Units that Boost Reading & Writing Skills
Review and sharpen essential literacy skills with these teacher-created units.
How can you build students' interest in books and encourage confidence in their abilities as writers? Fellow teachers share the plans that have worked for them at each grade level. Use these full unit plans in your classroom or adapt them to support an existing unit you've created.
Lesson Plans
Celebrate Our Favorite Authors
by Steven Hicks
Promotes early literacy by having students discuss and emulate their favorite authors and writing styles. This lesson unit plan also teaches students the parts of a book.
Launching a Writer's Workshop
by Elizabeth Mazzurco
This unit gives ideas to get your Writer's Workshop started effectively. Ideas include interviewing writers, discovering where writers get their ideas, and beginning the process of notebook writing.
Picture-Perfect Language Arts
Welcome to Picture-Perfect Language Arts, a national standards-based program created to help your students build language arts skills all year long, including welcome and year-end activities.
Getting the Best out of Book Buddies
by Jacquylynn Brickman
Find out how you can pair students with younger readers in book buddy sessions to improve the reading and social skills of all involved.
Biographies: Beyond Book Reports
by Genia Connell
Expose your students to biographies of inspiring historical figures who have triumphed against difficult odds. Allow them to participate in this lesson packed with enriching interactive activities.
Writing Autobiographies
by Emy Lopez
This comprehensive assignment in autobiographical writing helps students hone their state-standard writing skills, while enabling teachers to assess the student's proficiency.
Unit Plan: Journal Writing from a Graphic Timeline
by Cate Sanazaro
Foster students' self-expression though journaling. Students use a graphic timeline, brainstorming sessions, and personal goal setting to prompt thoughtful journal entries in this 3-lesson unit plan.
Unit Plan: Writing an Autobiography
by Elizabeth Ramos
Encourage students to boost their confidence by writing about what they know through personal experience. This 2-lesson unit plan shows students how to break down and organize the memoir writing process.
by Rita McLary
Presents a unit that focus on writing assessment with the goal of teaching students to become more independent writer who are committed to the revision process.
