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 […]

Middle School Resource How to Tell the Birds from the Flowers by Books Should Be Free This resource allows users to freely download Robert Williams Wood’s How to Tell the Birds from the Flowers as an audiobook in mp3, iPod, or iTunes format. Related NY State Academic Standards: SL.4.2, SL.4.5, SL.5.2, and more! Be sure […]

Elementary School Resource Flower Fables by Books Should Be Free This resource allows users to freely download Louisa May Alcott’s Flower Fables as an audiobook in mp3, iPod, or iTunes format. Related NY State Academic Standards: SL.1.2, SL.2.2, and SL.3.2! Be sure to check out our Educational Resources, featuring thousands of activities, lesson plans, constructed-response […]

High School Resource Writing Whimsical Dialogues In this activity, students will write dialogues in the subject areas and demonstrate knowledge in various subject areas in relation to a specific topic. Related NY State Academic Standards: CDOS.C.2.1.B, CDOS.C.3a.TS.2.A, CDOS.C.3a.MI.6.A, and more! Be sure to check out our Educational Resources, featuring thousands of activities, lesson plans, constructed-response […]