High schoolers examine the experiences of an immigrant coming to the United States. Using the internet, they research information related to the Cuban/American baseball experience. They present their findings to the class and answer...

Learners decide what kind of journal they want to keep. They make the cover for their journal using construction paper and markers or paint and other types of art equipment like sequins.

Students create an imaginative response to a book title as a way to anticipate what the book is going to be about. They explore the use of humour to make a serious point. Students are asked what they think that statement 'Woman walks...

Students study another method for writing a book report using a Haiku poem. In this book report lesson, students use the Haiku poem format to write a book report.

This is a passage for those who wish to learn through A Midsummer Night's Dream to build bridges between real life concerns and this play, as it was in Shakespeare's time. Gives character profiles and outlines their problems in the...

This is an online photocopy of the original text of the children's book A Child's Dream of a Star by Charles Dickens (c1894), an illustrated children's story. It offers 37 pages of advertising from the time period.

This is a mini story adapted from "Dreams" by Jerome K. Jerome is followed by a cloze-style quiz. Words from the story have been removed and replaced by a number which refers to a quiz question. Students select the missing words from 4...