In this Lesson, students will identify a problem in their community and publish a zine for a target audience to advocate for change.

Students will report about their favorite neighborhood places and write a review about the most special one.

Imagination opens doors to new possibilities. This lesson allows students to exercise their imaginations by describing an imaginary door to the future and picturing what is beyond it.

Students will learn about endangered species, how animals become endangered, and then write either a poem or a story about a day-in-the-life about an endangered animal of their choosing.

In this lesson, students will illustrate the literal and figurative meaning of idioms and write using idioms.

In this lesson, students will explore different holidays people celebrate around the world and then create a new holiday of their own.

Students craft campaigns to take on an issue in their community, using formal and informal writing to convince others to take action.

This lesson encourages students to consider and write about the myriad ways to include someone, stop bullying before it starts, and make a difference.

In this lesson, students dive into the many forms bullying can take, create scripts and role-play bullying scenarios, and reflect on their own experiences with bullying.

Students write two stories focused on the power of inclusion with this downloadable, printable, DIY publishing kit.

Students will identify the characteristics of a hero, familiarize themselves with heroes in their own community, and write an explanatory piece identifying a hero in their community.

Students will become naturalists for the day by performing field observations and recording their thoughts in a field journal.

In this lesson, students consider the perspective of a villain they love to hate. They will create a compelling backstory for the character and write short stories from the villain’s point of view.

In this lesson, students write vegetable-inspired superhero stories.

Students team up to write collaborative short stories about a character who stands up to a bully and discover how they can help end bullying.

Students will find gratitude all around as they thank ordinary objects in their lives in the form of an ode.

Students will imagine what they would do if they were someone or something else.

In this lesson, students will go through the steps in the writing process (pre-writing, drafting, revising, editing, publishing) to produce a zine that highlights what makes them special.

In this lesson, students write letters to someone special and reflect on the impact of being kind towards others.

Imaginary friends come in all shapes and sizes! Inspired by the new Paramount Pictures movie, IF, students will create their own imaginary friend to take with them on their next adventure.

In this lesson, students explore the graphic novel genre with a focus on plot and character development, scripting dialogue, and visual composition.

Students will practice identifying personification and then use sensory detail and figurative language to express it in their writing.

In this workshop, young poets will write odes to praise people, places, or things they love.

Why does kindness count? In this lesson, students will consider acts of kindness they’ve experienced or witnessed and reflect on the difference that kindness makes in the world.