Students explore the writing trait of voice. In this writing skills lesson, students read No, David! and discuss the author's use of voice. Students write a class version of the story called Yes, David! that incorporates an alternative...

Students create a creative interpretation of Jack and the Beanstalk. In this artistic expression lesson, students paint the stages of the beanstalk plant as a storyboard and create song about how the seed is growing.

Students brainstorm and discuss the strategies they use to read text books. In this reading text books lesson plans, students help each other on how to organize text book reading.

Second graders, with hearing disability, practice vocabulary building strategies. In this vocabulary strategy lesson, a student practices sight words using word cards. The student verbalizes a sentence with the new words while the...

Students participate in a shared reading of Steven Kellogg's, Paul Bunyan while learning the associated vocabulary. They write a journal entry expressing which of the folktales they have read is their favorite and why.

Tenth graders, in groups, write pieces of a script in a particular style that they are introduced to. They also study how tension and irony work together in scripts.

Students use tempera paints to create blots. They use the blots as inspiration for poetry writing by brainstorming and organizing all words they associate with the blot. They present their poetry along with their inspiration.

Students trace the rites of passage from the 1940's through the present in literature. They review some of their favorite expressions first and compare some of Holden's speech with their own. They discuss initial reactions to the book...

Young scholars read and write poetry that reflects true self expression. They use the published poetry as a springboard instead of a formula to write from the heart.

Students draft and edit a letter regarding human rights. They work in groups to select a cause, follow basic letter writing guidelines and draft a persuasive letter expressing their concerns. Students can also send the letters to a...

Pupils practice reading with improved fluency. After discussing how reading with fluency can enhance the text, students practice rereading a text. Individual pupils read the text to the instructor and record their progress in words per...

Students determine the difference between a sentence and a sentence fragment. After discussing important parts of a sentence, students identify the subject, noun and verb of a sentence. They read sentence fragments and determine what...

Students play 'telephone' to simulate communication difficulties. In this media analysis lesson, students read and analyze newspaper articles related to religious tensions between the Pope and Muslims. Students  evaluate the...

Students examine the issue of performance enhancing drugs. In this health journalism lesson plan, students read the USA Today article titled "Baseball's Steroid Test Program: Fair or Foul?", respond to discussion questions regarding the...

Students research three topics: The First Amendment, John Peter Zenger and his trial, and libel. In this journalism and libel lesson plan, students discuss things authority figures have done they disagree with and the anit-sedition...

Students analyze the work of two artists who made interventions in public spaces. In this art analysis instructional activity, students investigate ephemeral and site specific art. Students complete image based discussion...

Students create a list of characteristics for the heroine of a fairy tale and discuss ways these images affect behavior and self-esteem.  For this, The House on Mango Street gender equity lesson, students identify common...

Young scholars examine violence on television. In this media awareness lesson, students discuss the types of fictional and realistic violence shown on American television. Young scholars participate in a Congressional simulation activity...

Students study society's needs and altruism within communities. For this altruism lesson, students identify and categorize the basic needs that human beings have and define altruism. Students complete research on altruistic...

Students produce an object analysis of 'The Champion Single Scull'. They begin with description, proceeding to deduction, and finally providing speculation by interpreting the outward evidence of culture. They use a clipboard and paper...

Students learn about the foods of Italy. In this Italy lesson, students learn about the different types of food from Italy, create their own pizzas using paper and markers, share their pizzas with the class, and go to the cafeteria and...

Clichés, paradoxes, and equivocations are detailed in a short, animated video that defines and illustrates these writing traps. The resource also includes a quiz and the transcript for the video. Users can register to access free course...

In this foreign language worksheet, students select a word to complete each of ten sentences. Following each sentence are three choices, students are directed to select the one that is the best one. Sentences relate to learning to speak...

Students work in groups and study Daodejing. They describe how Monkey's behavior (from the Monkey Stories) is governed by the Yang and the Yin powers.