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- Grammar and editing
- In CareerStart lessons: Grade six, page 1.4
- In this lesson for grade six, students will learn about the conventions of grammar and will learn how to write and edit a business letter.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 6 English Language Arts)
- By Jennifer Brookshire and Julie McCann.
- Word bank
- The Word Bank provides students with a classroom resource for "researching" the correct spelling of words that students want or need to use in their writing on a daily basis.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 2 English Language Arts)
- By DPI Writing Strategies.
- Giving can be fun
- The purpose of this lesson is to incorporate the use of writing in a friendly letter format to foster the spirit of giving and sharing within the classroom. Using word processing, the students will create a friendly letter that will be shared with classmates in the spirit of giving and sharing.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 4–5 English Language Arts)
- By Sue Hunnicutt.
- Hello, friend!: Writing a friendly letter
- Students will apply their knowledge of a friendly letter to compose a letter to send to their pen pals. Students will then type up their letters using the Kidspiration program.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 2 Computer/Technology Skills and English Language Arts)
- By Kelly Norton.
- Letter activity two
- In Tobacco bag stringing: Secondary activity two, page 3
- Read the three short letters of March 31, 1939, April 1, 1939, and April 7, 1939. Who wrote each of...
- Format: lesson plan
- By Pauline S. Johnson.
- The ABCs of the Three Little Pigs
- This lesson uses a familiar fairy tale to teach writing. It is designed to emphasize using varied sentence patterns in writing.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 6–8 English Language Arts)
- By Penny Canipe.
- Love Letters: Using imagery to convey feelings
- After listening to Arnold Adoff's Love Letters, students will write and share their own love letters. This lesson is especially fun around Valentine's Day.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 2–4 English Language Arts)
- By Jennifer Reid.
- Finding rhyming patterns with The Crooked Man
- In Mother Goose in use: Rhymes that teach, page 13
- In this kindergarten lesson, students will use the nursery rhyme "The Crooked Man" to recognize rhyming patterns, practice writing the letter "i", and discuss different kinds of animal homes.
- Format: lesson plan (grade K English Language Arts and Mathematics)
- By Lisa Wright.
- Identifying RAFT elements in writing prompts and assignments
- Student will read writing prompts and practice identifying RAFT elements: role of writer, audience, writing format, and topic. This is the first lesson in a series of three based upon LEARN NC's 9th grade writing exemplars.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 9 English Language Arts)
- By Kim Bowen.
- Focus activity using RAFT
- Better writing requires consideration of RAFT: Role, Audience, Format and Topic.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 10 English Language Arts)
- By Kathleen Bost and Leigh Ann Webb.
- Letter books
- Kindergarten children are usually familiar with beginning sound "ABC" books with texts such as "A is for apple." In this activity, repeated for each consonant letter, art, writing, conventional spelling, and reading are combined to create a personal "Letter Book" for each child.
- Format: lesson plan (grade K English Language Arts)
- By Clara McKenzie.
- Career research and writing
- In CareerStart lessons: Grade seven, page 1.2
- In this lesson for grade seven, students will learn about a career that interests them and then share what they learned in peer groups. Students will then write a letter to the Better Business Bureau stating why they should be given an internship in their chosen career.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 6–8 English Language Arts and Guidance)
- By Michelle Kimel.Adapted by Kenyatta Bennett, Anissia Jenkins, and Sonya Rexrode.
- Apple story writing with a buddy
- Students will write a story with a buddy through the use of a computer. Practicing computer skills and correct sentence formation will be emphasized.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 1 Computer/Technology Skills and English Language Arts)
- By Patsy Oswald.
- Dear Juana: Editing a letter
- In CareerStart lessons: Grade seven, page 1.3
- In this lesson for grade seven, students will discuss the importance of proofreading and editing in various careers. The teacher will model proofreading and editing a sample letter, and then the students will write and peer-edit their own letters.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 6–8 English Language Arts and Guidance)
- By Anissia Jenkins.Adapted by Kenyatta Bennett and Sonya Rexrode.
- George Washington and Frederick Douglass letters: Recognizing point of view and bias
- In Where English and history meet: A collaboration guide, page 4
- This lesson uses two letters written by famous individuals. Frederick Douglass, a well-known former slave who became a leader of the American abolition movement, escaped from slavery in Maryland to freedom in New York in 1838. George Washington was a large slaveholder in Virginia (as well as the first president of the United States).
- Format: (grade 9 English Language Arts and Social Studies)
- By Karen Cobb Carroll, Ph.D., and NBCT.
- Letters home
- Students will write letters home, taking on the role of one of the sons of the "Gold Star Mothers" from Union County, NC.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 5 Social Studies)
- By Meg Millard and Pamela Webb.
- Letter of April 1, 1939
- In Tobacco bag stringing: Life and labor in the Depression, page 1.4
- Box 132, R. #1, Leaksville, N.C., April 1, 1939. Mr. Sherlock Bronson, Box 644, Richmond, Va. Dear Sir: I am kindly writing asking you please not to take the stringing of bags away from Mrs. Jones, our Agent for our community. For two years I have stringing...
- Now what? A President considers a career change
- In Rethinking Reports, page 1.2
- In this alternative to the dreaded "President Report," students write a resumé for an ex-president.
- By Melissa Thibault and David Walbert.
- Oedipus the King: Personal letter-writing assignment
- Students will work in groups to evaluate the personality of various characters from Oedipus the King. Each student will write two personal letters in the role of one character from the play responding to the events of the play and the various relationships within it.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 10 English Language Arts)
- By Greg Townsend.
- Picture, letter, word
- A lesson designed to engage pre-emergent readers in an activity which will enable them to identify pictures, letters, and words in books. It will provide an opportunity for them to work in a small group setting to develop a product and enhance their learning
- Format: lesson plan (grade K English Language Arts)
- By Linda Kinnamon.
