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Exploring Film Genres for Telling Hero Stories: Experimental Shorts
Learners design and create an experimental film to express a theme or concept regarding heroism. They establish shots of locations, write dialogue, create montages and subjective footage.
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Any Answers 2-- Intermediate Level
In this language arts worksheet, students read 10 questions or comments followed by 4 possible responses. Students select the most appropriate answer or response.
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Rain Forest Animals Crossword
In this science and language arts learning exercise, learners complete a 16 word crossword puzzle about rain forest animals. Each clue is a hint to identify an animal of the rain forest. There is no word bank. Answers are provided on...
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Soul Legend Wilson Pickett
Learners analyze the lyrics to the soul music of Wilson Pickett as a step towards the exploration of the life and talents of the man. The language and expressions utilized in a descriptive article about the composer form the basis of the...
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I Am A Musician- Interview A Musician
Students, as a class, interview musician to find out more about him/her as an individual. Students then write thank you notes and include, by naming or drawing, one fact learned about the musician.
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Play Me a Story - Sorcerer's Apprentice
Learners explore the story taht accompanies the musical composition, The Sorcerer's Apprentice. Using the 5W-how questions, they explain what is happening in the story as they listen to the musical.
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The Cay
Fifth graders read The Cay as a shared literature experience. This lesson plan has many good activities across the curriculum to keep your students actively engaged in the story. They will do math, art, music, science and geography...
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Won't You Celebrate With Me: The Joy of Lucille Clifton
Learners explore the concept of poetry through movement and song. They watch Lucille Clifton read her poem, and write their own poem.
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Synonyms
Students complete online exercises for synonyms. For this synonyms lesson, students work in pairs to find pictures around the room and choose one as the music plays. Students write a word to describe the picture and discuss their...
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Commas
In these punctuation worksheets, students review the definition of a comma and its uses in series and direct address. Students then complete three pages of activities for commas.
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Earth Connections
Students explore the concept of the planet Earth and its connection to the Native American traditional beliefs of 'Mother Earth.' Students describe and illustrate the Native American beliefs for 'Mother Earth.' Students interpret words...
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The Quatrain
Students analyze the quatrain structure and rhyming in the song, "Puddles". They use this format to create their own quatrain lyrics for a song then they share their song ang revise it.
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Sounds of Poetry
Fifth graders read "Tunnel Music" and then explore how words and spacing in a poem affects how the poem sounds.
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Reading a Book
In this reading a book worksheet, students answer ten short answer questions related to when, what, and how they read a book. One example is where do you like to read?
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Using the News
Pupils give oral predictions to news articles. They discuss and revise their interpretations of the content material.
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Chinese Shadow Puppets
Students explore the art of Chinese shadow puppetry. They create puppets, develop and rehearse scripts and perform a show in front of the class.
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Expressing the Future Resource Sheet
In this expressing the future resource instructional activity, students examine the use of present simple, present continuous, be going to, and will words. They see examples in each of four boxes that example the use of words to express...
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Super Bowl Games of 1990's Crossword
In this crossword puzzle worksheet, students read the clues about the Super Bowl games during the 1990's and complete the crossword puzzle.
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Beginning Analogies 10
In this analogies worksheet, students read the pairs of words and select the answer that best expresses a relationship similar to the original pair. Students complete 12 examples.
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Various words: 18
In this various words worksheet, students choose the correct answer based on number of years, prepositions, and completing sentences. Students complete 7 problems.
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The Cinquain
Students explore writing a cinquain. Students engage in a pantomime experience. They observe and describe bubbles. Students compose a cinquain and illustrate their work with bubble art.
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Barnyard Riddles - A Class Project
Pupils choose and animal about which to research or compose a riddle. They organize and develop a slide show in which they create a background, import graphics, clip art, kid pix stamps, photos, and type their riddle.
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Santa Claus Quiz
Students investigate Santa Claus. In this traditions lesson, students listen to Christmas songs and answer questions based on the music. Students complete a quiz about Santa Claus. Students explore verb usage in Christmas related...
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Edit a Friendly Letter
In this letter editing instructional activity, students read a letter to "mom," then recopy it on another sheet of paper and correct all errors found.