Lesson plans for teaching writing

Squids will be squids! : motivating ideas with fables / Wendy C. Kelleher

Travel diary : from prewriting to product / James Blasingame

The alien : using specific details / Mary Kay Crouch

Double double stories : improving word choice / Melissa Reid

Being there : using specific details in narration / Marty Brooks

ʹIʹm sorryʹ lanterns : using descriptive language / Melissa Revel

Personal interviews : writing description / Mary Allen

Musical chairs : practicing transitions / Bonnie Startt

Sole stories : developing organizational skills / Mary Rezac

Three in one : analyzing thinking processes / Charles S. Pierce

ʹI hate group workʹ : transforming conflict into cooperation / Chris Jennings Dixon

Feedback : creating online peer groups / Michele Marits

Dealer prep : alleviating the pains of peer editing / Tom Hargrove

It̕s music to my ears : growing paragraphs into essays / Tom Hargrove

Creating pullouts : enhancing essays / Elizabeth H. Beagle

Your paper : improving persuasive writing / Ramona Clark

Everybody̕s a student and everybody̕s a teacher : reflecting upon knowledge / Dave Meyerholz

Application/scholarship : writing a personal essay / Joe Lemrow

College exploration : writing an expository report / Miles McCrimmon

The final word is yours : assessing the classroom experience / Dave Meyerholz

ʹHands offʹ : role modeling the reader/writer relationships / Chris Jennings Dixon

First impressions : creating reflective letters / Shanita Blades Williams

ʹDear readerʹ : self-assessment and reflection / Fran Sharer

Road maps : developing an annotated table of contents / Fran Sharer

Authentic measurements : portfolio reading procedures / Chris Jennings Dixon

Anchor sessions : portfolio evaluation / Ann L. Johnston

Electronic portfolios work for me : developing websites / Bonnie Startt

Hot topics : a prewriting technique / Julie Herwick

Freewriting : a prereading technique / Charles W. Hoofnagle

Literary tea party : inferring and predicting / Sherri Bova

Making connections : writing as a reaction to reading / Charles W. Hoofnagle

ʹYou be the judgeʹ : critical responses to literature / Susan Slavicz

Chaucer RAFTS : writing a parody / Elizabeth H. Beagle

ʹTrashy poetryʹ : improving word choice / Mary Rezac

An affection for alliteration : using sound effects / Mary Allen

ʹGood night Saigonʹ : finding figures of speech in lyrics / Susan P. Allen

ʹWhatʹs in a name?ʹ : decoding characterization / Sue Buck

ʹFibblestax and Carrʹ : understanding characterization / James Blasingame

The Canterbury rap : making connections through memorization / Dorothy K. Fletcher

ʹMy hometown talesʹ : using models for writing / Julie Herwick

Objective v. subjective : writing a summary / Joe Lemrow

Multiple intelligences : identifying and using learning styles / Chris Jennings Dixon

Online hamlet discussion : enhancing critical thinking / Susan Slavicz

Finding Shakespeare : application and analysis / Susan S. Hawkers

Pizza carousel : demonstrating reading/research skills / Regina Taylor

Amtrak schedule activity : using primary sources / Suzy Bolton

Websites : evaluating authority / Marty Brooks

Mine : recognizing the line between writer and source / Reginald V. Bruster

Creating a literate lifestyle : forming reading and writing habits / Jennifer Fletcher

Self-writing diagnosis : revision strategies / Elizabeth H. Beagle

ʹWhat should Sally Do?ʹ : avoiding plagiarism / Charles S. Pierce

ʹIʹm not good at Englishʹ : eight basic rules for native speakers / Reginald V. Bruster

ʹBeef up your verbsʹ : using vivid language / Wendy C. Kelleher

ʹDonʹt correct : highlightʹ : identifying common errors / Sherri Bova

Highlighting for sentence variety : experimenting with syntax / Suzy Bolton

Grievous grammar errors : proofreading common errors / Chris Smutzer

Error analysis patterns : promoting self-assessment strategies / Chris Jennings Dixon

Signposts to meaning : understanding punctuation / Michele Marits

The ʹlookʹ : formatting paragraphs / Marty Brooks

Music in the classroom : journaling for timed writings / Dorothy K. Fletcher

ʹWhy write?ʹ practicing response writing / Sue Buck

Quoting Macbeth : in-class timed writing sample / Dale DeSarro

Newspapers and magazines : headlines as prompts / Susan P. Allen

College expectations : impromptu in-class essay / Stuart Noel

Orientation to college : creating a writing sample / Chris / Dixon Jennings

Media and weight loss : developing an argumentative essay / Mary Kay Crouch

Print advertisement : writing an argumentative essay / Susan P. Allen

An advertising campaign : using rhetorical appeals / Miles McCrimmon

ʹAll apologiesʹ : analyzing song lyrics / Melissa Revel

Arthurian newspaper : journalism basics / Michelle Huff

Beowulf movie poster : visualizing characterization / Michelle Huff

Video freeze clips : writing from film / Dale DeSarro

Film reviews : supporting opinions / Stuart Noel

Diversity in America : writing a movie critique / Ann L. Johnston.