England was the center of a prospering whaling industry in the 19th century; and journal keeping was not uncommon among 19th-century…
Descriptors: Characterization, Class Activities, English Instruction, Journal Writing
Discovery Communications, Inc., Bethesda, MD. – 2002
Based on Nathaniel Hawthorne's novel "The Scarlet Letter," this lesson plan presents activities designed to help students understand that the ending of a novel does not resolve all of the questions that may occur to readers; and that readers may imagine characters living out their lives beyond the ending the author gave to a novel. The main…
Descriptors: Characterization, Class Activities, English Instruction, Language Arts
Carangelo, Audrey – 2002
Based on Rachel Carson's book "Silent Spring" and other conservation-related books, this lesson plan presents activities designed to help students understand that many conservationists have written books that have had a profound influence on the way people think about and treat the planet; such books can be powerful instruments for change; and…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Conservation Education, Conservation (Environment), English Instruction
Discovery Communications, Inc., Bethesda, MD. – 2002
Based on Joseph Conrad's novel "Heart of Darkness," this lesson plan presents activities designed to help students understand that critics have debated some of Conrad's choices in the novel; and that the novel reflects the world as Conrad saw it. The main activity of the lesson involves students rewriting the ending of the novel so that Marlow…
Descriptors: Class Activities, English Instruction, Language Arts, Lesson Plans
Discovery Communications, Inc., Bethesda, MD. – 2002
Based on Machiavelli's book "The Prince," this lesson plan presents activities designed to help students understand that Machiavelli's enumeration of leadership qualities for a prince has always been controversial; and that leaders and followers may differ in what they identify as the qualities of a good leader. The main activity of the lesson…
Descriptors: Class Activities, English Instruction, Language Arts, Leadership
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