Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Parts of speech and "grammar rock": English

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders use the video of "Grammar Rock", class discussion, worksheets and group work to explore grammar and parts of speech. They produce a film strip displaying their understanding of parts of speech in English.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Modern Advocates for Change

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Learners make a list of "modern day prophets" and explain how they have made considerable contributions toward the common good. They write a letter to a community leader in which they advocate the solution to a problem or issue in their...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Dealing With Teasing and Bullying

For Teachers 5th - 6th
Students view film clips on the internet, take notes, and participate in a discussion about bullying. They complete entries in a handbook on how to handle bullying.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Power of Germs

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Learners view the film, Guns, Germs, and Warfare. They create projects based on the impact of germs on the development of societies and countries.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

The Candid Camera

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students examine the influence of photographer Jerome Liebling on documentary films. They read and discuss an article, take photographs, and create an original photo essay and artist statement.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

The KAO Telescope

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Students explore the basic principles of the operation of the NASA's KAO telescope. They construct a simplified model of it using film canisters and other everyday objects. Step by step directions are included in plan.
Activity
Curated OER

Anne Frank Project

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students read information from the Holocaust Museum. They also read Anne's Diary for 1942. Students choose three entries from 1943 and read them, students complete a response sheet for entry. They watch the film "Life is Beautiful" and...
Interactive
Curated OER

Indirect Questions

For Students 5th - 6th
In this indirect questions worksheet, students complete a ten question on-line interactive exercise. Students read a question and then rewrite it beginning with the words in parentheses to make it an indirect question.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Gandhi's Voice: Writing as Nonviolent Resistance

For Teachers 9th
Ninth graders identify how Mahatma Gandhi used writing as a means of nonviolent communication. In this nonviolent resistance lesson, 9th graders watch a film about Gandhi as a writer and identify characteristics of nonviolent activism....
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Thai Children's Trust: School for the Blind

For Teachers 3rd - 12th
Students explore their five senses by experimenting with classmates. In this blindness lesson, students utilize blindfolds while performing everyday activities and discuss the inherent challenges of not having vision. Students view a...
Interactive
Curated OER

English Exercises: Interrogatives

For Students 3rd - 8th
In this online interactive English worksheet, students respond to 36 multiple choice and fill in the blank questions about interrogatives. Students may submit their answers to be scored.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Interviewing a Fairy Tale Character

For Teachers 5th - 9th
Students demonstrate question and answer/interviewing skills. They brainstorm questions they would like to ask each other and then interview their partner who will be a fairy tale character. Interviews will be filmed with a video camera.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Using Inspiration To Support Logical Reasoning

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students share descriptions of science experiments they have conducted. They create a thin film on the surface of water in order to float light objects and observe that a paper clip does, indeed, float on the surface of the water at...
Worksheet
Curated OER

Mystery Canisters

For Students 7th - 9th
For this density worksheet, students modify three film canisters in order to make one float in a tank of water, another suspend in the middle of the tank, and the third should sink to the bottom. They collect data on their canisters and...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Chef for a Day

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Learners make chocolate chip cookies. In this cooking lesson, students follow a recipe by doing each step in sequence.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Fossil Impressions of Ancient Life

For Teachers K - 6th
Students make a mold using Plaster of Paris and then make a cast using that same mold. They pick a fossil and describe how it looks. They write a fictionalized story about its life, or burial. (
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Can You Sell Your Cereal?

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Learners evaluate television commercials about cereal and create their own cereal product. They watch cereal television commericals and evaluate cereal boxes to compare their features. As a class they create a T-chart to identify words...
Worksheet
Curated OER

"Going To" Worksheet

For Students 4th - Higher Ed
In this making predictions grammar worksheet, learners read 10 sentences and make a prediction about what will happen next using the phrase "is going to." This is intended for ESL use.
Worksheet
Curated OER

Total English Pre-intermediate: Playing with Passives

For Students 5th - 6th
In this passive practice activity, students review the passive voice as they correct the mistakes in 8 sentences and make 8 questions using the passive voice. Students also answer 4 questions regarding the passive voice.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Blow, Crack, and Rage

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Students add punctuation to a passage from King Lear and compare their version to the First Folio version.  In this Shakespeare and punctuation lesson, students discuss the difference punctuation can make on a set of words. ...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Art as a profession

For Teachers 8th - 12th
Students research a possible career in computer animation. In this computer animation lesson plan, students research the amount of money you could make in computer animation and the kinds of jobs you could acquire.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

All About Me

For Teachers K - 4th
Students produce a slide show documentary designed to help them recognize their individuality, respect each other's differences, and discover what makes them unique. They examine the concept of digital portfolios. It is designed to...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

The Codex Comes Home: Leonardo Lives in Seattle

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students complete a unit on the life of Leonardo da Vinci and the content of the Codex Leicester. They write an encyclopedia entry, watch a film, complete a data sheet, conduct Internet research, and write a letter to Bill Gates about...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Sherlock Holmes: Teaching English Through Detective Fiction

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students read examples of mysteries and detective fiction. With a focus on Sherlock Holmes, they are introduced to the techniques for reading properly. In groups, they define new vocabulary, make predictions and summarize the stories. ...

Other popular searches