Language Arts Lesson Plan Writing Activities
Language Arts teaches students about basic handwriting, reading, writing and English grammar. Children of all grades will appreciate any activities that make writing lessons fun and memorable. Try making a game out of learning the parts of speech, for example, or having the students write their own books or poems.
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Teaching the Parts of Speech
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Children in elementary and middle school enjoy writing lessons that involve fun activities and games. When you are teaching students about the parts of speech, make a game out of the lesson, such as playing verb and adjective Pictionary. The children must draw pictures to illustrate a simple verb or adjective while the rest of the class guesses the correct words. Alternatively, have the class play Mad Libs where they have to fill in blanks in a story with adjectives and verbs for hilarious short stories. Prepare a scavenger hunt. Write parts of speech on pieces of paper and hide them around the classroom before the children enter the room. Have them find a piece of paper and then give an example of that part of speech such as a verb.
Write a Limerick
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The Teacher's Corner website has many lesson plans for writing activities. For example, it provides an activity to teach your students how to write Limericks. The Lesson sheet includes an explanation of what a Limerick is and an example of a written Limerick. The students are then given a Limerick poem to compose on their own with a starter line such as "There once was a girl named...."
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Teaching Characterization
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Teach your students about characterization. Read them a story such as "The Hundred-Acre Wood" and talk about the characters in the story such as Pooh or Piglet or Tigger. For a class activity, ask the students to choose a character from the story that is most like them and then write a page about why they are like that character. They can also describe ways that they are different from the chosen character. The students will learn about themselves while learning about writing and story composition and teachers may learn helpful information about their students as well.
Students Write Their Own Books
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Have your students write their own book for a writing activity. Place a variety of art and writing supplies on a table that is designated as an "Author's Corner." Supplies should include lined paper, colored paper, color pencils or markers, string, stickers and a hole punch. Give the students a topic to write about to tie in with another subject such as social studies or allow them to be creative and write about a topic of their choice. If you teach lower grade students, you can prepare a form page that includes spaces for Title and Author and perhaps some starter sentences. Before they begin writing and making their book, ask for ideas from the students such as their favorite sport, a member of their family or a special memory.
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