Reading and Writing in the Content Areas eWorkshop:
Teacher Lessons

The following are original or adapted lesson plans created by Massachusetts teachers in the Literacy Matters' Content Literacy Professional Development eWorkshop. These lesson plans were developed during Fall 2003.

Text Structure: Journey Around Needham by Kathleen Martell of the Needham Public Schools (original lesson plan)

Victorian Era History: Before Reading Great Expectations by Risa Carp of the Belmont Public Schools (original lesson plan)

Content Reading: I say, "Let the Kids Figure It Out!" by Anne Hess-Mahan of the Arlington Public Schools

Identifying Text Structure in Informational Writing by Jen Pratt of the Abington Public Schools

Compare and Contrast: Survivor! by Joanne Sener-Labarre of the Medway Public Schools

Using Graphic Organizers with Biographies for Paragraph Development by Karen Buglass of the Winchester Public Schools