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1. Classroom Resources | Grades   9 – 12  |  Lesson Plan  |  Unit
   I've Got the Literacy Blues
   Students will be singing the blues in this lesson in which they identify themes from "The Gift of the Magi" and write and present blues poetry based on those themes.
2. Classroom Resources | Grades   3 – 5  |  Lesson Plan  |  Unit
   Once Upon a Link: A PowerPoint Adventure With Fractured Fairy Tales
   What really happened to the three little pigs? Students will read and write fractured fairy tales. In composing and editing these tales, students focus on the six traits of writing.
3. Classroom Resources | Grades   9 – 12  |  Lesson Plan  |  Standard Lesson
   Outside In: Finding A Character's Heart Through Art
   This activity, inspired by the paintings of Edward Hopper and the stories of Raymond Carver, challenges students to get inside contemporary life and characters through the creation of monologues.
4. Classroom Resources | Grades   9 – 12  |  Lesson Plan  |  Standard Lesson
   Rummaging for Fiction: Using Found Photographs and Notes to Spark Story Ideas
   In this lesson, students use found notes and found photographs as inspiration to help them identify subjects, settings, characters, and conflicts for pieces of creative writing.
5. Classroom Resources | Grades   9 – 12  |  Lesson Plan  |  Standard Lesson
   The Comic Book Show and Tell
   Students craft comic scripts using clear, descriptive, and detailed writing that shows (illustrates) and tells (directs). After peers create an artistic interpretation of the script, students revise their original scripts.