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1. Professional Development | November 21–24, 2013
   2013 NCTE Annual Convention
   Join NCTE in Boston this November for the 103rd NCTE Annual Convention.
2. Classroom Resources | Grades   6 – 8  |  Lesson Plan  |  Minilesson
   Alliteration in Headline Poems
   Students will be introduced to the term alliteration and create a headline poem consisting of 25 words that contain at least three examples of alliteration.
3. Classroom Resources | Grades   9 – 12  |  Lesson Plan  |  Standard Lesson
   Analyzing Grammar Pet Peeves
   By analyzing Dear Abby’s “rant” about bad grammar usage, students become aware that attitudes about race, social class, moral and ethical character, and “proper” language use are intertwined.
4. Classroom Resources | Grades   9 – 12  |  Lesson Plan  |  Minilesson
   And I Quote: A Punctuation Proofreading Minilesson
   Students review the basic conventions for using quotations from literature or references from a research project, focusing on accurate punctuation and page layout, then apply the conventions to their texts.
5. Classroom Resources | Grades   6 – 8  |  Lesson Plan  |  Minilesson
   Audience, Purpose, and Language Use in Electronic Messages
   Students explore using electronic messaging and Internet abbreviations for specific purposes and examine the importance of using a more formal style of writing based on their audience.
6. Classroom Resources | Grades   9 – 12  |  Lesson Plan  |  Standard Lesson
   Avoiding Sexist Language by Using Gender-Fair Pronouns
   Students engage in a brief writing assignment that concretely illustrates how language and gender stereotyping interact causally.
7. Classroom Resources | Grades   9 – 12  |  Lesson Plan  |  Standard Lesson
   Breaking the Rules with Sentence Fragments
   Though teachers usually caution students against using sentence fragments, Edgar Schuster’s work demonstrates that professional writers often use fragments effectively. This lesson helps students understand that there are reasons that they can and should use sentence fragments to become effective writers.
8. Professional Development | Grades   7 – 12  |  Professional Library  |  Book
   Bringing Grammar to Life
   Seamlessly integrate grammar instruction into your entire language arts curriculum.
9. Classroom Resources | Grades   6 – 8  |  Lesson Plan  |  Minilesson
   Character Clash: A Minilesson on Paragraphing and Dialogue
   Students learn about paragraphing conventions in dialogue by revising their own writing.
10. Classroom Resources | Grades   3 – 5  |  Lesson Plan  |  Standard Lesson
    Charlotte is Wise, Patient, and Caring: Adjectives and Character Traits
    Students find examples of adjectives in a shared reading. Then students "become" major characters in a book and describe themselves and other characters, using powerful adjectives.

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