Fourth graders prepare for the literary analysis. They locate, interpret, evaluate and analyze the relationship between a character and the theme. After a lecture/demo, 4th graders write topic and detail sentences, then correctly put...

Students read "Green Eggs and Ham" in celebration of Dr. Seuss's birthday and visit a storymaker website. Students create and type a three scene story using characters from Dr. Seuss's books and share their story with the class.

Second graders create their own writing pieces. In this narrative instructional activity, 2nd graders use a graphic organizer to come up with ideas and details. They practice writing topic sentences.

Elementary writers practice writing descriptive paragraphs by adding adjectives and sensory words to their writing. They use a picture of a monster for their descriptive paragraph. This 12-page instructional activity should increase your...

Bring a lesson about Negro League Baseball to your Black history unit, or any other research unit throughout the year. While the lesson plan itself is simplistic, there are several good ideas that you could use, such as creating trading...

In this sentence correction activity, 5th graders proofread and edit 8 sentences. They make changes to verb tenses, capitalization, the use of their/there/they're, and end marks.

Young scholars get up close and personal with Black Bayou Lake. Visiting web sites and taking virtual tours, they write multi-paragraph essays using descriptive words and literary devices.

In this language test practice instructional activity, students complete a set of 42 multiple choice questions covering a variety of basic language skills: punctuation, capitalization, parts of speech, sentences structure, alphabetical...

Students use general skills and strategies of the writing process to show their role in their family, school, friendships, the community and the world. They demonstrate their self-motivation and increasing responsibility for their own...

Third graders review the life cycle of a frog. They use the computer to research specific information about their frog and write a descriptive paragraph using the information obtained on the computer. They access websites imbedded in...

Students submit their newsletter articles and a newsletter team proofreads them. Revisions are suggested. Writers revise their articles. Using a template from a word processing program, articles are typed in final form.

For this grade 6 reading and writing worksheet, students complete an assessment. Students read the poems and essays about the Gold Rush and complete the essay questions on the lines provided.

In this spelling worksheet, students practice their spelling words that include sight words, kn/wr words, and vocabulary. Students practice spelling 16 words.

Third graders identify prefixes and use prefixes correctly in sentences. They edit and change sentences containing prefixes.

Second graders study Benjamin Franklin and participate in simple experiments in electricity.

Students improve their reading and writing skills using Step Up to Writing and Six Traits of Writing techniques. Students complete a Robinson Crusoe vocabulary crossword, a Treasure Island character analysis web, reading comprehension...

After brainstorming, middle schoolers write an expository essay for a writing project. They focus on supporting points, organization, and writing conventions to develop a well-integrated paper. In addition, they revise, proofread and...

Using the resource, learners share their essay revisions with a partner. Afterward, they participate in a Fishbowl discussion, receiving peer feedback about their editorial essays. 

In this capitalization and punctuation worksheet, students rewrite ten sentences that have picture clues. In each run on sentence, students insert correct capitalization and punctuation. On this page, periods are referred to as full stops.

Students investigate the process of writing an expository paper. The purpose of the paper is established in the introduction and the supporting details are sequenced in a logical order. The paper possesses punctuation and grammatical...

How is Louisiana connected to the Holocaust? After reading The Diary of Anne Frank, eighth graders complete a research report about a survivor of the Holocaust who currently resides in Louisiana. Though the idea is a good way to...

In this proof reading instructional activity, learners read a paragraph about Jai Alai, Arguably "The Fastest Sport in the World." Students locate and correct 10 errors in the paragraph.

In this letter editing worksheet, students recopy a 2 paragraph letter to "Francis" from a friend, correcting all spelling, punctuation and capitalization errors.