Laurie Halse Anderson tackles challenging topics for teens. An educator's guide shares activities for many of her novels such as Prom, Shout, and Wintergirls. Questions, perfect to use as either discussion or as essay prompts, accompany...

Is there an art to dying? Scholars write essays describing how a death scene contributes to a novel or play. They also write essays analyzing poetic techniques an author uses and literary elements they see in a passage. Writers create...

Young scholars assess role of art in their lives and discuss how murals can accomplish social change.

Analyze advertising techniques in order to pinpoint persuasive strategies that writers use. These same techniques are then examined in persuasive speeches. You will have to find your own advertisements, but speeches are included. Finish...

Students study the principles of design and element of the art of Ellis Wilson. They examine how art can create social commentary.

Students define metaphor in both art and writing. In this metaphor lesson, students examine a photograph by Dorothea Lange and discuss the metaphor that is displayed in the picture. They write about an object that symbolizes a personal...

Learners redesign a dead space in the school to create an interesting and stimulating visual environment. In this art design instructional activity, students look at how to redesign architectural space and research ways to enhance a...

In this language arts worksheet, students fill in the graphic organizer that compares primary sources and secondary sources of information.

Students compare similar words that are often confused. In this Language arts lesson, students review meanings of words that are often confused. Students complete a worksheet and sentences to practice correct usage of these words.

In this language arts activity, students rewrite ten well saying into mixed up sentences. There are 9 mixed up sentences the students must decipher to get their other 9 well known saying. There is an answer key provided.

What caused the dust bowl, and should we worry about it happening again? Scholars look at various data to come up with their hypotheses. Then, they experiment to find some of the factors that contributed. Finally, the video has them look...

How are raptors and airplanes alike? Combine science and language arts in this fun and interactive project. Young scientists research the animal in order to design their own aircraft, and compete in a contest for farthest, fastest, and...

Foster community in your classroom and encourage learners to get up and get to know each other. Individuals each receive the classmate inventory handout included and use it to fill in information about their fellow scholars. Once they...

Here's the perfect resource for anyone using Edgar Allan Poe's famous short story the "Tell-Tale Heart." The packet includes five worksheets that provide skills practice exercises focusing on spelling with consonant blends,...

Students explore the basis of Iago's persuasive power by analyzing Shakespeare's use of rhetoric and figurative language. In this Othello instructional activity, students analyze Iago's rhetoric in monologues and dialogues with other...

Students improve their reading and speaking skills. They experiment with language, tone of voice, body language as they write a play. They write a script to a play. They act out roles of the play.

For this language application worksheet, students read selected pieces of literature and then complete a graphic organizer based on words they encounter and their meanings. 

Students reflect on a personally meaningful live performance and the circumstances necessary to create art. They study about the current leadership crisis facing the Met, Carnegie Hall, and the Public theater. In groups, students...

Students write fictional stories about the search for a runaway slave. Their tales are based on the search by William Harris from South Carolina for his slave, George, in Detroit. Students include the answers to teacher-provided...

In this New York State Testing Program English Test worksheet, students read several selections and answer reading comprehension questions.  Students then write an essay response using details from a selection.

In this poetic themes worksheet, students respond to 4 short answer and essay questions based on the poem "Musée des Beaux Art," by W. H. Auden. Suggested reading activities related to the poem are also provided.

In this "One Art" worksheet, students discuss the relationship of loss to forgetting things. Students look at the author's tone and the significance of her memories.

In this "One Art" worksheet, students discuss the poem as an exercise in self-deception.  Students answer four questions about the poet's view of loss and her attempt to come to terms with it by making it seem trivial.