The Plot Diagram is an organizational tool focusing on a pyramid or triangular shape, which is used to map the events in a story. This mapping of plot structure allows readers and writers to visualize the key features of stories.

The Graphic Map assists teachers and students in reading and writing activities by charting the high and low points related to a particular item or group of items, such as events during a day or chapters in a book.

The interactive Printing Press is designed to assist students in creating newspapers, brochures, and flyers.

Hints about Print demonstrates the process of evaluating a nonfiction print resource to determine its appropriateness for a research project.

The Riddle Interactive outlines the characteristics of riddle poems and provides direct instruction on the prewriting and drafting process for writing original riddle poems.

Students read and discuss an award-winning book before writing their own story that demonstrates compassion.

Students reflect on recent learning and the role digital tools and media have played in supporting or enhancing it.

Students examine the painting that inspired Sondheim's Pulitzer-prize winning musical and then create a story of their own based on image they choose.

Students celebrate the power of words by reading aloud to their classmates and spreading the word of global literacy to their friends and family.

Observed on the last Monday of May, Memorial Day honors the men and women who died while serving in the United States military. In addition to having celebrations with family and friends, many people visit cemeteries and memorials and place flags on the grave sites of fallen servicemen and women.

After students have read and discussed several poems from Brooks' collection, they create a poetry anthology for their own family, neighborhood, or classroom.

Students examine the different ways that they write and think about the role writing plays in life.