Here’s a lesson plan from the NYT Learning Network highlighting National Day of Writing

The Learning Network: Why I Write: A Celebration of the National Day on Writing, Oct. 20

By KATHERINE SCHULTEN

Published: October 7, 2011

Why do you write? With our partners, we’re inviting the world to answer that question on Twitter on Oct. 20, by posting your message, and the messages of your students, to the hashtag #whyIwrite. Learn about this and several other National Day on Writing projects, and please, spread the word!