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Simile And Metaphor
Students engage in a lesson about metaphor and simile while using them in different contexts. They are asked to share some samples that are designed by them to other members of the class. Students practice writing them with the help of...
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Appreciating Our American Heritage
Students learn about the Chinese culture via literature. They read the poetry of Cathy Song, considering national pride as Americans and Chinese.
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Medieval Ethiopia, Mali and Nigeria: The Influence of Culture in Africa
Students are introduced to the concept of cultural diffusion. In groups, they identify the culture of Mali, Nigeria and Ethiopia and work together to research how cultural diffusion has changed the country. To end the lesson plan, they...
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How To Stay Creative
Students explore the concept of creativity and how an artist maintains it. The positive influences to maintain it is the focus with the awareness of the negative influences that can possibly stifle creative thinking is also presented.
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One Windy Wednesday
Students read and discuss the novel, "One Windy Wednesday." They complete a variety of activity cards and assignments associated with this novel. Each student draws windy day pictures, make a kite and record weather and kite observations.
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Eddie Loves Baseball
For this sports reading comprehension worksheet, young scholars read a story about a baseball game and a little boy. Students read the story and answer 5 questions.
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Autobiographical Writing About Memories
Pupils reflect on fall memories in preparation for creating an autobiographical composition. In this composition activity, students explore how many writers use the changing seasons, fall in particular, to describe a character's...
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Adjectives and Adverbs: Bad and Badly
In this adjectives and adverbs worksheet, students learn the correct use of "bad" and "badly". Students correct the word usage in 10 sentences.
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Understanding to Read and Describe It
Second graders, with hearing disability, practice vocabulary building strategies. In this vocabulary strategy lesson plan, a student practices sight words using word cards. The student verbalizes a sentence with the new words while the...
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Sentence Structure
Students focus on sentence structure, and how to construct the necessary elements for a sentence to be considered complete. They practice diagramming sentences, focusing on the independent and dependent clauses.
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Chinese New Year
Students explore the Chinese New Year celebration. Through the use of interactive video and the Internet, they will examine the sequence of events that occur during the preparation and festivities. Students compare the Chinese New Year...
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So You Want to Be A Poet?
Fourth graders study different types of poetry and then write examples in this unit. They write, among others, free verse, Diamante, Clerihew, and color poems.
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Game Shows in the Classroom
Young scholars participate in game show like games when reviewing material for any subject or grade level.
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Television and Teens
Students discuss the relationship teenagers have with the television. In groups, they watch different excerpts from various television shows and note every instance of violence including children. They also discuss the instances of...
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Thanksgiving Reading Comprehension
In this Thanksgiving Reading Comprehension activity students will read a passage about the history of the holiday and answer 10 multiple choice questions and 1 short answer question.
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The Traditions of Christmas
For this holiday reading comprehension worksheet, learners learn about 3 common Christmas traditions: wreaths, stockings, and decorated trees. Students read facts about each and answer questions.
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Subject/Verb Agreement
In this grammar worksheet, students underline the subject and choose the appropriate verb in parentheses that makes twenty-five sentences grammatically correct.
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Total English Advanced: What Does the Future Hold?
In this future probability practice worksheet, students interview 3 other students regarding predictions for the future and then create a written summary of the predictions.
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Four Seasons
Students identify the change in the seasons. In this earth science lesson, students describe weather of each of the seasons and illustrate pictures of each season. Students discuss their illustrations with their classmates.
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Representing Text in an Outline
In this outlines worksheet, students answer multiple choice questions about the function of an outline in a text. Students complete 10 questions.
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Capitalization Pretest
In this capitalization worksheet, students determine whether or not each sentence contains errors in capitalization.
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Teenagers and cleaning
In this teenagers and cleaning worksheet, students choose the correct word to complete the sentences about teenagers and cleaning. Students complete 10 multiple choice questions.
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Sam and the Lucky Money
Third graders read the story Sam and the Lucky Money. In this reading lesson, 3rd graders discuss the story. Students write in a reader's response journal as they read the story.
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Setting And Plot
High schoolers investigate the concept of setting with the use of reading different excerpts from multiple samples of texts. They execute well-thought out statements of the setting considering the important details that point it out...