Lesson plans for teaching writing

Squids will be squids! : motivating ideas with fables / Wendy C. Kelleher --

Travel diary : from prewriting to product / James Blasingame --

The alien : using specific details / Mary Kay Crouch --

Double double stories : improving word choice / Melissa Reid --

Being there : using specific details in narration / Marty Brooks --

ʹIʹm sorryʹ lanterns : using descriptive language / Melissa Revel --

Personal interviews : writing description / Mary Allen --

Musical chairs : practicing transitions / Bonnie Startt --

Sole stories : developing organizational skills / Mary Rezac --

Three in one : analyzing thinking processes / Charles S. Pierce --

ʹI hate group workʹ : transforming conflict into cooperation / Chris Jennings Dixon --

Feedback : creating online peer groups / Michele Marits --

Dealer prep : alleviating the pains of peer editing / Tom Hargrove --

It̕s music to my ears : growing paragraphs into essays / Tom Hargrove --

Creating pullouts : enhancing essays / Elizabeth H. Beagle --

Your paper : improving persuasive writing / Ramona Clark --

Everybody̕s a student and everybody̕s a teacher : reflecting upon knowledge / Dave Meyerholz --

Application/scholarship : writing a personal essay / Joe Lemrow --

College exploration : writing an expository report / Miles McCrimmon --

The final word is yours : assessing the classroom experience / Dave Meyerholz --

ʹHands offʹ : role modeling the reader/writer relationships / Chris Jennings Dixon --

First impressions : creating reflective letters / Shanita Blades Williams --

ʹDear readerʹ : self-assessment and reflection / Fran Sharer --

Road maps : developing an annotated table of contents / Fran Sharer --

Authentic measurements : portfolio reading procedures / Chris Jennings Dixon --

Anchor sessions : portfolio evaluation / Ann L. Johnston --

Electronic portfolios work for me : developing websites / Bonnie Startt --

Hot topics : a prewriting technique / Julie Herwick --

Freewriting : a prereading technique / Charles W. Hoofnagle --

Literary tea party : inferring and predicting / Sherri Bova --

Making connections : writing as a reaction to reading / Charles W. Hoofnagle --

ʹYou be the judgeʹ : critical responses to literature / Susan Slavicz --

Chaucer RAFTS : writing a parody / Elizabeth H. Beagle --

ʹTrashy poetryʹ : improving word choice / Mary Rezac --

An affection for alliteration : using sound effects / Mary Allen --

ʹGood night Saigonʹ : finding figures of speech in lyrics / Susan P. Allen --

ʹWhatʹs in a name?ʹ : decoding characterization / Sue Buck --

ʹFibblestax and Carrʹ : understanding characterization / James Blasingame --

The Canterbury rap : making connections through memorization / Dorothy K. Fletcher --

ʹMy hometown talesʹ : using models for writing / Julie Herwick --

Objective v. subjective : writing a summary / Joe Lemrow --

Multiple intelligences : identifying and using learning styles / Chris Jennings Dixon --

Online hamlet discussion : enhancing critical thinking / Susan Slavicz --

Finding Shakespeare : application and analysis / Susan S. Hawkers --

Pizza carousel : demonstrating reading/research skills / Regina Taylor --

Amtrak schedule activity : using primary sources / Suzy Bolton --

Websites : evaluating authority / Marty Brooks --

Mine : recognizing the line between writer and source / Reginald V. Bruster --

Creating a literate lifestyle : forming reading and writing habits / Jennifer Fletcher --

Self-writing diagnosis : revision strategies / Elizabeth H. Beagle --

ʹWhat should Sally Do?ʹ : avoiding plagiarism / Charles S. Pierce --

ʹIʹm not good at Englishʹ : eight basic rules for native speakers / Reginald V. Bruster --

ʹBeef up your verbsʹ : using vivid language / Wendy C. Kelleher --

ʹDonʹt correct : highlightʹ : identifying common errors / Sherri Bova --

Highlighting for sentence variety : experimenting with syntax / Suzy Bolton --

Grievous grammar errors : proofreading common errors / Chris Smutzer --

Error analysis patterns : promoting self-assessment strategies / Chris Jennings Dixon --

Signposts to meaning : understanding punctuation / Michele Marits --

The ʹlookʹ : formatting paragraphs / Marty Brooks --

Music in the classroom : journaling for timed writings / Dorothy K. Fletcher --

ʹWhy write?ʹ practicing response writing / Sue Buck --

Quoting Macbeth : in-class timed writing sample / Dale DeSarro --

Newspapers and magazines : headlines as prompts / Susan P. Allen --

College expectations : impromptu in-class essay / Stuart Noel --

Orientation to college : creating a writing sample / Chris / Dixon Jennings --

Media and weight loss : developing an argumentative essay / Mary Kay Crouch --

Print advertisement : writing an argumentative essay / Susan P. Allen --

An advertising campaign : using rhetorical appeals / Miles McCrimmon --

ʹAll apologiesʹ : analyzing song lyrics / Melissa Revel --

Arthurian newspaper : journalism basics / Michelle Huff --

Beowulf movie poster : visualizing characterization / Michelle Huff --

Video freeze clips : writing from film / Dale DeSarro --

Film reviews : supporting opinions / Stuart Noel --

Diversity in America : writing a movie critique / Ann L. Johnston.