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Creative Writing Lesson Plan
Students practice recognizing the elements needed to produce a piece of creative writing and become aware of those elements in their own original pieces of writings. In groups, they creatively write a new story utilizing all the major...
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Story Framing Legends
Students review, examine and study the seven stages to a traditional legend or modern story in legend form. They locate two traditional legend stories and see if they fit into the two categories listed for them in two boxes. Each student...
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Christmas Alliterations
Review and discuss how to correctly write alliterations and then write seven original Christmas alliterations to share with their classmates. This activity has a suggested extension that has them make a book illustrating their...
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Writing Questions Review
In this writing questions, worksheet students write a question for each of the 8 given answers. They read the responses before writing original questions.
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Punctuation Review
In this punctuation review worksheet, students rewrite 8 sentence using the proper punctuation as well as capital letters. Students then write their own original sentences.
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Punctuation Review 4
In this punctuation review activity, students rewrite 8 sentences using the proper punctuation as well as capital letters. Students then write their own original sentences.
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Punctuation Review 6
In this punctuation review worksheet, students rewrite 8 sentences using the proper punctuation as well as capital letters. Students then write their own original sentences.
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Punctuation Review 7
In this punctuation review instructional activity, students rewrite 8 sentences using the proper punctuation as well as capital letters. Students then write their own original sentences.
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Library Lingo Crossword
In this library lingo crossword puzzle worksheet, students use the 6 clues to determine the 6 literary genre names that complete the word puzzle.
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Sentence Building 2
For this sentence building worksheet, student practice their language skills as they write 8 original sentences using the nouns that are listed.
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Sentence Building
For this sentence building worksheet, student practice their language skills as they write 8 original sentences using the nouns that are listed.
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Sentence Building 3
In this sentence building worksheet, student practice their language skills as they write 8 original sentences using the nouns that are listed.
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I AM a Researcher, "I"nca, "A"ztec, "M"aya
Students create and original multimedia presentation on the Incas, Mayans, or Aztecs. In this Meso-American civilization lesson, students research and then compare and contrast the civilizations of the Incas, Mayan and the Aztecs....
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Quick Quiz: Present Simple Versus Present Progressive
In this verbs worksheet, students complete a 10 question multiple choice on-line interactive exercise about the correct use of the present simple or present progressive word forms.
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My friend Luisa
In this completing sentences instructional activity, 2nd graders complete the sentences by matching the correct word beginnings for the sentences. Students match 10 sentences to 10 beginnings.
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Transitioning Between Scenes
Students create a chart to reference when writing new scenes in fiction stories. In this fiction writing lesson plan, students are exposed to various ways to transition between scenes in their writing. There is a Word...
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Spenser, Shakespeare, and the "Blazon": Lesson 4
Students discuss the meaning and tone of Shakespeare's Sonnet 130. In this sonnets lesson, students compare Spenser's sonnets to Shakespeare's. Students discuss specific words that add to the humor in Shakespeare's sonnet,...
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Inferring Themes
Fifth graders practice making inferences on various types of reading material. As a class, they develop a definition of the word "theme" and discuss themes for some of their favorite stories. They use the context of the reading...
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Learning About Interjections
For this interjections worksheet, students answer 4 facts about interjections and then write 2 original sentences using an interjection in each one.
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"Umbrellas"
In this reading comprehension worksheet, students read a passage about the origin of the umbrella. Students answer 10 multiple choice questions about the text.
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"Soda Pop"
In this reading comprehension worksheet, students read a text about the origin of soda pop. Students answer 10 multiple choice questions.
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Mysterious Slovak Words in Yellow Submarine
Learners read an article about the song "Yellow Submarine." In this lesson, students complete several activities that relate to the article, including a vocabulary assignment, sentence starters, class discussion and a quiz.
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Breaking News English: Immigration
In this immigration worksheet, students read the article, answer true and false questions, complete synonym matching, complete phrase matching, complete a gap fill, answer short answer questions, answer discussion questions, write, and...
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Breaking News English: Queen Elizabeth
In this Queen Elizabeth worksheet, students read the article, answer true and false questions, complete synonym matching, complete phrase matching, complete a gap fill, answer short answer questions, answer discussion questions, write,...