I ran across this beautiful writing lesson when reading California Teacher Guy's blog. It begins with students making a collage of a tree. One part of the lesson has the students writing a simple letter to the tree and considering life from the tree's point of view.
This lesson could be about almost any other thing or even a person and used with all subjects. I just love the way California Teacher Guy has added natural extensions to the original lesson. As a former language arts and math teacher, I can see so many possibilities. Check out his blog for other writing ideas, such as Running Dictation.