Students use their imaginations to write about an imaginary trip. In this creative writing instructional activity, students write about an imaginary trip. Students brainstorm writing ideas as a class and use past...

Students, who are studying ESL, examine the use of web sites. In this web site lesson, students watch a teacher demonstration of different types of web sites. They discuss how much time people spend on the Internet. They take a survey...

Students practice the vocabulary associated with clothing that is worn to special events. In this clothing vocabulary lesson, students, who are ESL learners, practice using works that describe clothing items that are worn for a concert,...

Students investigate geographical locations and their own personal experiences with the environment.  In this environmental identification lesson, students participate in a match game using certain environmental and geographical...

Young scholars explore ecology. In this ecology lesson, students read scenarios, discuss them in groups and decide if they are eco-friendly or not. Young scholars discuss the differences in eco-friendly practices fifty years ago and now....

Students explore fictional characters. In this fictional characters lesson, students hear information about a character then ask and answer questions. Students also answer true/false questions about the character and make a mini book...

Young scholars practice descriptive writing by viewing auto-portraits of young children.  In this art analysis lesson, students examine an auto-portrait of their teacher as a young child and ask him/her questions about their youth....

Students present their family shield or crest that was created during the first part of this lesson. For this historical arts lesson, students present their family shield to their classmates and are graded based on the included...

Students write a newspaper article related to a sports event.  For this article writing lesson, students read sports-related articles, complete a graphic organizer to help them see the format of a newspaper article, then they work...

Students investigate editorials.  In this literacy critical thinking lesson, students compare and contrast two newspaper editorials and two letters to the editor by completing a Venn diagram. Students work in groups to write...

Students practice interviewing and answering questions by creating a mock talk show.  In this communications lesson, students view a classic clip of an older T.V. talk show and plan an outline of material for their own talk show....

Students create a manual for sixth graders entering middle school.  In this Stargirl lesson, students read the story and discuss middle and high school issues found in the book. Students create a list of topics students need to...

Students create a project based from an interview. in this interview lesson, students come up with questions for their interview and plan their project based on the calendar provided. They create a storyboard and a slide presentation. 

Students explore volcanoes.  In this cross curricula lesson, students use the Internet to investigate volcanoes.  The series of six lesson guides the students in their search for information, thus building research...

In this New York State Language Arts Testing Program worksheet, 3rd graders answer twenty multiple choice questions and one short answer question based on the third grade language arts curriculum.

Students read various examples of poetry and create a poetry portfolio. For this poetry writing lesson, students work at their own pace to complete a poetry portfolio with examples of the different poetic forms demonstrated. ...

Students research the history and contributions of Jazz in their local environments. They then design and create a wide variety of presentations to share with the class using as many mediums as possible.

In this summarizing skills worksheet, students answer ten multiple choice questions based on the conceptual framework for writing a summary.

Young scholars incorporate different disciplines into this lesson. In this science lesson, students investigate the use of communicating without words, and how it is different than communicating with words. They discuss the pros and cons...

Students examine the purpose of education.  In this schooling instructional activity, students read a letter from a child in Uzbekistan. Students compare and contrast their schooling to children around the world.

Students review what author's purpose is by understanding that authors either persuade, inform, describe, or entertain with their story. In this language arts instructional activity, students bring in junk mail and in small groups...

Eighth graders find a current event related to the Middle East. In this current event lesson students write a brief summary of a new story related to the Middle East. They give their opinion and tell how it affects their life or who it...

Learners explore what butgeting means. In this mathematics lesson, students determine that certain things need to be part of a budget like food and clothing by answering real-life types of questions on whether one should save money and...

Learners celebrate the completion of a unit of study about Medieval times. In this Medieval celebration lesson plan, students showcase their work from a unit of study by creating a wax museum. They complete KWL charts and read over their...