High School Resource On the Beach: Wilfred Owen’s poem ‘Dulce et Decorum Est’ For this activity, read ‘Dulce et Decorum Est’ by Wilfred Owen to the students. Free write: Give students a couple of minutes to write down personal reaction to the poem’s content. Large group, volunteer sharing is recommended as a means to scaffolding […]

Middle School Resource Diamante Poem by St. Lawrence-Lewis BOCES The students will use this activity during a Poetry Unit. The students will learn what a Diamante Poem is, create a Diamante Poem while using a web site, and print their finished product. Related NY State Academic Standards: W.5.3.d, W.5.4, W.5.11, and more! Be sure to […]

Elementary School Resource How to Write an I AM Poem This site contains two methods for writing I AM poems. These poems are good icebreakers for the beginning of the year. Related NY State Academic Standards: ELA2.E.SW2C and ELA2.I.SW2C! Be sure to check out our Educational Resources, featuring thousands of activities, lesson plans, constructed-response questions, […]

High School Resource Write This Way to Canterbury In this activity, students will: Use a traditional work of literature as the basis for workplace writing. Complete applications. Create a website. Related NY State Academic Standards: WST.9-10.6, WST.11-12.6, CDOS.C.2.1.A, and more! Be sure to check out our Educational Resources, featuring thousands of activities, lesson plans, constructed-response […]

Middle School Resource A Picture Is Worth A Thousand Words In this exercise, search through favorite magazines, newspapers, or the Internet for a photograph that is appealing. The photo should be of two or three people. Choose a photo based not only on the number of people, but also on the photo’s appeal and the […]

Elementary School Resource Writing Strategies by Discovery Education In this activity, students will: Learn how descriptive words make stories clearer and more interesting. Write stories using descriptive words Related NY State Academic Standards: W.K.2, W.K.8, W.1.2, and more! Be sure to check out our Educational Resources, featuring thousands of activities, lesson plans, constructed-response questions, rubrics, […]

High School Resource Planning Purpose In this activity, prepare a simple handout that lists a variety of different written forms (journal writing, informal letter, formal letter, letter to the editor, advertisement, petition, poem, short story, book review, book report, research paper, newspaper article, formal presentation, summary, letter of complaint, essay contest entry, and so forth). […]

Middle School Resource Pen Pals Around the World In this activity, students write letters and exchange information with a pen pal from a school in a country that speaks the language they are studying. Activity: Teacher secures information on schools in other countries and obtains the names and addresses of students in that school interested […]

Elementary School Resource Writing with Beans In this activity, students will use navy beans to spell different words. The teacher preprints the words on tag board with the corresponding picture – for example, spell the word apple and glue a picture of an apple. Using liquid Elmer’s glue, go over the letters of the preprinted […]

High School Resource Flower of the North by Books Should Be Free This resource allows users to freely download James Oliver Curwood’s Flower of the North as an audiobook in mp3, iPod, or iTunes format. Related NY State Academic Standards: SL.9-10.2, SL.9-10.5, SL.11-12.2, and SL.11-12.5! Be sure to check out our Educational Resources, featuring thousands […]