Halloween isn't fun for everyone — but playing together is! Read about Esme and her space pirate friend with a short reading passage, accompanied by ten short answer questions.

The transition of power between former President Barack Obama and President Donald Trump may be the first political process that your students have followed. Fill out the details between these two leaders with a set of vocabulary...

What did Christopher Columbus have to say about his exploration of the Caribbean? Young historians have a chance to examine Columbus' own words about his voyage to Cuba and Santo Domingo. After reading Columbus' report, pupils respond to...

Theodore Roosevelt and the Marquis de Mores were both born in 1858, and both came to the Dakota territory in 1883, but they influenced the developing country of America in different ways. Elementary and middle schoolers apply written and...

What's in a word? Scholars look at a sentence written on the board about snacks. They discuss unfamiliar terms and then record the new words by drawing a picture, writing a synonym, writing a translation, or creating a mind map. Pupils...

Amy Tan's The Joy Luck Club brings together the central ideas of identity, ambition, expectations, and relationships. As high schoolers read an excerpt from the chapter "Two Kinds," they note how Jing-Mei's connection to music relates to...

Once conceived, a guided set of literary analysis lessons will assist you day and night. Ninth graders look closely at "The Tell-Tale Heart" and analyze how Poe uses point of view to create questions about the narrator's sanity and...

The devil—and the truth—is in the details. As ninth graders approach the ending of Sophocles' Oedipus the King, they analyze the words of the Messenger and apply these details to the central ideas of fate and prophecy.

That was a good talk. Scholars learn about how to conduct a good discussion. They use chart paper and markers to record and discuss  expectations for members when working in a group. They then take a look at vocabulary...

In this implied meanings instructional activity, students use adverb clues in the sentences to solve the duration and emphasis of sentences. Students complete 10 sentences total.

Practice both regular and irregular verbs with this fill-in-the-blank activity. Pupils read sentences with the verbs in parenthesis and use context clues to write the correct verb tense to complete each sentence. Some of the sentences...

Third graders explore the geography in the book "Pickles to Pittsburgh" by Judy Barrett. They read the story and identify the physical features of the town, discuss the elements included on a map, and create a map of the town of...

Students engage in activities to increase their vocabulary. They record new vocabulary words in notebooks. They explore word bags to revisit vocabulary words. They use the words in context, create circle stories, play pictionary and...

Seventh graders practice analyzing vocabulary words within sentences to enhance word recognition and word meanings. They utilize the process of context clues to define a variety of vocabulary words from the story, "The Most Dangerous Game."

In this language arts worksheet, learners personalize their own fairy tale by filling in blanks with their own words in a 3 page story. Students read the context clues and decide which words they wish to insert in the fairy tale which is...

In this recognizing prepositions worksheet, students read incomplete sentences, use context clues, choose prepositions from a word bank, and fill in blanks to complete the sentences. Students fill in five blanks.

Students practice vocabulary and reading using the story Bently and Egg. In this reading lesson plan, students match vocabulary words to definitions while using context clues from a story. Students then create sentences using the words.

In this advanced critical reading worksheet, students read a passage about ethanol then answer questions. Students make inferences, determine author's purpose and use context clues to find the meaning of unknown words in the passage.

In this critical reading worksheet, learners read a short passage about the Columbian Exchange and then answer questions based on the reading. Students answer questions by making inferences, determining author's point of view and use...

In this recognizing vocabulary words in a recipe worksheet, students use the words in the word bank and the context clues to fill in the blanks. Students fill in 13 answers.

Students study the tale of Robin Hood to further their knowledge of character traits, improve their vocabularies, and increase their knowledge of the Medieval Ages. In this Robin Hood lesson, students complete 14 lessons that help them...

For this homonyms worksheet, middle schoolers use context clues to choose the correct homonym to complete each sentence.  Each sentence contains two choices.

In this imperative verb worksheet, students select the correct imperative phrase to complete the given sentence using context clues to determine the meaning.

In this sentence completion with verbs and prepositions worksheet, students use context clues to complete the sentences with the correct word or phrase.