Students work together in groups to invent new and creative games. They also get the opportunity to teach others the games they created.

Students play a trivia game to learn more about the Chicago public transportation system. In this transportation lesson plan, students also create an "L" car, and write advertising slogans for Chicago's elevated trains.

Students work in groups to create silent videos or still images that define or represent adjectives. They share their creations with the other groups in class to see if they can determine the adjective their project represented.

Students explore the cultural significance of various sports from around the world. They then teach their classmates about these sports by participating in a Global SportsFest as both instructors and players.

Pupils use reading fluency, comprehension, vocabulary, written expression to write in journals as reading "Holes" by Louis Sachar. Some days are set aside for tests and/or food tasting.

Students participate in a game about homophones. They write sentences on the board omitting the homophones. They try to determine the correct word and must spell the word as well.

In this icebreaker activity worksheet, students examine 30 descriptions and find classmates who fit the descriptions. Students should record the names of classmates next to the descriptions they match.

Students use adjectives to construct sentences. In this english activity, students play a card game based on Top Trumps. They use superlatives and comparatives during the game.

Need a review practice exercise for participial phrases? The assumption here is that young grammarians are already familiar with the grammar principles and terms and are ready to show their understanding of participial phrases, and for...

Though this learning exercise on colloquialisms in English songs might be fun, it's hard to see an application for it in the classroom. The best way to use this learning exercise, which provides a list of words like "gimme" and "gotta"...

Test your class on the first five chapters of To Kill a Mockingbird with this basic reading comprehension quiz. Use it to judge whether your learners have been completing assigned reading or not. Class members can receive immediate...

With questions primarily about characters' names, this interactive online quiz tests knowledge of details about Gary Paulsen's book The Car. Pre-screen for accuracy as anyone can create quizzes on Fun Trivia. You might want to encourage...

Learners bring in a variety of books to be approved for reading outside of class and then complete a book review on each one approved. They remember to include a description of the setting and characters, plot summary and a conclusion in...

This simple reading comprehension quiz on Poe's story, "Hop-Frog", may be useful as a reference for your own quiz; however, the quality is too low to assign as is.

You may want to suggest your class take this online quiz on The Pearl to self-assess their basic reading comprehension; however, it is not appropriate for a graded assignment given the lack of rigor. Additionally, Fun Trivia quizzes can...

If your learners are having trouble keeping the minor characters straight in Harper Lee's To Kill a Mockingbird, then this online interactive quiz might be helpful. Use it as a check for understanding and provide your class with...

Give this quiz to your class if you'd like to test their knowledge of ten details in To Kill a Mockingbird. This quiz is based on basic comprehension and recall of the text. While this is not the most academically challenging quiz, it...

Fun Trivia quizzes can be created by anyone, so this assessment might not address the elements you deem most important in the last 10 chapters of Lee's timeless book. However, it could be a fun follow-up or sponge activity for readers...

Online quizzes can be fun for testing reading comprehension; however, this Fun Trivia quiz on A Christmas Carol does not have the rigor necessary for a class assignment. Instead, you may want to suggest your readers take it on their own...

This online quiz may be fun for readers to take on their own to self-assess basic understanding of Dickens' A Christmas Carol; however, the lack of rigor makes this questionable as a class assignment. These online, interactive quizzes...

This Fun Trivia online interactive quiz is not appropriate for a class assignment; however, your pupils may enjoy taking it on their own to self-assess their basic understanding of the plot.

Assess your class on Lord of the Flies with this basic comprehension quiz. This online quiz is composed of ten multiple choice and true/false questions about the characters and plot of the novel. Learners receive immediate feedback when...

Follow-up a lesson on nominative and predicate pronouns with a worksheet that provides practice for your young grammarians. Although the worksheet begins with definitions and examples, the explanations might confuse some of your learners...

Have you ever studied historical words and found that they were deeply rooted in racism or prejudice? Select a long list of these words to have your class examine. What familiar roots do they have? Do they know when this word originally...