Students read both Japanese and American folktales and respond to teacher generated questions. They compare the folktales and determine if there is a lesson to be learned. They draw story card to retell the story to the class.

Students describe the effects of World War II on the Home Front, including rationing, female employment, and the end of the Great Depression. They interview someone who was at home during World War II and ask them how the war affected...

Students identify the principal physical features the Pilgrims considered when choosing the location of Plymouth. They create a postcard to send to a friend in Europe as if they were a Pilgrim; illustrating one aspect of the settling in...

Students examine a variety of reference resources when seeking information. They discuss atlases, almanacs, dictionaries, encyclopedias, thesauri, online search engines for the Internet, and online library card catalogs. They complete a...

Students write with controlled and/or subtle organization. They identify the main idea and explicit details. Students analyze paragraph and essay structure. They utilize context clues to identify organization.

In this verb worksheet, students conjugate the verbs in the parenthesis to make the paragraph grammatically correct. There are 14 verbs to conjugate.

In this word choice worksheet, learners fill in blanks with the appropriate choice: there, their or they're, 20 sentences total. Interactive version website is noted on worksheet.

Learners write rhymes for each letter of the alphabet. For this rhyming lesson plan, students come up with various words that could rhyme for each letter. Once they come up with rhymes for each, they publish them in a book along with...

In this verb tense instructional activity, learners fill in blanks with the correct tense of verbs in parentheses, using simple past, present perfect or past perfect. A reference web site is given for additional activities.

In this gerunds and infinitives worksheet, students complete an online interactive multiple choice exercise. Students read 10 sentences and from 2 choices, select the correct gerund or infinitive for the sentence blank.

Pupils make cards as a form of good will. In this card making instructional activity, students brainstorm a list of people who would benefit from an anonymous card. Pupils deliver the cards anonymously and observe the reaction of the...

In this idioms worksheet, students read sentences with idioms about the body and choose the best response to the sentences. Students complete 10 multiple choice questions.

In this past simple, past perfect, and past progressive learning exercise, students fill in the blanks to sentences, rewrite sentences, put verbs in the correct tense, and more. Students complete 4 activities total.

In this jobs worksheet, students look at a picture of a girl as a grocery bagger and write down things she should do to make a good impression with her boss. Students write down 7 things.

Students work in groups to write stories that have homonyms in them. In this homonyms lesson plan, students use their own experiences to write these stories.

For this famous person worksheet, students read a passage about Julia Roberts and then complete worksheets such as spelling, a listening gap fill, synonym matching, scrambled sentences, and more.

In this famous person worksheet, students read a passage about Luisa Diogo and then complete a variety of in-class and homework activities to support comprehension, including partner interviews, spelling, cloze, synonym...

In this famous person instructional activity, students read a passage about Wangari Maathai and then complete a variety of in-class and homework activities to support comprehension, including partner interviews, spelling,...

Students study unequal resources and their effects on education. In this educational disparities lesson, students participate in a coloring activity with quality and low-quality resources. Students then discuss the disparity in the...

Students examine characteristics of informal writing. Students read through a class story. They rewrite the story so that it sounds if they were explaining the story to a friend. Students discover the use of apostrophes and...

In this famous person learning exercise, students read a passage about Barack Obama and then complete a variety of in-class and homework activities to support comprehension, including partner interviews, spelling, cloze, synonym...

Young scholars discuss the importance of word choice in writing. In groups, they rank a list of words from one extreme to the other. After viewing an example, students apply their knowledge of word choice by writing a descriptive...

In these World War II home front worksheets, students read several passages about the home front during World War I. Students learn about the evacuation plan, rationing methods, the women, and the home guard.

Students discuss what makes a sports legend. In this Jim Thorpe activity students analyze both the triumphs and tragedies of Jim Thorpe's sports career. Students then write a letter persuading their representative to name Jim Thorpe the...