This 44 slide PowerPoint will show students how to effectively use description, action and dialogue in their writing and thus Show rather than Tell... ByBarbara Bureker
This 24 slide presentation will guide students through the main literary elements of fiction: Conflict; Character; Setting; Plot; Point of View; T... ByBarbara Bureker
I am offering a list of tried and proven creative writing prompts. Every one of them has led to at least one fantastic final piece of writing by m... ByBarbara Bureker
If you are teaching Sophocles' play Antigone, this PowerPoint will give your students a nice introduction. The eleven slides on this presentation b... ByBarbara Bureker
In this unit, students will practice using elements of fiction by writing their own short story. They will be led through the process with a serie... ByBarbara Bureker
This 15 slide show presents an overview of Henry David Thoreau's life. It is meant to be used as an introduction to reading his work. It can also b... ByBarbara Bureker
This 12 slide presentation discusses why metaphors are used and offers a number of examples. The presentation then describes various ways of writi... ByBarbara Bureker
This 14 slide presentation leads students, through a series of questions, to an understanding of the difference between denotation and connotation.... ByBarbara Bureker
This is a short original memoir that I wrote a few years ago. I have used it with my 9th and 10th grade students when they begin working on their o... ByBarbara Bureker
Melinda's Magic Laugh is an original children's story that can be enjoyed by all ages. It is a celebration of laughter and of the power of sharing.... ByBarbara Bureker
This three to four day project gives students a chance to be creative, and to get to know each other at the beginning of the school year. They will... ByBarbara Bureker
PLEASE NOTE: This unit uses a website that appears to be having difficulty - it has gone up and down during the past month or so. I am researching... ByBarbara Bureker
This useful handout can be given to students when they are learning about how to format dialogue. The idea is that they keep it and refer to it whe... ByBarbara Bureker