Lesson Plan List for: The Writing Process

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Resource	Grade Level	Media Type
Identifying Social, Cultural, and Historical Perspectives - Dogs That Changed the World Students identify social, cultural, and historical perspectives regarding the importance of dogs in the past and present. They write and illustrate list poems that incorporate each perspective.	5-8	Lesson Plan
Identifying the Social and Cultural Context of a Period - The New Negro and the Harlem Renaissance Students write an essay summarizing the social and cultural changes in African American life and attitudes during the Harlem Renaissance.	6-8	Lesson Plan
Summary, Symbolism and Levels of Meaning - The Healing Totem Students write a summary of a video segment and then rewrite it after a discussion of the video’s symbolism. They reflect on how an understanding of the symbolism influenced their ability to summarize and comprehend the segment.	6-8	Lesson Plan
Identifying Cultural Influences - City Horses Students determine how culture influences a group of people’s involvement with horses and write a story in response to the video.	4-6	Lesson Plan
Supporting Opinions - Ken from Japan Students write an essay that expresses and supports their opinions about how their schooling compares to a Japanese student’s.	6-8	Lesson Plan
Point of View - Sharing a Perspective on Music Students share their opinions on music and write two critiques of a band playing the “St. Louis Blues,” one from their own point of view and one from that of a music critic. They reflect upon how their point of view influenced their opinion.	6-8	Lesson Plan
Analyzing an Issue From Three Perspectives - Smoking in Public Places Students note various perspectives on the debate about smoking in public places in NYC and create an interview to research the perspectives of peers and community members. They write a report to present their findings and opinion on the issue.	6-8	Lesson Plan
Connections Between Texts - Maya Lin and Jane Jacobs Students write and perform a Readers’ Theater script in which two characters, Maya Lin and Jane Jacobs, talk to each other about their ideas about architecture and life.	6-8	Lesson Plan
Identifying Important and Unimportant Details - An Ornithologist's Job Students distinguish between important and unimportant details and, acting as news reporters, write an article about the job of an ornithologist.	4-8	Lesson Plan
Point of View - Rhinoceros Students write a journal entry in which they imagine themselves as the rhinoceros and describe its journey to a new preserve.	6-8	Lesson Plan
Public Speaking and Persuasion - Improve Your School! Students will then describe ways in which they would like to improve their school by making an oral presentation to persuade the audience to agree with their ideas. Students are evaluated on their public speaking skills and their ability to be persuasive.	6-12	Lesson Plan
Character Development: Cancer - A New Treatment Students will answer questions about what motivated chemical engineer Mark Davis to search for a better treatment for his wife's cancer. They then complete a journal entry in which they compare his motivations and goals to those they’ve established for themselves.	6-12	Lesson Plan
Drawing Conclusions - Miss Navajo Students watch a video documenting the Navajo language portion of the Miss Navajo Nation beauty contest, determine the main responsibilities of the winner of Miss Navajo Nation and complete graphic organizers to write paragraphs that highlight these details and explain their inferences.	6-8	Lesson Plan
Writing Original Literary Texts - The World of Volcanoes Students will watch a video that shows scientists collecting lava samples from an active volcano. They use similes and A Different Kind of Fuelmetaphors to write an original poem about the segment.	6-10	Lesson Plan
Making Predictions - The Injured Otter Students watch a video segment that shows a young injured otter’s attempts to locate his missing family. Then they predict what happens next and then write a narrative account of these events from three possible points of view: the injured otter, the filmmaker or an animal behaviorist.	6-10	Lesson Plan
A Character's Perspective - Colonial House Students watch a video segment that shows the reactions of colonists and native people when they encounter one another for the first time during a colony settlement reenactment. Students then select a character and write a letter from that character’s point of view that describes the meeting.	6-8	Lesson Plan
Recording Information to Write a Report - Kids Who Volunteer in Their Communities Students write a report on kids’ volunteer activities.	3-6	Lesson Plan
Writing a Fantasy - Creatures in the Sea Students watch a video featuring various sea creatures, assign special characteristics to the sea creatures they see and use their make-believe or fantasy ideas to write an underwater sea fantasy.	1-4	Lesson Plan
Writing a Biography - Ask Someone to Tell Their Story Students interview a family member or friend and write a short biography of that person.	1-4	Lesson Plan
Identify Cultural Influences - Hiawatha Students identify aspects of Native American life represented in the poem Hiawatha.	5-8	Lesson Plan
Analyzing and Comparing Perspectives on Issues - Gorillas Students compare and contrast their perspectives on raising gorillas in captivity with their peers and with scientists. They summarize their perspectives and the perspectives of others.	5-12	Lesson Plan
Collecting and Organizing Facts From Multiple Sources - Flowering Plants Students take notes on two videos about flowering plants and organize the information to write a cohesive essay about the topic.	6-8	Lesson Plan
How Different Authors Treat Similar Themes - Elephants of Africa Students take notes of the details of two different documentaries on similar themes. They use their notes to write a script and devise storyboards for their own documentary about elephants.	6-8	Lesson Plan
Storytelling: Oral Traditions Students talk about what makes a good story, look at the oral tradition of storytelling, and compare and contrast stories from two different cultural traditions. This is one of four storytelling lessons.	4-6	Lesson Plan
Storytelling: Tales of Everyday Life Students explore how events from everyday life can become stories, and how different types of narratives—such as ships' logs and journals—can tell the story of the same event. This is one of four storytelling lessons.	4-6	Lesson Plan
Storytelling: Writers' Workshop Students draw on their understanding of different types of narratives to inspire and enrich their own storytelling. This is one of four storytelling lessons.	4-6	Lesson Plan
Writing an Interpretive Essay to Describe a Theme - The Red Shoes Students practice identifying themes and write about friendship from their personal experiences. They draw conclusions about what makes a person a friend.	3-5	Lesson Plan
Forming an Opinion with Organizational Elements - Cats, Yesterday and Today Students use a graphic organizer to list facts about the role of cats throughout history. They then write a paragraph stating an informed opinion about cats' most important role.	5-12	Lesson Plan
The Importance of Setting to a Story - Pesky Critters Students take notes on a video segment and write an essay detailing how setting (time, place and environment) influence a story.	4-6	Lesson Plan
Producing Clear Directions - Trackers Students write directions for how to make and use a tracking stick. Peers test and assess the clarity of the directions.	4-7	Lesson Plan
Perspectives of the Gullah Geechee People - Sapelo Island Students use information they record on a Speaker Graphic Organizer to write a paragraph about the perspectives of the Gullah Geechee People.	5-8	Lesson Plan
Character Motivation - Sapelo Island Culture Students write a poem (using simile and flashback) about the culture of Sapelo Island. They read their poems for an audience.	6-8	Lesson Plan
Following Directions - Ndakinna Wilderness Project Students create a diagram with captions and a drawing to communicate information about camouflaging.	5-8	Lesson Plan
Connections to Personal Experiences - Bees? Yikes! Students make connections between a video about bees and their own personal experiences through a poem written for two voices.	5-7	Lesson Plan

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Lesson Plan List for: The Writing Process