Why is it important to use precise language? Participants explore this question in the fourth activity in a series of 15 on effective instruction. Perfect for all content areas, the activity promotes appropriate language choice through...

The six instructional shifts in this workshop definitely move math and science teachers' understanding of instruction. The workshop, 13th out of a series of 15, asks participants to examine sample tests and to look at how the six...

A compilation of resources devoted to teaching probability and statistics. The resources are broken into seventeen different objectives that have a problem, activity, and a game.

The Wise Pockets World Schoolhouse presents a dozen lesson plans based on children's books and teaching money management. All include lesson descriptions, cross-curricular connections, instructional objectives, activity sheets,...

A compilation of resources devoted to teaching probability and statistics. The resources are broken into seventeen different objectives that have a problem, activity, and a game.

A compilation of resources devoted to teaching probability and statistics. The resources are broken into seventeen different objectives that have a problem, activity, and a game.

A compilation of resources devoted to teaching probability and statistics. The resources are broken into seventeen different objectives that have a problem, activity, and a game.

[Accessible by TX Educators. Free Registration/Login Required] In this lesson, students will learn to identify the primary points of view used in fiction and weigh the advantages and disadvantages of each.CCSS.ELA-Literacy.CCRA.R.6

This lesson plan enables learners to compile a list of vocabulary words in association with a recently read novel. Included in the lesson plan is an overview, practice, objectives, downloadable resources, an interactive tool, and more.

Contains plans for two 50-minute lessons that teach about the comparison/contrast organizational pattern. In addition to objectives and standards, this instructional plan contains links to PDF handouts and sites used in the lessons as...

Contains plans for seven lessons about working dogs that teach critical thinking skills and a vocabulary strategy called Word Storms. In addition to objectives and standards, this instructional plan contains links to sites used in the...

Contains plans for three lessons that introduce a nonfiction prereading strategy with the acronym THIEVES, which stands for Title, Headings, Introduction, Every first sentence, Visuals and vocabulary, End Questions, and Summary. In...

Contains plans for two lessons that teach students how to avoid gender stereotyping while using pronouns. In addition to objectives and standards, this instructional plan contains links to sites used in the lessons as well as assessment...

Writing formally means writing using words that are precise, objective, and impersonal. This lesson gives examples of formal language and also provides games and a test. CCSS.ELA-Literacy.WHST.6-8.2.e

Writing a Paper? Here at the Capital Community College is everything you could ever ask for while preparing your essay. This site includes the writing process, structure, thesis statement, transitions, the computer as a writing...

This lesson plan focuses on bias in language such as gender and cultural bias and how to avoid them in public speaking. CCSS.ELA-Literacy.WHST.6-8.2.e

This site provides three links on the topic of giving and receiving criticism. They are as follows: Cultural differences in approaching criticism; Be positive, specific, objective, and constructive; and techniques for accepting...

Contains plans for four lessons that use The Phantom Tollbooth by Norton Juster to teach about figurative language. In addition to objectives and standards, this instructional plan contains links to handouts and to sites used in the...

This lesson plan explores reading strategies by creating a musical soundtrack to accompany the specific reading. Included in the lesson plan is an overview, practice, objectives, resources, preparation, and more.

Contains plans for two lessons that explain an inductive method for analyzing poetry. Seamus Heaney's "Blackberry Picking" is analyzed using this model as an example, although the method can be used on a variety of poems. In addition to...

This lesson plan deals with the process of analyzing a variety of literary texts from poetry and letters to diary entries and works of fiction. Included in the lesson plan is an overview, practice, objectives, resources, preparation, and...

Contains plans for two lessons that teach point of view using the book "Two Bad Ants" by Chris Van Allsburg and titles from the from the "Look Once, Look Again" series by David M. Schwartz. In addition to objectives and standards, this...

This lesson plan uses a virtual trip to the moon to teach vocabulary practice. Included in the lesson plan is an overview, practice, objectives, resources, preparation, and more.

Contains plans for a minilesson that teaches about proper dialogue format while writing, specifically paragraphing. In addition to objectives and standards, this instructional plan contains links to sites used in the lessons as well as...