Tag: Writing

Activity: Rewrite a Poem in Story Form

Using Robert Frost’s poem “Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening,” students are encouraged to envision the scene and then rewrite the poem as a narrative story.
Activity: Write a Poem from a Model

One easy way to learn to write well is by copying good writers. Have your student give it a shot by writing a poem from a model.
Activity: Choose a Title

Activity: Choose a Title ~ The first step to writing a simple story is to choose a title. Here are ideas to help a student choose an interesting one.
Activity: Steps for Developing Storytelling Skills

For beginning writers, retelling the best stories is the first step in developing our writing skills. Steps for developing storytelling skills.
7 Free Writing Lessons for December

Here is a free download with 7 writing lessons for December taken from Write Something Every Day.
5 Tips for Teaching Writing

You have your children writing something every day. Great! Now let’s refine the process. Here our five tips for teaching writing.
Write Something Every Day ~ New Book

Write Something Every Day: 366 Pencil Sharpeners for Students of Writing. Learn to write … write!
10 Favorite Activities {2021–2022}

Ten 2022 reader-favorite activities from the archives: balancing a checkbook, viewing sunspots, charting the weather, and more!
10 Favorite How-Tos {2021–2022}

Ten reader-favorite how-tos from the 2021-2022 archives: Reading, notebooking, narrating & more!
Activity: Words That Describe

By using a sensory detail form we can make a note of words that appeal to the five senses — words that describe.
Activity: Describe

Use this free sensory detail form to capture words and phrases that describe.
Activity: Storytelling Prompts

Storytelling prompts encourage a student step by step through the process of creating his own story.
Activity: Rhyming Couplets

Rhyming couplets are two consecutive lines of poetry that have the same sound at the end.
7 Lessons for Teaching Writing

We learn to write by reading and writing. This natural method of learning to write is actually the MOST effective way to learn.
10 Steps to Writing a Research Paper

Here is how to guide your older student through writing a research paper: 10 Steps.
Activity: Creative Writing with the Random Word Generator

Use a random word generator to keep your children writing every day!
14 Forms of Writing for the Older Student: Poetry

Some students will find writing poetry easier task than many other forms of writing.
Persuasion Map for Persuasive Essays {Free Interactive}

Free persuasion map interactive that walks a student through the process of creating a persuasive essay.