Curated OER
Looking Inside Cells
Seventh graders analyze and identify the role of the cell membrane and nucleus. They create flash cards to help them review cell structures. They also compare plant and animal cells.
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Describing Another's Physical Features
Students practice describing someone using their physical characteristics and others try to select the person they are describing.
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Famous Addresses
In this famous addresses worksheet, students match the description of an address to the correct number. This one-page worksheet contains 13 matching problems.
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The Ideal Home
Fifth graders design their ideal home. In this ideal home activity, 5th graders illustrate and describe their ideal home. Students present visuals to their classmates. Lesson is part of a unit.
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Thesis Statement Exercises
In this writing worksheet, students identify what a thesis statement is and how to write one from three different essay questions. They identify the three main points for each questions and then, give it a title.
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Essential Narrative Concepts
Students interact with the main concepts of a narrative text in the six lessons of this unit. The setting, prediction, retelling, sequencing, and the identification of the beggining, middle and end of a story are investigated.
Scholastic
Scholastic: Writing With Writers: Descriptive Writing With Virginia Hamilton
Excellent site geared towards student writers interesting in learning how to journal. Follow Virginia Hamilton, an author, and learn her techniques from examples. Very comprehensive learning site.
Scholastic
Scholastic: Writing With Writers: Descriptive Writing
This page gives students specific guidelines & tips for a descriptive writing assignment. Students can publish descriptive writing here, as well. A thorough teacher's guide to descriptive writing is also provided.
ReadWriteThink
Read Write Think: Exploring Art Through Descriptive Writing
Contains plans for two lessons that use the book "Anna's Art Adventure" by Bjorn Sortland to teach students to write about art descriptively. In addition to objectives and standards, this instructional plan contains links to sites used...
Writing Fix
Writing Fix: Childhood Artifacts to Inspire a Narrative
This site contains a book review of Knots in My Yo-yo String: the Autobiography of a Kid, which is a memoir by Jerry Spinelli. A suggested activity is included that asks students to bring in important mementos that the students will...
PBS
Pbs Kids: Plum Landing: Pure Gold
Students will learn about golden eagles through reading and viewing an episode of Plum Landing. Then students will illustrate what they have learned about the golden eagle's environment.
PBS
Pbs Kids: Plum Landing: Double Rainbow
After viewing the "Double Rainbow" episode of Plum Landing, students will discuss what they have learned about rainbow parrotfish. Then students will design and post their own illustrations of a school of these rainbow parrotfish.
Other
Descriptive Writing Technique
Different techniques for writing detailed descriptions of an object are found on this page.
Grammar Check
Grammar Check: How to Write a Descriptive Essay
This article provides seven steps to follow when writing a descriptive essay. Ideas for ways to incorporate sensory details are emphasized. W.9-10.3d Precise/sensory details
ReadWriteThink
Read Write Think: Using Curiosity for Descriptive Writing
Lesson plan which allows kindergartners to combine their experiences and curiosity into developing beginning descriptions. Students use memories and illustrations in writing.
ReadWriteThink
Read Write Think: Powerful Writing Description in Creating Monster Trading Cards
Contains plans for two lessons that teach about descriptive writing by asking students to create their own monster trading cards with vivid descriptions. In addition to objectives and standards, this instructional plan contains links to...
PBS
Pbs: American Masters: Lesson 2: Truman Capote: Other Voices, Other Rooms
This lesson plan is based on the PBS episode of American Masters about Truman Capote. Students will read and analyze how Truman Capote develops characters as they record their findings on worksheets included with this lesson. Then...
Education Place
Houghton Mifflin: Eduplace: Fantastic Pictures
Check out this interdisciplinary lesson plan. Learners have an opportunity to draw a card with an adjective word and another card with a noun word and then make a drawing of the object.
A to Z Teacher Stuff
Ato Z Teacher Stuff: Lifesaver Descriptive Writing Lesson
This site has a fun way to explore your senses. While eating a lifesaver, students observe their senses and write down what they discover. Great idea, but not many details in the lesson plan.