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Comprehension Activities for The Indian in the Cupboard
For this comprehension activities for The Indian in the Cupboard worksheet, students, after reading the book, answer 11 comprehension questions and complete 5 extension activities.
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Prejudice and the Navaho Indian Long Walk
Students read Scott O'Dell's book, Sing Down the Moon, and answer questions about the forced migration of the Navahos from Arizona to Fort Sumter, New Mexico. They conduct research and describe a tenebrae service and its importance.
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Convincing Characters
Learners create vivid, active characters for a story. In this character lesson, students discuss the characters in books they are familiar with. Learners create a list of novels they have read and discuss the character types. Students...
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Story Creation Magic: Character, Setting, Plot
Students review the terms plot, setting, and characters and examine how all of these elements are needed to make a story. They are given parts of stories and they try to identify all of those parts of the story.
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Inventors - A Multimedia Presentation
Students research inventors. In this research project, students select an inventor and research their accomplishments. Then, students create a PowerPoint presentation to help share what they have learned.
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"Hector's World" Episode 5
Students consider when, and if, they should share information about themselves over the internet. For this online safety lesson, students view the show "Hector's World." They then discuss how to use caution, unsafe feelings, and the help...
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American Idols
Students design a biographical web for a famous American figure. They identify key research questions and organize information as a prewriting strategy. This can be done individually or as a class, depending on your needs and students.
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Nottingham, UK City Quiz 2
In this visiting and finding information about the Victoria Shopping Centre in Nottingham, UK activity, learners read questions and go on a scavenger hunt to discover the answers. Students write 15 answers.
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Writing an Information Paragraph on a Villain
In this villain worksheet, students fill out facts sheets, information planning sheets, and more to write an information paragraph on a villain. Students complete 5 activities.
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Cristiano Ronaldo
In this Cristiano Ronaldo instructional activity, students read about the life of the soccer player, then complete a variety of comprehension activities. An answer key is included.
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Worksheet 4. Reading: The First Woman in Space
In this vocabulary review worksheet, learners read a brief 4 paragraph selection about the first woman in space and answer 10 multiple choice questions pertaining to it.
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A or An
In this a or an instructional activity, students put a or an in front of other words. Students put a or an in front of 45 words or phrases.
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The Twelve Months: A Slavic Cinderella Variant
Students locate Slavic countries and identify a few characteristics of those countries. They read and/or listen to the Slavic tale, "The Twelve Months," and compare this version with another Cinderella story.
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Shh...It's a Secret!
Learners explore codes, decode secret messages, and create codes of their own to use with their friends. They examine the use of gestures, letters, symbols and numbers in codes.
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Pronoun Practice-Simple
In this pronoun worksheet, students fill in blanks in sentences with correct pronouns, 21 total. A reference web site for additional resources is given.
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Hugo Chavez
In this famous leaders instructional activity, students read a passage about Hugo Chavez and then complete a variety of in-class and homework activities to support comprehension, including partner interviews, spelling, cloze,...
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Antonyms
Students encounter words that are antonym pairs with opposite meaning. Students show examples of antonyms to the class. Students increase knowledge of antonym pairs. Students share stories full of antonyms with each other.
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Pass It On: African American Poetry to Inspire Writing
Students read through poems in a book called Pass it On. There are 19 poems from famous African American poets contained in the book. The poems are specialized for children and after the children have learned about the author and about...
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American Revolution: Who Am I
In this American Revolution worksheet, students read 5 paragraphs, each giving clues about a famous person in the Revolutionary War. Students use a word bank to find the answer.
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Using a Dictionary- Definitions - Volume 5, #25
In this dictionary worksheet, students use a dictionary to help answer 5 multiple choice questions about the meanings of words. Students are asked the meaning, synonym or antonym of a word in bold type.
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Using a Dictionary--Meanings
In this meaning of words learning exercise, students utilize a dictionary to look up four words and choose through multiple choice answers the best definition for each word.
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Martin Luther King, Jr. Crossword Puzzle
In this Martin Luther King, Jr. crossword puzzle worksheet, students read 15 clues about this civil rights activist. Students fit their answers in the puzzle, which has no word bank.
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Rosa Parks Dies
Young scholars read a story called Civil Rights Leader Rosa Parks Diesand answer vocabulary and comprehension questions about it. In this current events Rosa Parks lesson plan, students respond to literature by answering questions,...
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Using Verbs
In this online interactive grammar instructional activity, students respond to 24 multiple choice questions that require them to identify verbs in a reading selection.