Third graders, in groups, select and research a favorite studenT author or illustrator. They answer questions about the author, conduct research and prepare a PowerPoint presentation with their findings.

Learners analyze political cartoons, and write short paragraphs explaining the cartoon's meaning and the cartoonist's point-of-view.

Students examine the life of Lavinia Warren, the wife of Tom Thumb. They examine the impact of stereotyping and other behaviors by different groups. They examine roles and status in society as well.

Students create illustrations for a folktale that are shown with an opaque projector during the story reading. They are assigned a picture description and do not know how their picture fits into the story until all of the illustrations...

Learners convert basic measurement in English and Metric Units.

Students explore reasons for the length of the school year in the United States. The pros and cons for extensions of the year are researched and discussed.

Students participate in activities examining the Bill of Rights. They discover the different articles and Amendments.

High schoolers review information from variety of news sources found on the Internet, and compare and contrast the information.

Young scholars, using the Internet, post information about local attractions. They choose a topic and create a website. They review each others website and make comments on its content.

Students read an article about Togo's new President. They locate Togo on a map. They practice using new vocabulary they find in the story. They also complete worksheets.

Students, after extensively reviewing the vocabulary list on the board, examine the form of communication that deals with all the aspects of a telephone: telephone bill, customer service, billing and disconnection/reconnecting fees.

Learners write a narrative of place, a character sketch, an extended metaphor poem and a persuasive essay then link all four texts to quotations they have selected from a novel.

This resource presents instructional practices for modeling and teaching students how to draft a personal narrative.

This is a lesson plan to help elementary students connect to nonfiction text as they read.

Enjoy with your students this collection of images that invite them to make personal connections. Students can practice articulating and writing about their personal connections using these images, a nice scaffold for later connections...

[Free Registration/Login Required] Designed to teach learners to identify the difference between explicit information and conclusions and to make text-to-self and text-to-text connections. Lessons are based on the provided text "The...

This lesson focuses on making connections with the text including text to self, text to text, and text to world. It provides links to book excerpts from The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins and Twilight by Stephenie Meyer and information...

Lesson introduces students to the strategy of making connections. Students learn the three types of connections using a double-entry journal. A good resource for teachers.

This graphic organizer helps students link supporting details to connections such as text-to-text, text-to-self, text-to-world. It can be used as a reading strategy or a prewriting strategy.

Students will further their reading comprehension by associating real-life events with the events of a story.

During this lesson plan, students learn to actively engage in reading by becoming more familiar with the elements of a story. Students will be required to think at a higher level and will enhance their understanding of selected passages...

Selected (8) reading passages (grades 6-10) to pair with "World Without Fish" by Mark Kurlansky. Mark Kurlansky discusses how humans treat the oceans and the fish that live in them, and what the world will likely look like if fish...

Contains plans for six 50-minute lessons that ask students to evaluate a text for its cultural relevance. In addition to student objectives and standards, these instructional plans contains links to PDF handouts and links to sites used...

The students will participate in a read-a-loud with the teacher by reading the book "Biscuit." The students will learn about taking care of a puppy. Students will also create text to self comparisons by using sentence starters to...