Students are introduced to the culture of a variety of Native American tribes through literature and related activities.

Students research various "mysterious" elements of literature, math, science, technology and life itself.

Young scholars appreciate African folktales, make "connections" between geography and literature, and research facts about Africa's animals and present findings through art and writing.

Students review vocabulary words and definitions from a literature selection. They play Vocabulary Bingo to practice the words.

Young scholars look at how animals are shown in literature and art as representing emotions, telling a story, or sending a message in this elementary school Language Arts and Visual Arts lesson.

Fourth graders explore the childhood of Lincoln and pioneer life in early Indiana. Students respond to literature and write a story using historical fiction. Students explore the writings of President Lincoln and the pioneer community...

Young scholars investigate other people's perceptions and interpretations of the world. They write a letter, taking into account another's historical point of view. The students also compare and contrast differing points of view...

Students read the book Strawberry Girl by Lois Lenski. In this literature lesson, students read chapters 8-15 and complete journal entries. They look at how life was in the 1890's.

Learners make a connection between science and literature. After reading the first five chapters of the novel The Cay, they describe the physical characteristics of a coral reef, as well as describe and distinguish between the many...

Learners recognize poetic devices including rhyme, syllabification, and meter. They identify the characteristics of a nonsense poem and of a limerick. They write their own limericks.

Learners explore limericks. In this poetry writing lesson plan, students listen to and read a variety of poems written by Edward Lear. Learners count syllables and identify meter by clapping as they read aloud. Students complete a...

Young scholars create poetry and verse, using all 5 senses to paint a visual image of life in a Japanese-American internment camp.

Students think about why we worry about what others think, bullying, and learning to respect and accept differences in others.In this Bad Case of Stripes lesson plan, students examine cause-and-effect relationships in a story as they...

Students read The House of Dies Drear and understand how he filled a need and helped people. In this philanthropy lesson students understand how the people who helped on the "Underground Railroad" filled a need and helped others....

The Enchanged Forest Chronicles has become a popular series with young readers. This online interactive quiz tests basic comprehension of the series.

Pupils research Japanese culture through art, caligraphy, food and literature of Japan. They increase knowledge of the computer and Interent.

Students explore the benefits of summarizing a piece of literature to increase comprehension. The teacher models summarizing by deleting trivial information from a reading passage. The students then practice summarizing independently...

In this literature worksheet, students use the full color painting of a tree dropping leaves for a bookplate or bookmark. The words on the bookplate read "Fall into a Good Book." There is room for the reader's name.

In this literature learning exercise, students read a biography about Amir Khan, a middleweight boxer who won an Olympic bronze in Athens. They identify whether each statement is true or false. Then, students look at his career and...

In this literature response worksheet, young scholars learn that an ode is a poem written to honor someone. Students create an ode to honor the sacrifices of Peter and Lise in Lois Lowry's Number the Stars.

In this literature response worksheet, students identify the beginning, middle and end events in a story and display this information on a story clock (graphic organizer). The title of the book goes in the center and the 3 parts are...

In this literature and comprehension question worksheet, students write complete sentence answers to 4 questions about Chapter 3,"The Garden," from the book Surprise Island.

In this graphic organizer worksheet, students recall the sequence of events in a piece of literature by filling out this graphic organizer chart with 6 unlabeled boxes.

For this literature and vocabulary worksheet, students complete vocabulary work from pages 16-26 of "The Boxcar Children." They examine the phonograms: a, ng, oi, ie, c, s, ay, ck, qu, igh, gn, ed, ou, ar, and ee. No directions are...