This content area reading learning activity, ‘Nailbiting Narratives,’ helps students develop an understanding of the narrative frame structure. It is aimed at helping students become aware of how this structure is used in both fiction and nonfiction texts, and that even though we associate stories with literature, many real-life events have narrative characteristics.
This Writing Traits activity ‘Expository Voice’ encourages students to compose expository essays.
This Writing Traits activity ‘Persuasive Voice’ encourages students to write an essay in the persuasive voice.
This Writing Traits activity ‘Puns’ encourages students to use precise word choice and figurative language to enrich writing.