University of Texas at Austin
Francais Interactif Descriptions of People
Interactive videos make use of extensive vocabulary in context to illustrate physical and character descriptions of people. Has audio and video clips as well as interviews - great listening comprehension.
Other
Enforex: Vocabulary
This Spanish reference site provides a list of description words with their English translations. Physical and personality descriptors are included.
Writing Fix
Writing Fix: Details and Vocabulary: Using Content Based Vocabulary
In this lesson, students will write a descriptive paragraph regarding an animal and its habitat, or a character in a particular setting. Great cross-curricular usage of vocabulary.
Quia
Quia: Character Traits/descriptions
This reading resource provides vocabulary words with definitions. All words are related to character development and character traits. A link to associated review activities is included.
English for Everyone
English for Everyone: Sentence Completion 1: Level 4 [Pdf]
English for Everyone provides a printable quiz to assess the recall of Level 4 descriptive vocabulary words.
English for Everyone
English for Everyone: Sentence Completion 6 [Pdf]
English for Everyone provides a printable quiz to assess the words associated with family relationships. Descriptive vocabulary words are also assessed on this quiz.
English for Everyone
English for Everyone: Sentence Completion 2: Level 3 [Pdf]
English for Everyone provides a printable quiz to assess the application of negative words with negative situations and positive words with positive situations, along with sets of descriptive vocabulary words. All topics assessed are...
Math Words
Math Words: Rational Numbers
Mathwords provides a brief description with an easy to read chart that includes all types of real numbers.
Other
How to Study: Building Vocabulary: Using Context Clues to Learn Word Meaning
This resource explains six ways authors use context clues that might help readers understand unfamiliar words. CCSS.ELA-Literacy.CCRA.L.4, 8.2.B
Other
Es Lnotes: English Learner Movie Guides
Detailed overviews of popular movies written especially for English language learners by an ESL instructor. Each guide includes a plot summary, descriptions of major characters, and an extensive glossary of words and expressions used in...
Math Is Fun
Math Is Fun: Illustrated Mathematics Dictionary
A comprehensive dictionary of Math terms. Definitions include illustrations, examples, and detailed descriptions.
Scholastic
Scholastic: Severe Weather and Natural Disasters
Learn about severe weather and natural disasters through experiments, witness accounts, vocabulary, and much more.
Scholastic
Scholastic: Max's Math Adventures: Max's Fantastical Zoo
Use this rhyming description of Max's Fantastical Zoo to make some amazing animals from geometric shapes. There is a teacher's guide for easy lesson planning.
Georgia Department of Education
Ga Virtual Learning: Macbeth, Act Ii
This is a guide to the reading of Act II of Macbeth. It offers background information, links to vocabulary, a summary of the act, hyperlinked notes, the text of the act, questions, and an alternative text. It also provides three tasks:...
Indiana University
Indiana University Bloomington: Abc's of Indiana Geology 2 [Pdf]
One of four sets of 26 ABC cards that have definitions and descriptions of geologic terms and earth science concepts.
Indiana University
Indiana University Bloomington: Abc's of Indiana Geology 1 [Pdf]
One of four sets of 26 ABC cards that have definitions and descriptions of geologic terms and earth science concepts.
ArtsNow
Arts Now Learning: My Sound Is the Best! [Pdf]
In this lesson, students will use music as an impetus for stating and supporting opinions. They will compose an opinion poster based on a narrative about a train using percussion instruments. This will involve group work which can lead...
Scholastic
Scholastic: Shiloh Discussion Questions
Come and check out this informative resource featuring discussion questions, a description of the book, a vocabulary builder, and an extension activity for the book "Shiloh."
Math Science Nucleus
I. Science Ma Te: Integrating Science, Math and Technology
This site offers a wealth of online textbook-related materials that encourage the discovery of science in the world around us. Enter the site to access material on specific topics. Each section contains reading material (complete with...
Virtual Salt
Visual Salt: Elements of the Gothic Novel
This site gives a listing and description of the typical elements usually found in gothic novels. It also provides a list of example vocabulary typically found in gothic novels.
Texas Instruments
Texas Instruments: Statistics Terms
This set contains statistics questions pertaining to the basic terms and definitions of statistics. The student distinguishes a population from a sample, a parameter from a statistic, and inferential from descriptive statistics.
123 Teach Me
123 Teach Me: Describe Yourself
Students who are learning Spanish will learn how to talk about themselves with this learning module. Additional vocabulary, video, dialogue links, and related topic inks are provided.
Lectric Law Library
Lectric Law Library: Legal Resources and Definitions: Property
The site provides a legal definition and description of "property."