CCSS ELA Standard: 3.W.3.b

What is bobbing for apples like… for an apple?

Students will create a pretty darn interesting poem about Burning of the Houses of Lords and Commons.

Students will create a surprisingly good poem based on Monet's Impression, Sunrise.

Get your students writing some pretty darn impressive poetry based on Japan's most famous artist.

Students will look closely at a piece of art and then write a structured poem about it.

Students will write about a beautiful painting from Frederic Edwin Church.

Given twelve random phrases, students will pick four and then write about the strange situation.

Given twelve random phrases, students will pick four and then write about the strange situation.

Given twelve random phrases, students will pick four and then write about the strange situation.

Given twelve random phrases, students will pick four and then write about the strange situation.

Given twelve random phrases, students will pick four and then write about the strange situation.

Given twelve random phrases, students will pick four and then write about the strange situation.

We'll take two seemingly unrelated pieces of content (say volcanoes and the human body) and then build analogies to connect the two ideas. In the end, students can create a skit, comic, or story relating the two concepts.

What if... Edgar Allen Poe wrote Alice's Adventures in Wonderland?

We tell students to "show, not tell" in their writing, but this advice isn't effective until they experience the difference. In this video, we'll put a famous character (of students' choosing) into a mundane situation and develop a fun scene to show off their main traits.

Put a grumpy character next to a joyful one and they make each other stand out even more. Opposites are powerful!