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Data Analysis and Bias
In this probability and statistics instructional activity, students determine when a collected data or a graph of the data could be biased. The one page instructional activity contains four multiple choice questions. Answers are...
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KS5 Film and Media Studies: Documentary
Students generate their own definition of documetary. They watch and discusss a series of extracts that demonstrate the breadth of the documentary form. Students create a defintion of the term documentary that takes into account the...
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Walden
Students participate in a panel discussion on materialism, assuming the identities of Henry David Thoreau and other experts on materialism. In this Walden instructional activity, students create a panel discussion of prominent people,...
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Shadow Puppetry in South India
Learners read a variety of literature from India, including folktales and fables. They then select a scene or story to script, work together to design and craft shadow puppets of characters and scenery, narrate a story, manipulate the...
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Verb Tense Exercise 12
In this verb tense worksheet, students fill in blanks with the correct tense of verbs in parentheses, using simple past, present perfect or past perfect. A reference web site is given for additional activities.
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Prairie Voices: Spare Time
Students examine forms of recreation throughout the last 150 years. In this leisure time lesson, students investigate leisure activities in pre- and post-industrial society as they listen to a teacher-led lecture and discuss their...
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Keira Knightley
In this famous leaders worksheet, learners read a passage about Keira Knightley and then complete a variety of activities including spelling, cloze, synonym matches, and scrambled sentences.
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Up, Up, and Away
Fifth graders participate in a WebQuest that introduces them to a study on clouds and how they relate to weather systems.
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Let's Watch a Story
Fourth graders watch a silent movie and identify the elements of a story. They complete a worksheet attached to the lesson and discuss their answers.
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Passport To Parliament
Learners examine the Canadian parliamentary system through the investigation of various learning centers that address the issues using a variety of learning preferences.
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"Love & Diane" Lesson Plan: Expectations About Parenting
High schoolers watch video clips of "Love & Diane," then discuss media messages and student expectations.
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Persuasive Speech
Tenth graders participate in a lesson that is focused on the concept of writing persuasive speechs. They conduct research from a variety of sources in order to gather information to write well informed speeches.
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Total English Upper Intermediate: It's All in the Headline
In this newspaper headline vocabulary activity, students practice consolidating key vocabulary as they complete 10 headlines by filling in the blanks and then write their own 8 headlines to share with a partner.
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Total English Advanced: The Unreal Past
In this unreal past and hypothetical questions worksheet, students use the 10 questions provided to interview fellow classmates.
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Preparing Ourselves, Presentations, and Booths for the Campaign Day
Eighth graders set up for campaign day. In this campaign lesson, 8th graders finish up a previous project to present to their campaign party (this is lesson 9 of 12). They work on language arts, science, and art presentations for...
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Current Events Activity
Students investigate world news and create a performance from their research. In this current events lesson, students identify major political or news stories in the media and create a performance based on a character they will...
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Into the World of Spook
Students explore the Web portal for the British Secret Service. In this current events instructional activity, students discover facts and fictional accounts about British spies as they listen to lectures and participate in classroom...
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Maya Angelou
In this famous person worksheet, students read a passage about Maya Angelou and then complete a variety of in-class and homework activities to support comprehension, including partner interviews, spelling, cloze, synonym matches, and...
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Nicole Kidman
In this famous person worksheet, students read a passage about Nicole Kidman and then complete a variety of in-class and homework activities to support comprehension, including partner interviews, spelling, cloze, synonym matches, and...
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Much Ado About Nothing
Learners explore the genre of romantic comedy through their reading of Much Ado About Nothing. In this literary genres lesson plan, students study the genre of romantic comedy through their reading of Much Ado About Nothing. Learners...
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Growing Pains of the Yearling
Fourth graders read The Yearling by Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings.
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Restaging Julius Ceasar
High schoolers engage in a lesson looking at a major scene of a Shakespeare play. They assume the role play of being the director and apply problem solving skills in order to conduct the scene. Others must switch roles and take on the...
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Sherlock Shell and the Case of the Missing Chicken
Middle schoolers read and discuss literature in class. They produce a script based upon the model shared during reading and discussion. Students shoot scenes for a final video project.
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Russell Crowe
In this listening worksheet, 6th graders listen to a biography of Russell Crowe and answer questions. Students fill in missing words in a transcript of the podcard. A full transcript is also included.