Present vital information and persuade your audience. The class views and discusses two video segments regarding a Chinese school government election. They prepare and deliver persuasive speeches that require them to describe how they...

Students arrange illustrations in sequential order. In this text organization lesson, students access a webpage where they must follow the instructions to learn about the steps of pumpkin carving. Students then click and drag...

Round, flat, dynamic, static, and stock. Introduce viewers to the basic character types with a brief presentation that describes how to bring these characters to life. The presentation concludes with two photos. Ask your writers to...

Kids select a state, describe its climate and geography, and include interesting facts about it. The template includes space for drawings and pictures.

Here's a richly detailed unit, designed for second graders, that focuses on decoding figurative language, including similes, metaphors, personification and idioms.

Teach your class some fairly complex terms—factors of production, human resources, capital resources, natural resources, and intermediate goods—with a storybook (Messy Bessey's Holidays), plenty of visuals and handouts, and related...

Students study the flag they describe in their writing. This is done by either having the entire class view the one flag they are describing, or by handing out pictures of various flags to each individual student.

Learners describe and draw a picture about what happens in the book they are reading. They work in groups and read an assigned chapter. Students discuss the chapter and draw a picture to show what happens. They discuss the chapter with...

In this descriptive words learning exercise, students identify each picture. Students then write three descriptive words that describe the toys in each picture.

Second graders explore artists as authors. They discuss the stories that their pictures tell. Students describe what story they think the artist is trying to tell in their pictures. Students search the Internet and choose a piece of...

In this writing descriptions instructional activity, students write a description of the person pictured. Students write about her physical description and mood. Students then write 3 or more descriptions for students in their class.

In this ESL word and picture matching learning exercise, students analyze 7 pictures that depict common leisure activities. Students match these with the words that describe them.

In this ESL word and picture matching worksheet, students analyze 7 pictures that depict body parts. Students match these to the words that describe them.

Students work with a school in another country to produce a Global Story Book. They write stories and design pictures that describe both cultures.

In this hot or cold instructional activity, 2nd graders look at the picture and identify if it is showing something hot or cold. Students complete 1 problem.

In this adjective practice worksheet, 1st graders will read four adjectives describing pictures of phones and trace the missing words to properly complete four sentences.

In this clock worksheet, students practice writing sentences describing pictures. Students first fill-in the correct word and then write their own sentence.

In this language acquisition instructional activity, students select the best answer from four choices to complete each sentence. Sentences describe pictures that are included beside each. There are four possible predicate phrases for...

In this initial blend worksheet, students say the blend "sl," then bracket the sound in 5 words describing pictures. One example is completed for students.

Students investigate storytelling by analyzing images in a book.  In this reading analysis instructional activity, students read and analyze the book Alexander and the Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day.  Students observe the...

Second graders see how to identify and describe character, setting, and plot in various stories from picture books and story videos. They use picture books and story videos to practice identifying and describing the story elements.

In this recognizing words with the consonant vowel consonant pattern worksheet, students read a phrase and illustrate it, identify the phrases that identify the pictures, identify the sentences that correctly describe the pictures, and...

Students discover the defintion for synonyms and how they describe similar situations. They start with a common word such as "happy" and brainstorm different words that mean the same as happy. They draw pictures or write sentences to...

Fifth graders travel along exploring the expeditions of John F. Fremont. In this Westward expansion lesson, 5th graders gain understanding of the events that shaped the west through the use of maps. Students use mapping skills to...