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We have hundreds of standards-based lesson plans written and reviewed by educators using current research and the best instructional practices. Find the perfect one for your classroom.
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These lessons are designed to offer three to five classroom sessions with step-by-step instructions.
Grades 1 – 2 | Lesson Plan
Acrostic Poems: All About Me and My Favorite Things
Students create acrostic poems using their names and the names of things that are important to them.
Grades 9 – 12 | Lesson Plan
Discovering Traditional Sonnet Forms
Students read sonnets, charting the poems' characteristics and using their observations to deduce traditional sonnet forms. They then write original sonnets, using a poem they have analyzed as a model.
Grades 6 – 8 | Lesson Plan
With e-pals, students develop real-life writing and social experiences, learn the format of a friendly letter and parts of an e-mail message, and discover other cultures, languages, and geographic areas.
Minilessons
Teach students the fundamentals by using these quick minilessons.
Grades 3 – 5 | Lesson Plan
Units
Explore a unit of study through these engaging multiweek lessons.
Grades 3 – 5 | Lesson Plan
Creating Classroom Community by Crafting Themed Poetry Collections
Recurring Lessons
Some lessons bear repeating; use these lessons daily, weekly, or monthly.
Grades K – 2 | Lesson Plan
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Laurie A. Henry, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Lexington, Kentucky
Susanne Rubenstein
High School Teacher
Princeton, Massachusetts
Standards
Every lesson plan on ReadWriteThink has been aligned not only to the IRA/NCTE Standards for the English Language Arts but to individual state standards as well.
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