Commercial advertising—we can't get away from it, but do we realize just how often we are being advertised to? With this instructional activity, scholars analyze mass media to identify how its techniques influence our daily lives....

Make connections between Esperanza Rising and human rights with the activities outlined here. The instructional activity starts out with a brief quiz and review of the novel. After that, pupils circulate and share quote strips that you...

Working on revision? Check out this resource on Common Core standard W.9-10.5, which focuses in particular on the writing process. After reading some information about the specifics of the standard and how to implement it in the...

How do you know what a character's personality is like if an author doesn't tell you? With a focus on character development in Esperanza Rising, pupils complete a jigsaw activity to analyze the actions of Mama, Abuelita, and Miguel. Once...

Begin class with a short comprehension quiz and review and then move into a new genre: two-voice poems. The activity provides information about this type of poetry as well as a video example made by eighth graders that you can show your...

Your pupils will be expected to determine the meaning of words and how those words affect the meaning of a text. Help them master this skill with the ideas listed here. First, look over the two activities that could be used for your...

Take a look at linguistics and stereotypes in Great Britian with a word study of "chav." Learners find out what terms are pejoratives and what they are meant to convey. Geared toward British culture, study the ever-changing English...

If they are intrinsically motivated, your learners complete a 10-question matching online interactive quiz. They match sentences with the tag questions that go with them. They don't need to try on their own before the answers are...

Quiz class members on the present perfect, past perfect, and future perfect tenses with a helpful grammar presentation. Before learners practice their skills, they view the definition of each tense, complete with correct examples...

Find the nouns in 10 sentences with a simple grammar activity. After learners read each sentence, they circle each noun and then write their own sentences at the bottom of the page.

Practice substituting subjects and objects in a sentence with the correct pronouns. A grammar instructional activity prompts young learners to fill in the blanks for ten missing subjects, and then ten missing objects in different sentences.

Targeting some commonly misused verbs, this activity could help students avoid language-related errors. While just a short review of verbs, it could be a way to introduce the importance of proper word usage.

Add a some variety to a reading of Beverly Cleary's Ramona series with this collection of fun worksheets and activities. From a basic reading comprehension crossword puzzle to a quiz that determines which character...

Introduce language learners to class behavior expectations, and each other, with activities that include greeting and name games, conducting a class survey, and creating a classroom rules poster.

The rich language of O. Henry's "The Gift of the Magi" is only appreciable if you understand the words. A short lesson plan reviews 13 words from the story and prompts class members to apply each word and its definition to other situations.

In this language arts review activity, learners complete 6 exercises: students rewrite 2 sentences with punctuation and capitalization mistakes, circle words that have the 'oo' sound, complete an analogy, and find an antonym for "strong."

In this language arts review worksheet, students complete 6 exercises. Students correct 2 sentences with punctuation and capitalization errors, circle 2 words spelled correctly, circle the words that go together, and choose the correct...

For this language arts review worksheet, students complete 7 exercises: students rewrite 2 sentences with errors, find words that go together, circle words that rhyme, write syllables for 3 words, find the correctly spelled word, and...

In this language arts review worksheet, students complete 6 exercises: students correct 2 sentences with errors, circle action words, circle words that go together, write 3 words in the 'ick' family, and put words in alphabetical order.

In this language arts review learning exercise, students complete 6 exercises: students find a pronoun, complete a sentence with a question word, put words in alphabetical order, circle words that rhyme, select the word with short 'i'...

In this language arts review worksheet, students complete 6 exercises: students rewrite 2 sentences with the correct grammar and punctuation, complete a plural spelling activity, a synonym activity, a vowel sound activity, and a syllable...

In this language arts review worksheet, students correct 2 sentences with punctuation and capitalization errors. Students write an antonym for happy, give the plural of cherry, and write 2 words in the ch family.

In this homonyms worksheet, students fill in the blanks to sentences with the appropriate homonym. Students complete 20 sentences.

Here is a worksheet that provides practice using English verb forms like the simple present, simple past, and present progressive. Learners fill in the blanks in 10 sentences using the given verb correctly based on context. I'd go over...