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Grades 5–6
4 Sessions; 2 Hours Each
Informational, Narrative, STEM
Projects

Plant Explorers

by Rebecca Darugar, 826NYC
Students investigate the plant life that grows within their community and then select a specific species to learn about in-depth and consider how that species interacts with the overall ecosystem.
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Grades 3–6
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All About You Brochures

by Ashley Smith, 826 Valencia

Informational
Memoir

Students create brochures to showcase several meaningful parts of their identities.

Grades 3–6
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Dream Schools

by Ashley Smith, 826 Valencia

Narrative
Persuasive

Students design dream schools filled with creative and imaginative elements to improve learning, complete with origin stories, illustrated designs, and sales pitches.

Grades 6–8
Projects
Write Your Way Curriculum: Grades 6-8

by 826 National

Informational
Memoir
Narrative
Persuasive
Poetry

A flexible, 4-week unit designed for students in grades 6-8 to "write their way" with authentic purpose. Includes a curriculum guide, calendar, and links to all related 826 Digital resources.

Grades 3–5
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Write Your Way Curriculum: Grades 3-5

by 826 National

Informational
Memoir
Narrative
Persuasive
Poetry

A flexible, 4-week unit designed for students in grades 3-5 to "write their way" with authentic purpose. Includes a curriculum guide, calendar, and links to all related 826 Digital resources.

Grades 5–8
Projects
Code Your Story

by Julius Panoriñgan, 826LA

Informational
Narrative
STEM

This project offers an exploration into computer science and coding. Students will learn how a knowledge of coding can make them stronger writers.

Grades 6–8
Projects
Documentary Filmmakers

by Liz Levine, 826NYC

Informational
Media
Narrative

Students dive into documentary filmmaking, applying what they've learned about the documentary genre, story arcs, film production, and film editing to direct an original documentary film.

Grades 4–5
Projects
Rare Air / Aire Raro

by Brandan Pierce, 826michigan

Poetry

In this project, students explore poetry as a way of explaining and defining the world around them via the people, places, and events that make up their life.

Grades 5–6
Projects
Superheroes to the Rescue!

by Ashley Smith, 826 Valencia

Fantasy/SciFi
Narrative

In this lesson, students will create original superheroes (or villains) and write stories of their epic adventures.

Grades 5–6
Projects
Time Travel is Nerve Wracking: Science Fiction and Fantasy Writing

by Rebecca Darugar, 826NYC

Fantasy/SciFi
Narrative

In this project, alternate universes, crazy scenarios, and compelling characters abound as students take ownership of the science fiction genre and write short sci-fi stories of their own.

Grades 4–8
Projects
Who Ya Gonna Call: Writing Spooky Stories

by Naomi Soloman, 826NYC

Narrative

Calling all ghostbusters! In this project, students will write their own ghost stories, focusing on tone, classic horror tropes, and plot twists.

Grades 2–5
Projects
Lunch Poems

by Lauren Rudewicz and David Hutcheson, 826michigan

Poetry

Students will explore memories of food and learn how those memories intersect with art. From these connections, students will write poems and expand their understanding of what can inspire poetry.

Grades 5–6
Projects
Advertising the Future

by Ashley Smith, 826 Valencia

Informational
Persuasive

Students will learn about persuasive strategies used to convince consumers and apply these strategies to create advertisements for brand-new, original products that don’t yet exist!