This PIZZAZ (People Interested in Zippy and ZAny Zcribbling) lesson plan will engage students in writing cinquain poems. Examples of cinquain poems are provided. A template is also included as a graphic organizing support for students.

Contains plans for two lessons that teach about the theme of O. Henry's "The Gift of the Magi" using blues music, creative writing, and media study. In addition to objectives and standards, this instructional plan contains links to sites...

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ReadWriteThink offers a very thorough lesson plan that encourages students to create their own pourquoi stories. Included are downloadable pdf files needed to incorporate the lesson.

This journal article examines how the use of technology has helped to promote critical thinking and creativity. The article includes examples specifically focused on Ray Bradbury's "Fahrenheit 451."

Students will make their best guesses as to how many marbles are in a bag. After recording 4-5 guesses, the teacher writes the number representing the total on the board, and the students then help sort their guesses into less than,...

Students will compare the number of circles in two boxes. If they are equal, they will write a number sentence. Explanations and examples are included.

Using a ball thrown vertically as the real life scenario, this task has a couple of aspects designed to encourage students to attend to the structure of a given equation and the meaning of the variables in it. Aligns with HSA-CED.A.2.

The goal of this task is to manipulate equations in order to solve for a specified variable. Aligns with HSA-CED.A.4.

The teacher will prepare number lines for the students to trace. These number lines can be taped to the desk to be used for number recognition, sequencing, counting, "number forward", and "number backward" activities. An example is...

In a video game called Snake, a player moves a snake through a square region in the plane, trying to eat the white pellets that appear. This task has students approach a function via both a recursive and an algebraic definition, in the...