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Try Getting your Students Motivated with Creative Book Report Ideas!!
Add new interest to the traditional book report with character scrapbooks and book soundtracks.

Published by lwitkop (2,340 pts ) on Nov 13, 2009 to
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Creative Writing Exercise: Character Swap n' Sketch
In this creative writing exercise, creative writing students work in small groups to create character sketches. They later use the sketches from this creative writing exercise as inspiration for writing short stories.

Published by jessecreations (2,623 pts ) on Nov 9, 2009 to
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Poetry Lesson Plan Using Examples of Imagery: Draw Your Own Imagery
In this poetry lesson plan for high school English, students will work on comprehending vivid imagery poetry. Students will read T.S. Eliot's "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock" and find examples of imagery, which they will then draw on paper and explain to the rest of the class.

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How to Teach Expository Writing: An Expository Writing Lesson
In this expository writing lesson plan for high school English, students will read about the US Secretary of Education and then write letters to him. Learn more about how to teach expository writing using this activity.

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Greek and Latin Roots Lesson Plan: Creating a Board Game
Greek and Latin roots can be challenging to learn. In this article, students will learn how to create a board game that will test and review their knowledge of Greek and Latin roots.

Published by Lenzi Hart (1,990 pts ) on Oct 22, 2009 to
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Poetry Lesson Plan: Teaching Richard Cory
This Richard Cory poetry lesson plan for high school English incorporates tabloid journalism and poetry to help students understand the central purpose of a poem. By relating their knowledge of celebrities to the poem, "Richard Cory," students will be able to analyze the purpose of the poem.

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Creative Writing Ideas - Writing Haiku Summaries
This summary haiku lesson plan goes beyond the traditional definitions of haiku to use the form as a way of summarizing students' reading. Examples of haiku that could be written about commonly-taught pieces of literature illustrate the article.

Published by lwitkop (2,340 pts ) on Oct 16, 2009 to
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Creative Book Report Ideas
Assign fun and unique book report options, such as book-focused newspapers, theme presentations and dialog journals.

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Clerihew Poems for All Subjects
Clerihew poems are only four lines long. However, four lines is enough to be humorous and help students remember the most important people in the subject you teach. Clerihew poems can be used like a who's who of relevant folks for any subject matter, or just for simple fun.

Published by ksosa (799 pts ) on Sep 23, 2009 to
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Lesson Plan: Have Students Review Writing
To be successful writers, students must evaluate their writing effectively. This does not come naturally to all students; many need to be taught how to review writing. Following is a lesson plan that will help you teach your students how to review their own writing.

Published by Margie (4,128 pts ) on Sep 14, 2009 to
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