New School Year Activities Lesson Plans - National Council of Teachers of English

Elementary, Middle, Secondary, College

“Creating Class Rules: A Beginning to Creating Community”

It’s important to engage students in thinking about the process of learning and the behavioral and community needs which support a productive classroom environment. (Elementary)

"Building a Learning Community: Crafting Rules for the Classroom"

Students will learn to mind their ps and qs in this lesson on etiquette and appropriate behavior in the classroom. (Elementary)

"Building Classroom Community Through the Exploration of Acrostic Poetry"

What do your students think about each other? Find out as you teach them the concepts of acrostic poems and challenge them to write an uplifting acrostic about a classmate. (Elementary)

"Creating Classroom Community by Crafting Themed Poetry Collections"

Students create poetry collections with the theme of “getting to know each other.” They study and then write a variety of forms of poetry to include in their collections. (Elementary)

"A Getting-Acquainted Activity Using My Teacher's Secret Life"

Students build classroom community as they get to know each other and their teacher better by sharing what they like to do outside school. (Elementary)