Writing Haiku in Primary

Your youngest students will learn to write Japanese Haiku poetry.

Parts of Speech Tournament

Which part of speech is most useful? Interesting? Strange?

Story Starter: A Day At School

Students use 12 random phrases to create a story that takes place at school.

Story Starter: A Magical School

Students use 12 random phrases to create a story that takes place in at a magical school.

Punctuation Power

In a sentence, punctuation may seem meek when compared to those mighty words, but punctuation has incredible power over the meaning of a sentence. Students will try re-punctuating sentences to find new meanings – without changing a single word!

“Its Big Day” – A Children’s Story About Its and It’s

Let’s spice up a typically dull lesson about the difference between “its” and “it’s” by asking students to write a children’s story about the adventures of a critter named It.

Ways to Start a Sentence – Level 1

‘Add more variety!’ teachers say. But how? This lesson gives students actual techniques instead of vague advice.