Acrostic Poetry Using Visual Prompts
Subject: Language Arts Grade(s): 3-8 In this lesson, students will use a visual prompt to write an acrostic poem. They will practice using adjectives and descriptive phrases to illustrate meaning in their poems. Background Acrostic poetry is an...
Found Poems in the iPad Classroom
Subject: English/Language Arts Grades: 3-12 Words are all around us, but can you find words and put them together to make an interesting piece of poetry? Whether you are teaching limericks, rhyme, haikus or free verse, students can stretch their...
Photo Prompts to Ignite Novel Discussion
Subject: Language Arts Grade(s): 9th-12th grades Overview Students will complete a targeted novel discussion sparked by visual prompts with members of another class. Throughout the unit, students share contributions to the discussion to help guide...
Five Ways to Encourage Inquiry in the Elementary Science Classroom with Write About This
The fusion of mobile-technology and instruction can have a powerful impact on the strides students make with their learning in the science classroom. We are constantly trying to find ways to encourage curiosity of the world around them and to develop...
What Are They Saying? Teaching Dialogue with Photos
Students are usually acquainted with dialogue in narrative writing from the first story they are read as a toddler. However, writing dialogue effectively to enhance a story can be a complicated skill to master. In this activity, students will practice...