Lesson Plans

"Through the use of telecommunications, students explore and compare their town and themselves with students from other cities, countries and cultures."

Lists

Provides suggestions for conducting research and writing the introduction, body and conclusions of the essay.

Provides 27 sources of information to assist with essays and 14 source of information on grammar.

Materials

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Papers

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Characters and Premise (Johnson) 2-00
Characters and Story Movement (Johnson) 2-00
Cliches (Visser)
Cliches are very common expressions that writers are generally taught to avoid because they are, in fact, used so often.
Creating Dramatic Characters (Johnson) 2-00
Creating Memorable Characters (Hewitt)
Creative Writing - Index of Articles (Johnson) 2-00
Creative Writing Projects for Teachers (Oberman)
Provides exercises teachers can use to foster creativity in children. 4-00
Creativity Basics
Dialogue - The "Why" of Dramatic Dialogue (Johnson) 2-00
Examples of Creative Writing by Students (KidNews) 2-00
Plot - Anatomy of a Plot (Johnson) 2-00
Plot - Creating a Dramatic Plot (Johnson) 2-00
Story Movement - Characters and Story Movement (Johnson) 2-00
Story Movement - Seeing Story Movement (Johnson) 2-00
Story Movement and Rate of Revelation (Johnson) 2-00
Storytelling - Foundation Principles of Storytelling (Johnson) 2-00
Techniques to Create a Story Premise (Johnson) 2-00
Tools to Improve Creativity (Creative Web)
Understanding What a Story Is (Johnson) 2-00
What's At Stake in Your Story (Johnson) 2-00
Why Police Stories (Johnson) 2-00

Periodicals

KidNews - A Place to Submit Stories 2-00
Publish News Stories - High School Students (Highwired Network)
Provides a means for teachers and students to work together to publish stories online. Provides a staging area for teachers to approve stories by students before the stories go online.
TeenInk - By and For Teens (21st Century)

Provides articles and reviews of interest to teens. 2-00

Projects

Advice from Professional Journalists (Straight Scoop News Bureau)
Provides advice and also an opportunity to ask a journalist a question.
Biography - How to Interview for a Life Story (Oberman)
Provides guidelines on interviewing a person for writing a life story.
Clubhouse - Young Writer's Clubhouse
Provides assistance to kids who want to become writers. Also allows kids to work with each other as writers.
Creative Writing Exercises and Activities (Oberman)
Provides suggestions for writing and preparing for speeches.
Creative Writing Projects (Mining Company - Dobbs)
Provides projects, such as writing essays and poems, around themes. Dobbs assists the authors and puts the best materials on a Web page for all to see. See, for example, the September 25th project, "Solutions for a Better World."
Creative Writing Projects (Oberman)
Provides stories, exercises, suggestions, interviewing techniques, and more to promote creative writing skills. 4-00
Creativity Development Activities (Mindbloom.com)
Provides prevention strategies.
Feature Story Ideas (Straight Scoop News Bureau)
Provides facts for feature stories, especially in the area of drug abuse prevention.
Media Messages for Youth (Straight Scoop News Bureau)
Provides resources for young journalists to write news stories, especially those with a drug abuse prevention message.
Nominate Your Favorite Teacher (Bonus.com and Random House)
Provide a vote for an extraordinary teacher to be recognized nationally. 11-99
Short Story Writing Contest Using a Picture
Stories - Make a Silly Story (WIC-Kid)
Provides fill-in blanks for nouns, verbs, adjectives, and so on, and then creates a story from the words filled in. This site also provides electronic postcards and other activities for kids.
Tales - Wacky Web Tales
Help tell the story. Stories may be really funny.
Writing a Movie Scene (Annenberg and CPB)

Provides an opportunity to write a movie script online and then see how a screenwriter and others would handle the script. An interactive cinema opportunity.

Purchase Resources

Story of Your Life (Infinite Humanity)
Provides an opportunity to record the key stories of your life for posterity. Allows the traditions and story heritage from many cultures to be preserved. Includes a search engine to find stories by nationality, name, date, and other variables.