In this lesson, students will be introduced to a Printz- and Morris-Award winning novelist, John Corey Whaley; those who already know him and his book will be tickled to read his poetry. They will learn a method of jump-starting their own creative writing in a low-stakes [...]
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Lesson Plan for Family Gatherings Contest–Or any Creative Non-Fiction Unit
Dear Teachers,
The prompt for the Figment-YARN Family Gatherings Essay Contest is “Write a nonfiction essay in 2000 words or fewer about a memorable family gathering. It could be a holiday, a wedding, a party, but it MUST include a teen or young adult.” [...]
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About the YARN Toolbox
Hello Teachers,
Thanks for coming to the Teach section of YARN. As we mentioned in our first letter to you in this section, the YARN editors are also teachers and we understand just how useful a completely prepared lesson plan can be [...]
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Playing With Language
Previous “Teach” lesson plans that fit this mold:
“Poetry: Non-Traditional Forms”
“A Lesson on Body Image, Mood, and Point of View”
“A Lesson on Inference”
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Reading for and Writing to a Theme
Previous “Teach” lesson plans that fit this mold:
“A Lesson on Crossing Cultures Through Fiction”
“A Lesson on Body Image”
“A Lesson on Inference”
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Thinking About and Experimenting With Technique
Previous lesson plans that fit this mold:
“Poetry: Non-Traditional Forms”
“The Writing Process Made Real”
“A Lesson on Body Image, Mood, and Point of View”
“Dress for Success: How to be a Left-Brained Writer”
“Blogging: Reaching Your Target Audience”
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Poetry: Non-Traditional Forms
Benefits:
Students will read three poems by Erik DeLapp;be engaged in National Poetry Month (April); use critical reading skills and in-text support to discuss the form of the poems; compose their own non-traditional poems; have the option to submit their writing to YARN. [...]
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Blogging: Reaching Your Target Audience
Benefits:
Students will…read and discuss several blogs by YARN editors; compare and contrast blogs with regard to their purpose, tone, rhetorical strategies, and address of audience; compose their own blog, using what they have learned; become more active blog readers [...]
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Dress for Success: How to be a Left-Brained Writer
Note to teachers: This originally appeared as a blog post by our Poetry Editor, Colleen Oakley, and we immediately saw its potential for teachers. It’s not a formal lesson plan, but the ideas in it will help teachers design short writing exercises in the lead-up to a bigger assignment. Thanks, Colleen, for all this [...]
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The Writing Process Made Real
Students will read and reflect upon the writing process as it’s practiced by published authors. Students will reflect on their own writing process.
read a variety of texts both, fiction and non-fiction. [...]
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A Lesson on Body Image, (Non-)Fiction, & Point of View
Students will discuss a short story, “In the Spotlight,” and an essay, “Beautiful Trouble,” using critical reading skills, supporting their responses with in-text examples. Students will compare and contrast on several levels: a short story vs. an essay; two different perspectives [...]
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