1 Descriptive Writing and the 100th Day of School Resource Type: Lessons Discipline: Reading Grades: Grades K–2 Professional Commentary: Learning to write nonfiction text is an important literacy skill for primary level students. This lesson guides students in writing descriptions about their 100th day bottles.... 2 Cosmic Oranges : Observation and Inquiry Through Descriptive Writing and Art Resource Type: Lessons Discipline: Reading Grades: Grades 7–8 Professional Commentary: This lesson employs scientific observation, descriptive writing, sketching, reading, investigation, and poetry writing to encourage students to focus their attention on details. Using an inquiry-based approach, teachers guide students through a set of observation exercises.... 3 Using Children's Natural Curiosity to Lead to Descriptive Writing Resource Type: Lessons Discipline: Reading Grades: Grade 1 Professional Commentary: Inspired by the picture book, It Starts with an A by Stephanie Calmenson, this lesson invites young learners to combine their experiences with familiar objects and descriptive writing. This lesson effectively integrates oral and written language and provides opportunities for teachers to model descriptive language.... 4 Memories Matter : The Giver and Descriptive Writing Memoirs Resource Type: Lessons Discipline: Reading Grades: Grades 6–8 Professional Commentary: This lesson provides students with a scaffold for creating meaning from text by having them discuss the importance of preserving a written history of humanity and reflect on the ways in which prior knowledge and life experiences influence others. Students begin by reading and analyzing The Giver by Lois Lowry.... Resource Type: Lessons Discipline: Reading, Social Studies Grades: Grades 6–8 Professional Commentary: In this lesson, students read and discuss a New York Times article about the "Tutankhamun and the Golden Age of the Pharaohs" museum exhibit. A link is provided to the exhibition's website which features images of some of the artifacts.... 6 Telling A Painting's Story Resource Type: Lessons Discipline: Reading Grades: Grades 6–8 Professional Commentary: Created and reviewed by teams of educators, this writing activity describes a lesson in which students express their unique responses to art by writing stories inspired by paintings in an art museum. The lesson begins with a visit to a museum where students conduct a thorough observation of a painting and write a list of details... 7 More than One Way to Create Vivid Verbs Resource Type: Lessons Discipline: Reading Grades: Grade 8 Professional Commentary: This lesson helps students focus on the power of specific nouns and vivid verbs in their writing. To review specific nouns, students write a description of their bedrooms at the "peak of messiness." During revision, they pay special attention to adding specific nouns from a list they have brainstormed.... 8 Cooking Up Descriptive Language: Designing Restaurant Menus Resource Type: Lessons Discipline: Reading Grades: Grades 6–8 Professional Commentary: In this lesson, students explore the genre of menus by analyzing menus from local restaurants. They review adjectives and practice descriptive writing based on the language included in the menu examples.... 9 Poetry Writing with Karla Kuskin Resource Type: Lessons Discipline: Reading Grades: Grades 3–5 Professional Commentary: Part of Scholastic's Writing with Writers series, this resource features lessons and activities for use in writing workshop. This poetry writing project is designed to teach students strategies for creating original poetry.... Resource Type: Lessons Discipline: Reading Grades: Grade 3 Professional Commentary: In this lesson, a descriptive passage from a piece of prose is used to create a found poem. Students may then use found poems for models in writing parallel poems.... |