Ever felt stuck in the middle? Some characters do. Scholars choose a novel or play and write essays describing how a character is stuck between cultures. Writers also analyze the techniques used in a passage from We Were the Mulvaneys...

Students, in a group of three or four, design a board game to help reinforce the rules of Perfect Punctuation. They make game pieces for the game with Crayola Model Magic and include the punctuation marks of periods, exclamation points,...

Your youngsters are just starting to read texts and pull out important information. Use this graphic organizer with any text to help them practice identifying the who, what, when, where, why, and how of a text. Although the format of the...

It is not about where you are going, but the journey to get there. Scholars choose a play or novel in which a character takes a journey. They then create essays describing what the journey meant to the overall piece of work. Learners...

Is there a secret to keeping secrets? Scholars choose a character in a novel or play and analyze how the character keeps a secret.  Writers also craft essays to reveal elements of poetry and the use of language in a passage. The...

Scholars select a novel or play and craft an essay to discuss what the symbol reveals about the characters or theme. Writers also analyze a passage and a poem to determine how the authors use literary elements to relay their messages.

"Don't go forth today." Why would Caesar's wife not persuade him to stay home? Scholars read an excerpt from the play Julius Caesar and write essays on why Caesar listened to Decius rather than his wife. Pupils then write two more essays...

Shall we agree to disagree? Scholars have the opportunity to choose a topic they feel is controversial in the world and express ideas about it. They complete essays that address the opposite views. In two other essays, they analyze a...

Young readers can be exposed to the literary works of Mark Twain as they interact with challenging text and gain experience by reading the complex passages of chapter two "The Glorious Whitewasher" from his famous book, The Adventures of...

What are the current trends in divorce? What contributes to this? Examine celebrity relationship trends and how they relate to the general public with this discussion lesson. Middle schoolers analyze the results of a Census Bureau study...

Feet are neat! So, if you've already walked the path of examining animal footprints with your class, put them in the shoes of early humans! A well-designed lesson incorporates video, discussion, and hands-on learning to demonstrate how...

Designed to use when teaching adults preparing for their high school equivalency exam, the resource integrates reading practice, writing, and analytical thinking in every lesson. The unit covers 23 topics, but it only includes three...

Grammar rules in all languages, but that doesn't mean it's the same from English to Spanish. This informational webpage describes the similarities and differences between English and Spanish for the following: periods, commas, question...

First and second graders explore writing conventions. They add question marks or periods to the end of teacher generated sentences on sentence strips. They locate punctuation marks in poems and write original sentences using appropriate...

By fourth grade, most students are able to construct fairly well-thought-out sentences. Make sure your class is on the right track by frequently introducing concepts of proper punctuation. Each slide contains rules and examples...

Tenth graders explore a close reading of the speeches of Brutus and Mark Anthony in 3.2. They identify the effects of the rhetorical appeals used. Students explore the variety of ways in which Anthony might have delivered the speech....

In this punctuation activity, students match sentences and ending marks together to make complete sentences. There is a activity provided in order to play this game.

In this grammar worksheet, students rewrite sentences with capital letters and correct punctuation. Ten sentences are to be corrected and rewritten.

Young mathematicians learn how to simplify expressions with square roots by watching a video that shows several ways to rewrite expressions involving radicals. They work on questions where they rationalize denominators and expand and...

In this subject and object questions worksheet, learners correct the mistakes in 8 sentences and then write 8 complete subject/object questions in the second person.

Students ask their classmates survey questions. In this survey lesson, students come up with a question and possible answers. Their classmates mark their answers and the class discusses what they notice. 

In this questions worksheet, students complete the questions by choosing the best words for the blanks. Students complete 9 multiple choice questions.

Students relate certain questions to certain types of answers. Students write suitable questions to given answers. Students show ending a question with a question mark. Students recap on the main functions and punctuation of questions....

In this grammar worksheet, students rearrange words in 10 sentences so that the verb "to be" is used proper to form a question. They use appropriate capitalization and place a question mark at the end of the sentence.