WritingFix: Community for Writing Teachers » Literature-inspired Lessons http://writingfix2.edublogs.org Teachers Sharing Writing Lessons. Teachers Adapting Writing Lessons. Teachers Sharing Adaptations. Thu, 05 Nov 2009 16:03:58 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.2 en hourly 1 Using the “How Do I Love Sonnets” Lesson http://writingfix2.edublogs.org/2008/03/18/210/ http://writingfix2.edublogs.org/2008/03/18/210/#comments Tue, 18 Mar 2008 20:49:59 +0000 writingfix2 http://writingfix2.edublogs.org/2008/03/18/210/ elizabeth_barrett_browning.jpg

WritingFix has a fabulous (and free-to-use) on-line lesson inspired by sonnet #43 by Elizabeth Barrett Browning. Click here to read the lesson’s overview and have access to all its resources.

If you’ve used this lesson with your students, we want to hear:

1)  What worked well for you with the lesson; or…
2)  What adaptations did you make to have success with your students; or…
3)  Anything else you think other teachers would enjoy hearing.

Share your ideas and adaptations by posting your thoughts in the “comment” box below.   Thank you in advance for participating in this community.

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WritingFix has a fabulous (and free-to-use) on-line lesson inspired by the poem “If” by Rudyard Kipling. Click here to read the lesson’s overview and have access to all its resources.

If you’ve used this lesson with your students, we want to hear:

1)  What worked well for you with the lesson; or…
2)  What adaptations did you make to have success with your students; or…
3)  Anything else you think other teachers would enjoy hearing.

Share your ideas and adaptations by posting your thoughts in the “comment” box below.   Thank you in advance for participating in this community.

]]> http://writingfix2.edublogs.org/2008/03/17/poems-of-condition-prompt/feed/ 0 Using the “HATE to LOVE Sonnets” Lesson http://writingfix2.edublogs.org/2008/03/17/using-the-hate-to-love-sonnets-lesson/ http://writingfix2.edublogs.org/2008/03/17/using-the-hate-to-love-sonnets-lesson/#comments Mon, 17 Mar 2008 14:50:22 +0000 writingfix2 http://writingfix2.edublogs.org/2008/03/17/using-the-hate-to-love-sonnets-lesson/ shakespeare.jpg

WritingFix has a fabulous (and free-to-use) on-line lesson inspired by the sonnets of William Shakespeare. Click here to read the lesson’s overview and have access to all its resources.

If you’ve used this lesson with your students, we want to hear:

1)  What worked well for you with the lesson; or…
2)  What adaptations did you make to have success with your students; or…
3)  Anything else you think other teachers would enjoy hearing.

Share your ideas and adaptations by posting your thoughts in the “comment” box below.   Thank you in advance for participating in this community.

]]> http://writingfix2.edublogs.org/2008/03/17/using-the-hate-to-love-sonnets-lesson/feed/ 0 Using the “Just Because Poems” Lesson http://writingfix2.edublogs.org/2008/03/17/using-the-just-because-poems-lesson/ http://writingfix2.edublogs.org/2008/03/17/using-the-just-because-poems-lesson/#comments Mon, 17 Mar 2008 14:39:25 +0000 writingfix2 http://writingfix2.edublogs.org/2008/03/17/using-the-just-because-poems-lesson/ lord_of_the_flies2.jpg 

WritingFix has a fabulous (and free-to-use) on-line lesson inspired by this novel. Click here to read the lesson’s overview and have access to all its resources.

If you’ve used this lesson with your students, we want to hear:

1)  What worked well for you with the lesson; or…
2)  What adaptations did you make to have success with your students; or…
3)  Anything else you think other teachers would enjoy hearing.

Share your ideas and adaptations by posting your thoughts in the “comment” box below.   Thank you in advance for participating in this community.

]]> http://writingfix2.edublogs.org/2008/03/17/using-the-just-because-poems-lesson/feed/ 0 Using the “Writing about a First Impression” Lesson http://writingfix2.edublogs.org/2008/03/17/using-the-writing-about-a-first-impression-lesson/ http://writingfix2.edublogs.org/2008/03/17/using-the-writing-about-a-first-impression-lesson/#comments Mon, 17 Mar 2008 14:29:16 +0000 writingfix2 http://writingfix2.edublogs.org/2008/03/17/using-the-writing-about-a-first-impression-lesson/ great_gatsby.jpg

WritingFix has a fabulous (and free-to-use) on-line lesson inspired by this novel. Click here to read the lesson’s overview and have access to all its resources.

If you’ve used this lesson with your students, we want to hear:

1)  What worked well for you with the lesson; or…
2)  What adaptations did you make to have success with your students; or…
3)  Anything else you think other teachers would enjoy hearing.

Share your ideas and adaptations by posting your thoughts in the “comment” box below.   Thank you in advance for participating in this community.

