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Good Health Manners
Students read and discuss a list of Good Health Manners and examine how to avoid the flu. They complete a worksheet, and write why it is important to follow good health manners.
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Finding the Verbs
Students receive instruction on verbs and their function by using the examples provided. They then complete the worksheet included, writing the verb in the blanks independently.
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High-fliers
Students take a closer look at Heathrow airport. In this current events lesson, students visit selected websites to learn about the history of Heathrow Airport and the current opening of terminal 5.
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On With the Show!
Learners think about comedy skits, based on family or domestic situations, and stage one of their own.
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Introduction to Tall Tales
Students watch a video about a tall tale and list ten elements of a tall tale that they noticed in the movie. They begin with a KWL chart, and complete it as the movie and discussion progresses.
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Dependent Clauses Worksheet 2
In this dependent clauses worksheet, identify the dependent clause in the sentence, identify the part of speech, write how it is functioning, and write 3 sentences on their own. Students complete 16 sentences.
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Quotation Marks Worksheet 1
In this grammar worksheet, students read three passages to find and correct ten pairs of quotation marks that are missing. Students share their responses with their classmates.
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ESL Vocabulary
For this ESL reading comprehension worksheet, students will read a short article for understanding. Upon competition, students will focus on 6 vocabulary words and respond to 7 true/false reading comprehension questions.
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Are You an Animal Safety Sleuth?
Students identify animal behaviors that are unsafe and react appropriately to the warning signs. For this animal safety lesson, students discuss animal behavior in uncertain situations. Students make flip cards for younger students to...
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Screening the Silver Screen
Students write New York Times Movie Guide Reviews using descriptive and persuasive language.
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One Step At A Time
Students begin the lesson by discussing how two people watching the same event can see it differently. After viewing an overhead transparency, they report on what they saw after being called upon. They discover that what we see is our...
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Making Magic
Learners assess the elements of J.K. Rowling's 'Harry Potter' series that have made it such a success. They incorporate these elements into a short film, incorporating such concepts as pop culture mythology, urban legend and archetypes.
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Mixed Skills Word Problems
In this mixed skills word problem worksheet, 6th graders solve 10 different problems that include various steps in completing each. First, they determine how many pieces of jewelry that a person had in all. Then, students determine the...
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Finding the Subject
Students explore sentences to locate subjects. In this language activity, students investigate methods to locate subjects in sentences and practice doing so.
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Simple Past/ Past Continuous
In this verb activity, students focus on simple past and past continuous tense. Students complete 15 fill in the blank statements, with he ability to self check using this online interactive activity.
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Social Security
Students investigate the inception of Social Security benefits provided by the Government. In this Social Security lesson plan, students debate whether or not people should be entitled to receive money from the government....
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Scriptwriting Skill Module
Students identify and analyze conflicts in plots. In this conflict lesson students recall stories, novels and movies they've read or seen and discuss the conflicts contained therein. They then complete some written exercises to...
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A Little Advice
In this reading comprehension worksheet, students read a passage on how to write a fiction story. They then write their story using the ideas in the passage. There is a discussion point provided on this page. The students also complete...
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Recreating Storyline
Seventh graders engage in a instructional activity that focuses on the sequence of a story and they discover its importance in the context of improving reading comprehension. Students analyze the plot of a story and reconstruct it into...
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The Secret Life of Walter Mitty Lesson Plan 3
Ninth graders read the story, "The Secret Life of Walter Mitty," and create a characterization chart to define the stock characters in the main story. They predict whether Walter Mitty will be a static character or a dynamic character....
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Chemical Elements: Teacher Story
In this chemical elements: teacher story activity, students use the periodic table to write down the name and symbol of the first 10 elements. Kids then complete a story by filling in the blanks with the names of the elements of the...
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Looking Into the Future- Verb Tenses
In this verb tense worksheet set, students complete 6 pages of activities associated with the use of future tense verbs. They use the perfect future, mixed future, and future perfect simple tenses as they complete charts, conversations,...
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The Water Cycle
Students are introduced to the components and importance of the water cycle. They are shown how groundwater moves using a model. Students list 9 places on earth where water is found. They define the terms cycle and water cycle.
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Interjections!
For this grammar worksheet, students learn about interjections. They then use what they learned to answer the 12 questions on the page. The answers are on the last page of the worksheet.