Drawing Pictures to Tell Personal Stories
In this 45-minute kindergarten lesson, children think back on a special memory, then fold a sheet of paper into four boxes and draw where it happened, who was there, what…
Free English language arts lesson plans for K–8: reading, writing, speaking and listening, with engaging hooks, discussion questions and exit tickets.
In this 45-minute kindergarten lesson, children think back on a special memory, then fold a sheet of paper into four boxes and draw where it happened, who was there, what…
In this 45-minute Grade 6 lesson, pairs draw an animal and a location, then write a three-paragraph news article about a talking animal causing trouble, with a headline, a who-what-when-where-why…
In this 45-minute Grade 6 lesson, detective teams study witness statements, alibis, and timelines about a wrecked school garden, then write and present arguments for or against one suspect. Students…
En équipes, les élèves de 1re année tirent une lettre d’un sac mystère, la nomment et cherchent sa jumelle majuscule ou minuscule cachée dans la classe. Ils apprennent ainsi à…
En équipes, les élèves de 2e année assemblent des cartes de mots colorées (noms en rouge, verbes en bleu, adjectifs en vert) pour former le plus de phrases complètes possible.…
In this 45-minute Grade 4 lesson, children invent a book, then sketch and build a front cover and write a back-cover blurb meant to win over readers. Along the way…
In this 45-minute lesson, third graders recall a happy memory, sketch it at the top of a journal page, and then write the story underneath in first-next-last order. Along the…
In this 45-minute lesson, fourth graders pick a character from a book they’ve read and turn them into a trading card, with a detailed drawing on the front and personality…
In this 45-minute Grade 5 lesson, students sketch and color their own four-panel comic, filling speech bubbles with at least three lines of dialogue. Along the way they practice placing…