]]> http://writingfix2.edublogs.org/2008/03/17/using-the-writing-about-a-first-impression-lesson/feed/ 0 Using the “Why, Cory, Why?” Lesson http://writingfix2.edublogs.org/2008/03/06/using-the-why-cory-why-lesson/ http://writingfix2.edublogs.org/2008/03/06/using-the-why-cory-why-lesson/#comments Thu, 06 Mar 2008 21:31:00 +0000 writingfix2 http://writingfix2.edublogs.org/2008/03/06/using-the-why-cory-why-lesson/ ea_robinson2.jpg

WritingFix has a fabulous (and free-to-use) on-line lesson inspired by E. A. Robinson’s poem, Richard Cory.  Click here to read the lesson’s overview and have access to all its resources.

If you’ve used this lesson with your students, we want to hear:

1)  What worked well for you with the lesson; or…
2)  What adaptations did you make to have success with your students; or…
3)  Anything else you think other teachers would benefit from hearing.

Share your ideas and adaptations by posting your thoughts in the “comment” box below.   Thank you in advance for participating in this community.

]]> http://writingfix2.edublogs.org/2008/03/06/using-the-why-cory-why-lesson/feed/ 0 Using “The Butcher’s Tale” Lesson http://writingfix2.edublogs.org/2008/03/06/using-the-butchers-tale-lesson/ http://writingfix2.edublogs.org/2008/03/06/using-the-butchers-tale-lesson/#comments Thu, 06 Mar 2008 21:11:02 +0000 writingfix2 http://writingfix2.edublogs.org/2008/03/06/using-the-butchers-tale-lesson/ ea_robinson.jpg

WritingFix has a fabulous (and free-to-use) on-line lesson inspired by E. A. Robinson’s poem, Reuben Bright.  Click here to read the lesson’s overview and have access to all its resources.

If you’ve used this lesson with your students, we want to hear:

1)  What worked well for you with the lesson; or…
2)  What adaptations did you make to have success with your students; or…
3)  Anything else you think other teachers would benefit from hearing.

Share your ideas and adaptations by posting your thoughts in the “comment” box below.   Thank you in advance for participating in this community.

]]> http://writingfix2.edublogs.org/2008/03/06/using-the-butchers-tale-lesson/feed/ 0 Using the “Poems of Apology” Lesson http://writingfix2.edublogs.org/2008/03/06/poems-of-apology-prompt/ http://writingfix2.edublogs.org/2008/03/06/poems-of-apology-prompt/#comments Thu, 06 Mar 2008 20:44:38 +0000 writingfix2 http://writingfix2.edublogs.org/2008/03/06/poems-of-apology-prompt/ william_carlos_williams.jpg   this_is_just_to_say.jpg 

WritingFix has a fabulous (and free-to-use) on-line lesson inspired by William Carlos William’s Poem, This is Just to Say and Joyce Sidman’s book with the same title.  Click here to read the lesson’s overview and have access to all its resources.

If you’ve used this lesson with your students, we want to hear:

1)  What worked well for you with the lesson; or…
2)  What adaptations did you make to have success with your students; or…
3)  Anything else you think other teachers would benefit from hearing.

Share your ideas and adaptations by posting your thoughts in the “comment” box below.   Thank you in advance for participating in this community.

]]> http://writingfix2.edublogs.org/2008/03/06/poems-of-apology-prompt/feed/ 0 Using the “Naming the Pets” Lesson http://writingfix2.edublogs.org/2008/03/06/using-the-naming-the-pets-lesson/ http://writingfix2.edublogs.org/2008/03/06/using-the-naming-the-pets-lesson/#comments Thu, 06 Mar 2008 20:07:22 +0000 writingfix2 http://writingfix2.edublogs.org/2008/03/06/using-the-naming-the-pets-lesson/ old_possums.jpg

WritingFix has a fabulous (and free-to-use) on-line lesson inspired by T. S. Eliot’s collection of poems, Old Possum’s Book of Practical Cats.  Click here to read the lesson’s overview and have access to all its resources.

If you’ve used this lesson with your students, we want to hear:

1)  What worked well for you with the lesson; or…
2)  What adaptations did you make to have success with your students; or…
3)  Anything else you think other teachers would benefit from hearing.

Share your ideas and adaptations by posting your thoughts in the “comment” box below.   Thank you in advance for participating in this community.

]]> http://writingfix2.edublogs.org/2008/03/06/using-the-naming-the-pets-lesson/feed/ 0 Using the “Four Ways of Looking at…” Lesson http://writingfix2.edublogs.org/2008/03/06/using-the-four-ways-of-looking-at-lesson/ http://writingfix2.edublogs.org/2008/03/06/using-the-four-ways-of-looking-at-lesson/#comments Thu, 06 Mar 2008 19:51:26 +0000 writingfix2 http://writingfix2.edublogs.org/2008/03/06/using-the-four-ways-of-looking-at-lesson/ blackbird.jpg

WritingFix has a fabulous (and free-to-use) on-line lesson inspired by Wallace Steven’s poem, 13 Ways of Looking at a Blackbird.  Click here to read the lesson’s overview and have access to all its resources.

If you’ve used this lesson with your students, we want to hear:

1)  What worked well for you with the lesson; or…
2)  What adaptations did you make to have success with your students; or…
3)  Anything else you think other teachers would benefit from hearing.

Share your ideas and adaptations by posting your thoughts in the “comment” box below.   Thank you in advance for participating in this community.

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