Students visit appropriate websites to discover quotes from Franklin's Poor Richard's Almanac. Working in pairs, they choose three quotes on which to elaborate and then write two original quotes.

Students locate and print samples of two different business letter formats. They write rough drafts of business letters inquiring when, where, and how math is used.

Fourth graders read a selection describing 13 virtues from "The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin." They keep track of their behavior and whether or not they can keep up with 5 chosen virtues. They write a 5 paragraph essay on their...

Third graders create an autobiography on the computer. They write, design and illustrate using word processing and graphic tools on the computer.

High schoolers select a theme-related essay topic from Night, by Elie Wiesel, or The Metamorphosis, by Franz Kafka, and develop an essay that relates the theme to modern-day personal experiences. The essay follows a preset rubric...

In this recognizing homographs worksheet, students observe boxes containing picture clues, two incomplete sentences, and two choices of answers. Students fill in the 9 blanks with the correct homograph choices.

In this correct grammar usage worksheet, students read incomplete sentences and complete them using used to plus infinitive, be used to plus object or verb plus -ing, or get used to pus object or verb plus -ing. Students circle the 10...

In this participles usage learning exercise, students read the incomplete sentences and the verbs in parenthesis and write the correct form of the verb. Students write 15 answers.

Students participate in an activity designed to increase student awareness and participation in the voting process.

Students read plays, short stories, or novels which revolve around trials, and write essays explaining or defending the assigned role in a mock fairy tale trial.

Young scholars improve their written and spoken accuracy by having a good grasp of the relationship between time expressions. After a lecture/demo, students work individually to complete an assignment imbedded in this plan.

Students solve various word problems that deal with common denominators, and write the mathematical explanations they used to obtain the solutions.

Seventh graders write a five paragraph essay and then branch out from there.

Sixth graders locate and map six components to have a working knowledge of maps. For this map skills lesson, 6th graders define the six map components and work in groups to draw a map using the components. Students read a related...

In this /oo/ words as in moon worksheet, students read incomplete sentences with choices to fill in the blanks, circle and write the words that complete the sentences. Students fill in eight blanks.

In this recognizing /ar/ words worksheet, students read incomplete sentences, use words in a word bank to fill in the blanks, and complete the sentences. Students fill in six blanks.

In this online/interactive verb instructional activity, students read incomplete sentences and choose the verbs should, shouldn't, or mustn't from the pop-up menus to fill in the blanks and complete the sentences. Students choose 23...

In this Elf Barb learning exercise, students view a picture of an elf, read incomplete sentences about it, and erase the rhyming word items on the picture. Students erase 11 items.

In this ESL activity instructional activity, students practice using conditionals as they match the 11 sentence fragments in the left-hand column to the fragment that correctly completes the sentences in the right-hand column.

In this verb patterns worksheet, students match the fragments on the left to the fragments on the right to make 8 complete sentences. Students also discuss 5 questions with a partner.

In this language arts worksheet, students read 5 incomplete sentences with four choices of words or phrases. Students select the correct group of words with the proper spelling, capitalization, grammar and punctuation which will complete...

In this recognizing prepositions worksheet, students read incomplete sentences, use context clues, choose prepositions from a word bank, and fill in blanks to complete the sentences. Students fill in five blanks.

Fifth graders analyze a nursery rhyme to explore the writing process. For this writing process lesson, 5th graders recite Humpty Dumpty and chart the plot of the story. Students select their own nursery rhyme and write a creative story...

Sixth graders write a paragraph using semicolons. For this semicolons lesson plan, 6th graders brainstorm examples of semicolon use as a class and then write their own paragraph.