After reading chapter six of Ordinary People with your class, conduct this activity with your class. Turn the lights down, put on your softest voice, and have them try to imagine that they lost a close friend. Then, encourage them to...

Fourth graders identify literary techniques by participating in a class discussion. In this organization instructional activity, 4th graders practice public speaking while presenting ideas for a story to their classmates as well as...

High schoolers research the surrealism movement and its primary artists. Language is also analyzed, and students will create their own original poem utilizing surrealistic techniques.

Students choose a short story and role play one of the characters in the story. They interview each other about the character they are playing to research them.