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Using Pictures and Slogans to Persuade an Audience!
Middle schoolers discuss how writers use various techniques to persuade an audience and examine examples used in the media. They interpret their thoughts and feelings about pictures, symbols and slogans and create an advertisement using...
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Autobiographical Talking Sticks
Young scholars begin the lesson by developing a map of their lives. Individually, they take this information and write a personal narrative. They create symbols to represent the various times in their lives and introduce them into...
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My Ideal World
High schoolers create an image symbolic of their ideal world. In this lesson inspired by To Kill a Mockingbird and the artwork of Edward Hicks, students use Adobe Photoshop to create an image symbolic of their personal utopia.
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Idiom Quiz A
In this idiom quiz worksheet, students complete a total of 30 multiple choice questions, choosing the correct idiom to replace a phrase given in brackets within a sentence, 30 total.
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The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
Students write a paper in which they analyze a quotation or symbol from The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. In this American literature lesson, students choose a famous quotation or symbol from the novel and analyze the...
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Water Tank Mural
Students evaluate visual arts by creating a mural on campus. In this symbolism activity, students research famous artists on the Internet and examine the impact their work has had on society. Students create murals around their school...
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State Report Booklet- Worksheet
In this state report booklet set of worksheets, students describe and draw information about the attributes of an assigned state. They write the name of the state symbols, such as the bird, fish, or flag, at the top of the page, and...
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Biography and Portraiture
Pupils determine the relationship between biography and portraiture. In this biography and portraiture lesson, students decide upon the differences and similarities between biography and portraits and whether or not biographical...
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Summer Safety Activity: Playing with Environmental Print
Students look at the words, symbols, and signs that surround them. For this early childhood lesson plan, students use observational skills as they note the abundance of letters and signs in their world, then apply this awareness to...
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Juliius Caesar
Students discuss suggestive language and the use of symbols and foreshadowing in Shakespeare's plays. In this Julius Caesar lesson, students discuss the idea that men control their own fates. Students examine the words of...
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Pinckney Benedict's "The Sutton Pie Safe" from Town Smokes
Students read Pinckney Benedict's "The Sutton Pie Safe" to learn about family symbols and social commentary. In this close reading lesson, students read four journal prompts for the story and answer the listed questions for each section.
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Mexican Memory Match
Students explore memorization by participating in a fun class game. In this Mexican culture lesson, students identify important Mexican symbols and utilize these images to play a memory game. Students match flash cards containing the...
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Techniques Used to Convey Messages in Media
Students examine different types of media. In this media awareness lesson, students discover techniques used in print, language, symbolic, and technical media as they rotate through classroom station activities.
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Squigly's Secret Code
In this deciphering symbols worksheet, learners decipher a secret code by using a set of symbols printed under the twenty six letters of the alphabet.
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Idiom Quizzes - Business
In this idiom worksheet, students take a quiz where they pick the correct idiom to replace the expression in the brackets. Students complete 20 multiple choice questions.
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Literature: Frederick
First graders read Frederick and illustrate a scene from the story. They connect their own backgrounds and experiences with scenes in the story. They identify the setting and conflict of the story.
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Shh...It's a Secret!
Students explore codes, decode secret messages, and create codes of their own to use with their friends. They examine the use of gestures, letters, symbols and numbers in codes.
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United We Stand
Students study Muslim wedding celebrations. They explore Muslim culture and wedding celebrations around the world. Students discuss vows, symbols, and traditions. They create wedding costumes and reenact part of a wedding ceremony.
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Letters of Advice and Encouragement
Students review the format for a letter. They discuss advice and encouragement and generate examples of each. Students write a letter to Despereaux. They proofread their work and a partner's work. Students discuss symbols and make a...
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Crypto Spy
In this decrypting symbols instructional activity, students find the answers to two questions regarding Easter by decrypting the symbols and filling in the boxes with the correct letters.
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Crypto Spy
In this decrypting symbols worksheet, students answer two questions regarding Groundhog's Day by decrypting the symbols and filling in the blank boxes with the appropriate letters to answer each question.
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Literature-based Skill Building: Holes by Louis Sachar
In this literature response worksheet, students answer 6 essay questions about the symbols and theme of perseverance in Chapters 35-37 of Holes by Louis Sachar.
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Historical Witness: Social Messaging
Students research the effects of the Industrial Revolution through art and satire. For this Industrial Revolution lesson, students complete a Venn diagram, a symbolism study, a satire study, and complete an art activity to define the...
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"Live Out Loud" Celebrates Pride Week
Students investigate human relationships by creating oil paintings in class. In this gay pride lesson, students discuss why the Pride parade is so important, who appears at the parade and how art is used to spread awareness of gay...