Lesson Plans > Language Arts

The following Language Arts Lesson Plans are condensed files that include links, content standards and other resources.
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Comic Strip (58 k)
Comic Strips give a humorous way of looking at situations or tell a story. Look at comic strips then create one.

Hold a Poetry Festival (67 k)
After looking at then writing original poetry, students plan and execute a poetry festival to exhibit their writing talents and composure in front of an audience.

Word Games of the 20th Century (83 k)
Students are interactive in this lesson as they develop listening, oral, and presentation skills as they learn of word games of the turn-of-the-20th-century.

Write a Letter (73 k)
The social skills of sitting down and writing a letter to someone are waning in today's world. This lesson examines how letters were once anticipated from others.

Write ABC Poetry (50 k)
This unique style of writing poetry is attributed to Paul West. The thoughts of the poet are guided by the sequence of alphabet letters. Students compose their own poems.

Write Acrostic Poetry (50 k)
Similar to ABC Poetry, Acrostic poetry uses a word theme then utilizes the first letters of the theme word(s). Student compose their own poems.

Choose from the available topics listed below, which have been separated based upon 4th grade social studies content standards: