Interesting pictures with captions to prompt writing, organized by division, subject or genre.
Visual Writing Prompts
Step-by-step Forms of Poetry Worksheets
This website lists 17 different types of poems. Each worksheet first walks you through writing a poem in a certain style followed by prompts to writing your own poem in the same format.
Beyond Images – Media Literacy Lesson Plans
These 20 plus media literacy lesson plans for grades 4 through 8 include activities about appearance-based bullying, negative stereotypes, body image and self-esteem as well as why media messages are constructed. Registration is required.
Media Smarts: Canada’s Centre for Digital and Media Literacy
Find lesson plans, tip sheets and other resources on various media topics.
Media Smarts: Canada’s Centre for Digital and Media Literacy
Poetry Unit
This twenty-three hour unit includes lessons on poetry exploration, imagery, and sonnets. The unit is designed to allow students to “read, enjoy, interpret, and write poetry.” Students create a poetry anthology as a culminating task.
Think Literacy Language, Grades 7-9, 2004
This document outlines reading and writing strategies for teaching language.
A Guide to Effective Literacy Instruction (Grades 4 – 6) Volume 4 Oral Language (2008)
Volume Four, “Oral Language”, builds on the research findings and best practices in Literacy for Learning: The Report of the Expert Panel on Literacy in Grades 4 to 6 in Ontario. It provides a framework to support the implementation of learning activities that address the expectations in the Oral Communication strand of the Language curriculum.
Additionally, it provides in-depth discussions of the various forms of oral language that are used in classroom instruction and learning.
A Guide to Effective Literacy Instruction (Grades 4 – 6) Volume 4 Oral Language
A Guide to Effective Literacy Instruction (Grades 4 – 6) Volume 5 Reading (2008)
Volume Five, “Reading”, builds on and extends the research findings and best practices in Literacy for Learning: The Report of the Expert Panel on Literacy in Grades 4 to 6 in Ontario. It provides a framework to support the implementation of learning activities that address the expectations in the reading strand of the revised 2006 Language curriculum. In addition, it provides in-depth discussion of reading theory and practice as used in classroom instruction and learning in the junior grades.
A Guide to Effective Literacy Instruction (Grades 4 – 6) Volume 5 Reading
A Guide to Effective Literacy Instruction (Grades 4 – 6) Volume 6 Writing (2008)
Volume 6, “Writing”, builds on and extends the research findings and best practices in Literacy for Learning: The Report of the Expert Panel on Literacy in Grades 4 to 6 in Ontario. It provides a framework to support the implementation of learning activities that address the expectations in the Writing strand of the Language curriculum (revised, 2006). In addition, it provides in-depth discussion of writing theory and practice as used in classroom instruction and learning in the junior grades.
A Guide to Effective Literacy Instruction (Grades 4 – 6) Volume 6 Writing
A Guide to Effective Literacy Instruction (Grades 4 – 6) Volume 7 Media Literacy (2008)
Volume 7, “Media Literacy”, builds on the research findings and best practices in Literacy for Learning: The Report of the Expert Panel on Literacy in Grades 4 to 6 in Ontario. It provides a framework for the expectations in the Media Literacy strand of the Language curriculum (2006). It emphasizes the importance of developing a critical awareness of the media and describes effective ways of teaching about and using media. Media literacy instruction can be woven into all areas of the curriculum not only the learning expectations in all the Language strands (Reading, Writing, Oral Communication, and Media Literacy) but also other curriculum subject areas.
A Guide to Effective Literacy Instruction (Grades 4 – 6) Volume 7 Media Literacy