Two stories by Roald Dahl, "Lamb to the Slaughter" and "The Landlady" provide readers an opportunity to compare stories by the same author. After a close reading of the stories, teams select a character from one of the tales, craft...

After reading the essay "Killing Chickens" by Meredith Hall, provide your class with these thoughtful questions. After answering the four questions listed, your writers attempt to write their own descriptive essay. Challenge them to...

Here is an exciting way to get small groups teaching each other about different fuels that are used for transportation; have them write a song about a fuel type and sing it for the class! Each group must write a three-line, informative...

Are your students wild about horses? Then introduce them Sandra Olsen, a  zooarchaeologist, who has been studying horses and the people who herd them. Ms Olsen responds to 15 interview questions and details how she goes about her...

Tell your class members Que sera might be if they complete a survey of their interests, examine a list of careers that address these interests, research these careers, and develop an action plan that will help them...

While many young scholars are familiar with the Holocaust, they may not understand the specific history that led to the unprecedented atrocity. The first lesson in the unit helps teachers gauge their pupils' background knowledge. A...

Help learners discover more about their backgrounds. This family history activity includes links to sites about heraldry and family names. Begin by sharing your family history with the class and then allow students to do some internet...

In this interview worksheet, students follow directions on how to write an interview and then fill out questions for a reflection on it. Students complete 11 steps in the checklist and 3 questions in the reflection.

Fifth graders study wildlife. In this environment lesson, 5th graders choose a wild animal, write questions to interview the animal if they could, find the answers to these questions by doing research, and write a newspaper article using...

Students learn interviewing and proofreading skills, as well as 1st and 2nd person pronouns.

Students interview representatives from nonprofit organizations. In this philanthropy instructional activity, students prepare questions for a representative from a nonprofit organization. After conducting the interview, they are to...

Students discuss the qualities that make an interview successful. Students role play appropriate and inappropriate behavior during an interview. This lesson is intended for students acquiring English.

It's never too early to connect children with the real world meaning of their work. A series of four one-hour sessions, plus a field trip, make up this unit on college and career readiness for first and second graders. After viewing a...

Students dictate an e-mail interview. In this interview and early e-mail lesson, students brainstorm questions for a person they would like to interview. Then, they dictate their questions to the teacher for her/him to send as an e-mail.

In this folklife interview checklist activity, students check themselves for all the components to achieve success on their folklife interview. They check for before, during, and after components.

For this Justine Henin interview worksheet, students read the passage titled Interview with Justine Henin. They then answer the 8 true/false questions about the interview.

In this peer evaluation activity, students review the interviewing skills of their classmates by answering 10 fill in the blank questions and 2 short answer questions.

In this writing about an interview worksheet, learners process the information they gathered during their folklife interviews and respond to three questions that help them to understand how they were affected by the interview.

Young scholars interview a person in a career field they are interested in. In this career interview lesson, students identify a career they are interested in and the requirements of the job. Young scholars research the career and...

In this classroom applications of fieldwork basics worksheet, students survey a list of questions that may be used when they conduct interviews with people about a place.

In this personal facts worksheet, students interview and ask three different people five questions. Students answer six personal questions and prepare their presentation on one of the three people they interviewed.

For this crossword puzzle worksheet, students complete the crossword puzzle by solving the 12 clues at the bottom of the page. The theme of this puzzle is job applications and interviews.

In this questioning worksheet, students interview 2 Americans by asking them a list of 8 questions using the proper form of the verb, "going to." They write the answers in the section below the questions.

Students participate in a role play with a partner in which they practice interviewing for a job. In the scenario, they must ask or answer questions regarding three different careers in a foreign language. A great lesson on vocational...