Students across the board will get a kick out of researching a historical figure from the American Revolution to create an acrostic poem.

Students learn how to walk a mile in someone else's shoes by reading historical fiction about the Underground Railroad.

Students learn about personification by reading and discussing poems and then brainstorm nouns and verbs to create personification in their own poems.

Students will find their inner poet laureate in this lesson that involves writing a poem in the style of Robert Frost.

Students will really get into character when they read short stories and analyze the how's and why's of characters' behaviors.

Students' groans about studying poetry may disappear with this lesson in which students read poetry from various writers and use these poems to examine the sounds and sense of language.

Literature takes on a life of its own as students take a hands-on approach to exploring A Raisin in the Sun for cultural and historical context.

Visual clues in winter-themed books used in this lesson encourage students to make real-world math connections.

Students become online authors in this lesson in which they write and post a short story using wiki technology.

Students will learn to skim and scan to make sure they don't flounder when they're surfing the Internet for facts to help them complete riddles about the United States.

Students circle their desks as they analyze their own participation within a small group discussion.

Students put their heads together in a poetry circle to learn and practice different forms of poetry.

Families are all about connections between people. In this lesson, students read three books about different families and make text-to-self, text-to-text, and text-to-world connections to those texts.

This assignment will go viral with students as they think about the meanings of words and images in public service announcements from YouTube before creating a PSA of their own.

Imagination and illustration are the key in this lesson in which students read and create their own greeting cards.

Bookworms will enjoy the bytes they find in this lesson as they research and share information about online library services in places around the world.

Stories and snapshots of school-related experiences are the perfect sources of inspiration for students as they create PowerPoint presentations with the help of an older student.

Students take their ideas from the classroom page to the community pavement when they participate in a service-learning project based on their multimedia presentations.

Special edition! Students use ReadWriteThink tools to create magazines about prominent figures using a variety of writing genres and styles.