Ohio's Academic Content Standards in English Language Arts

Discipline: Reading

Professional Commentary: What if one of the characters in the book you've been reading was looking for a job? What is the character qualified to do?...

Discipline: Reading

Professional Commentary: In this lesson, students assume the persona of a central character from a novel and write a persuasive letter to the editor regarding an issue important to that character. Not only do students have an opportunity to demonstrate their comprehension of the book, they also explore newspapers to determine criteria for successful letters to the editor....

Discipline: Reading

Professional Commentary: This resource, maintained by the National Endowment for the Humanities, provides letter writing ideas based on ten historical letters that are used as a context for authentic letter writing. Through a series of activities, students read, discuss, and respond to a variety of letters written by famous and ordinary citizens, some of whom lived during extraordinary...