Written Composition

Student Writing Rubrics
a. Narrative Student Rubric

b. Summary Student Rubric

c. Response to Literature Student Rubric

d. Information Report Rubric

Miscellaneous Writing

1. Instant Poetry Forms

2. Students Learn About Appositives

3. Graphic Organizers

4. Proofreading Makes Perfect

5. Alliteration for Kids!

6. Onomatopoeia for Kids

7. Point of View Lesson

8. Practicing Point of View

Reading and Figurative Language
1. Houghton Mifflin Online Leveled Books

2. CNN Titanic Movie Clip

3. Simile, personification, and metaphor

4. Lou Gehrig's Final Speech
Not much survived of Lou's actual speech.
Here is a speech given by Gary Cooper in Pride of the Yankees.
It will give students the idea of what Lou's actual speech was like.

Spelling
1. Homonyms

2. Plural Girls

3. Spell-a-Roo

4. SpellCheck

5. The Land of the Rocket to the Moon

6. Everglades Spelling Race