Books can help teens understand complex global issues. A helpful educator's guide introduces readers to what it's like to be a refugee. Lesson components for the novel Shades of Gray include an anticipation guide and writing and...

What tools did Shakespeare use to develop his characters in the play Hamlet? With the resource, pupils engage in a discussion about how the character Claudius introduces and develops Hamlet. They explain how word choices in Claudius's...

What do a cheetah, Audi commercial, and air have in common? They're all topics of an engaging inquiry-based, hands-on workshop for educators about background knowledge, reading strategies, the CER model, and argumentative writing. The...

Second graders write letters to a pen pal in proper letter form. In this writing lesson, 2nd graders discuss why they would write to a pen pal, brainstorm the elements that should appear in their letters, then write the letters. To close...

Ninth graders examine the process of writing a newspaper article that presents a point of view. They read various newspaper articles, analyze methods of persuasive writing, interpret and create editorial cartoons, and write an editorial.

Fourth graders write a composition on what they think the world would be like without trees. They brainstorm ideas of what they think the world would be like treeless, and creative a story. A rubric is distributed to the students which...

Students are read a book about winter activities. They create a drawing of their favorite activity to do in the winter and practice copying a sentence telling what it is.

In this tracing worksheet, students prepare to learn to print by tracing 20 straight dotted lines from left to right. Students then color a picture of a bus.

Eleventh graders will read, write, listen, and speak for information and understanding Key Idea: As listeners and readers, 11th graders will collect data, facts, and ideas, discover relationships, concepts, and generalizations. As...

Learners complete pre reading, writing, during reading, and interdisciplinary activities for the book Bein' With You This Way. In this reading lesson plan, students complete journal entries, answer short answer questions, have...

In this tracing worksheet, students trace 14 dotted examples of a curved line. Students color the large picture of the smiling face.

Students read the English folktale, "Tattercoats," identify basic literary terms, and respond to writing prompts. They compare and contrast with another Cinderella story version and create a graphic response to the story.

High schoolers, in pairs, write descriptive poems of selected images of The Tempest using vocabulary from a word bank. They pass the poems only to other groups and then they attempt to draw an image solely based on the poem.

Students complete pre reading, writing, during reading, and interdisciplinary activities for the book Children of Long Ago. For this reading lesson plan, students complete journal entries, answer short answer questions, have discussions,...

Young scholars create a KWHL chart as a pre-reading strategy. In this graphic organizer lesson, students communicate their background knowledge before reading A Tree Grows in Brooklyn. Young scholars continue to construct their KWHL...

Students complete pre reading, writing, during reading, and interdisciplinary activities for the book Rainbow Joe and Me. In this reading lesson plan, students complete journal entries, answer short answer questions, have discussions,...

Fourth graders edit their previously written essay rough drafts with a partner in this lesson. They apply the revision process using a revision checklist, then revise independently. They conference with the teacher about their needed...

Fourth graders edit their previously written essay in this lesson. They discuss the importance of revision, and observe the teacher modeling proper revision techniques. They apply the techniques to their essay and then prepare their...

Fifth graders analyze pieces of writing to identify the author's purpose of writing. In this writing activity, 5th graders consider a variety of pieces of writing such as, poetry, drama, fiction, and non-fiction. Each student completes...

Middle schoolers examine some common acronyms used in e-mail and at how to write e-mail.

In this fractions learning exercise, students write the shaded shapes as fractions from least to greatest based on the pictures. Students complete 6 problems total on this learning exercise.

In this writing and art lesson, students use their favorite story to draw a picture and write a caption for their picture. They create their picture and caption on a piece of tagboard that is to be used as a bookmark. A nice, simple...

Fifth graders deliver story presentations that establish a setting with descriptive words, contain a plot and show, rather than tell, what happens. For this language arts lesson plan, 5th graders utilize sentences from the book, "Tuck...

Students plan a service project to contribute to their community and then reflect on their experience. In this service project lesson, students help in a food pantry or donation center in their community. Students then write statements...