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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.
1 | Grades 6 – 8 | Lesson Plan | Unit
Scaffolding Methods for Research Paper Writing
2 | Grades 3 – 5 | Lesson Plan | Recurring Lesson
Literature Circles: Getting Started
3 | Grades 3 – 5 | Lesson Plan | Minilesson
Research Building Blocks: Notes, Quotes, and Fact Fragments
4 | Grades 9 – 10 | Lesson Plan | Standard Lesson
Teaching Plot Structure through Short Stories
5 | Grades 6 – 8 | Lesson Plan | Standard Lesson
A Directed Listening-Thinking Activity for "The Tell-Tale Heart"
1 | Grades 3 – 5 | Lesson Plan | Recurring Lesson
Literature Circles: Getting Started
2 | Grades 3 – 5 | Lesson Plan | Standard Lesson
Exploring Cause and Effect Using Expository Texts About Natural Disasters
3 | Grades 3 – 5 | Lesson Plan | Unit
Creating a Classroom Newspaper
4 | Grades 3 – 5 | Lesson Plan | Standard Lesson
Figurative Language: Teaching Idioms
5 | Grades 9 – 10 | Lesson Plan | Standard Lesson
1 | Grades K – 2 | Lesson Plan | Standard Lesson
The Frog Beyond the Fairy Tale Character: Searching Informational Texts
2 | Grades K – 2 | Lesson Plan | Standard Lesson
As Slippery as an Eel: An Ocean Unit Exploring Simile and Metaphor
3 | Grades 9 – 12 | Lesson Plan | Unit
MyTube: Changing the World With Video Public Service Announcements
4 | Grades 3 – 5 | Lesson Plan | Recurring Lesson
Literature Circles: Getting Started
5 | Grades K – 2 | Lesson Plan | Standard Lesson
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Patsy Hamby
High School Teacher
Dallas, Georgia
Ellen G. Koitz, Ed.D.
Associate Professor
Frederick, Maryland
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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.


