Grades 5-6, Nonfiction Lesson Plans include:

1. Writing a Biography
2. Writing a Travelogue
3. Writing a Formal Letter
4. Informational Writing
5. Writing a Nature Journal Entry
6. Writing a Recipe
7. Writing a Descriptive Vignette
8. Writing Persuasive Nonfiction

Grades 11-12, Fiction Lesson Plans include:

1. Realistic Dialogue Paired with Action
2. Characterization
3. Creating Subtext & How Characters Speak Without Words
4. Balancing Concrete Detail with Abstract Language
5. Letting Actions Create a Mood
6. A Vivid Setting
7. Point of View (POV)
8. Using Science Fiction to Create Another World: Genre and Expectations

Grades 11-12, Poetry Lesson Plans include:

1. Crafting Metaphors to Make Meaning
2. Using Sight and Sound to Write Fresh Imagery
3. Developing Rhythm and Meter
4. Listening to the Poem: Alliteration, Assonance, and Consonance
5. Theme and Meaning Expressed in Details
6. Effective Line Breaks
7. The Petrarchan Sonnet
8. The Villanelle

Grades 9-10, Fiction Lesson Plans include:

1. Creating Believable Locations
2. Creating Believable Characters
3. Using Realistic Dialogue
4. Using First Person Point of View to Immerse Readers in a Character’s Worldview
5. Using Third Person Point of View
6. Using Flashback to Build Resonance
7. Using Foreshadowing to Build a Reader’s Sense of Story
8. Using Science Fiction to Create Another World

Grades 9-10, Poetry Lesson Plans include:

1. Crafting Metaphors to Make Meaning
2. Sound and Sight: Fresh Imagery
3. The Stanza
4. Dramatic Monologues
5. Theme and Meaning
6. The Sestina
7. The Ode
8. Form: The Shakespearean Sonnet

Grades 9-10, Spiritual Lesson Plans include:

1. Reaching for God in the Language of Humans
2. Didactic Purpose and Method
3. Writing an Epistle
4. Giving Glory to God
5. Writing About Sacred Art in Your Church
6. Writing a Prayer
7. Using Figurative Language to See into the Heart of Things
8. Devotion and Figurative Language

Grades 5-6, Poetry Lesson Plans include:

1. Using Sensory Language in Your Writing
2. Introduction to the Simile
3. Introduction to the Metaphor
4. Using Concrete Language
5. Using Alliteration in Your Writing
6. Exploring Personification
7. Introduction to the Onomatopoeia
8. Using Rhymes to Make Your Writing Sing

Grades 5-6, Fiction Lesson Plans include:

1. Writing with Dialogue
2. Writing Using Foreshadowing
3. Using a Story to Illustrate a Proverb
4. Writing Using the Rule of Three
5. Using Sensory Details to Make Your Writing Come Alive
6. The Power of Symbol
7. Writing Using Point of View (POV)
8. Using Strong Verbs to Enliven Your Story

Grades 5-6, Sacred Lesson Plans include:

1. Writing using Dialogue
2. Writing with Strong Verbs
3. Writing Using Chronological Order
4. Writing Using Persuasion
5. Writing through Someone Else’s Eyes (Point of View)
6. Writing Using Sensory Details
7. Writing Using Similes
8. Writing using Symbol

Grades 3-4, Fiction Lesson Plans include:

1. Elements of a Fairy Tale
2. First Person Point of View
3. Influence of Setting on Plot
4. Legend and Concrete Action Verbs
5. Prepositions
6. The Fable
7. Third Person Point of View
8. Writing Using Characterization

Grades 3-4, Poetry Lesson Plans include:

1. Comparison
2. Imperative Verbs
3. Introduction to Point of View
4. Introduction to the Simile
5. Point of View Continued
6. Simile, Movement, Specific Place Names
7. Understanding Line Breaks
8. Using Specific Details from the Five Senses

Grades 3-4, Sacred Writing Lesson Plans include:

1. Writing a Lasting Message
2. Writing a Letter
3. Writing Like a Champ – Using Similes (I)
4. Writing Through Someone Else’s Eyes – Point of View (I)
5. Writing Through Someone Else’s Eyes – Point of View (II)
6. Writing Using Proper Nouns
7. Writing Using Strong Verbs
8. Writing With Similes (II)

Grades 3-4, Nonfiction Lesson Plans include:

1. Writing Using Directions
2. Writing Using a List
3. Writing  Using Imperative Verbs
4. Writing a Formal Letter
5. Writing a Friendly Letter
6. Writing a Thank You Note
7. Writing a Biography
8. Writing an Autobiography