In this online interactive reading comprehension worksheet, students respond to 5 short answer and essay questions based on Steppenwolf. Students may also access an online quiz on the selection using the link at the bottom of the page.

Fourth graders engage in a lesson which integrates the study of the Underground Railroad in Indiana with a Language Arts unit on quilts. They write a book report on one of the quilt books read in class and design a quilt block for the...

Fourth graders explore history of Underground Railroad in Indiana and discover how slaves were assisted on their journey using codes displayed in different quilt blocks. Students examine connection quilts have to ancestry and family...

Students investigate the characteristics of wind. In this weather lesson, students use poetry and van Gogh's paintings to discuss the movement of wind. Students are introduced to the Beaufort Scale and use the tool to measure the wind...

While incomplete, this lesson provides an interesting way to approach an activity on giving and following directions. Learners work in groups, using a newspaper and maps, to give each other directions to a specific location. The handouts...

Although this worksheet is labeled for intermediate English language learners, I'd argue the vocabulary is more appropriate for advanced learners. The pupil reads each sentence and selects the appropriate word to complete the sentence....

Students research various Native American stories and legends. They participate in reader's theater, write original legends, cook Native American foods, construct dioramas and view Native American art and artifacts.

Pupils discuss what they would do if they saw a neighbor's house on fire and what information they would need to know to tell the 911 operator. They watch as the teacher models how to call 911 and observe that the numbers are called only...

Students participate in an alternative reading assessment using a video camera and script. In this alternative reading lesson, students work as a group to perform their reading story. students memorize their lines and film their play.

Master word analogies with a straightforward exercise. Pupils match word pairs to one another based on the relationships represented in each pair. The instructional activity provides bridge sentences that learners fill out as...

Young scholars present scenes from As You Like It and critique presentations of their peers.  In this As You Like It instructional activity, students stage the opening scene, experimenting with different approaches to find the tone...

Students analyze Antigone and its universal issues as well as explore ancient Greece. In this Antigone and Ancient Greece lesson, students read and complete activities for Sophocles' Antigone. Students reconstruct the experience of a...

Students complete a unit of lessons to learn about William Shakespeare and the Globe Theatre. In this William Shakespeare lesson, students complete 7 lessons of activities to study William Shakespeare, the Globe Theatre, and the play 'A...

For this subject worksheet, 5th graders review and master the subject of sentences.  Students respond to 28 questions, underlining or writing the subject of each given statement.

Students examine an art object and gain information from it. Students examine how artists provide important information to convey a narrative.

First graders complete a unit of lessons on school and how schools have changed. They read a Laura Ingalls Wilder excerpt, view and discuss a Norman Rockwell painting, conduct an interview, construct a school map, and create an ABC book...

Ninth graders explore the presidency of George Washington and Thomas Jefferson.  In this US History lesson, 9th graders examine the life of Abraham Lincoln.  students write an essay describing the presidency and the people's...

Students study the life of miners and complete activities showing what they have learned. For this miners lesson plan, students read about the life of miners and complete writings, posters, quotes, and other activities about the times.

Second graders examine the life and times of mid-1800s England in Dicken's time. They compare/contrast Christmas today and during Dicken's day, discuss the book's characters, play a game from the 1800s, and read a Reader's Theater...

In this nouns activity, students write whether the underlined word in the sentence is a singular or plural noun. There are 10 words to identify.

Students compare and contrast translations of Greek literature. In this dramatic literature lesson, students read and perform passages from four different translations of Euripides's Hecuba. Students discuss how the translations...

Students explore, examine and study August Wilson's 10-play series where each play focuses on a particular decade. They discuss each play in depth and then speculate on the possible plots for an eleventh play set in the 21st century.