Students explore desert landscapes and the animals that inhabit the desert. They discuss deserts and the animals that live there. Students compose a story using the correct sequence and illustrate the story with items they would find in...

Learners create a picture collage showing the cause and effect of events in the novel Holes. Given a set of pictures from the film adaptation, students place them in sequential order. They write a brief summary of the events and what...

Ninth graders read the story, "The Gift of the Magi" and identify examples of allusion and situational irony. They define and give examples of situational irony. Students plot sequence, structure, define allusion and give examples.

Eighth graders review literary elements such as simile, metaphor, allusion, plot sequence, allusion, situational irony, and theme. As the class begins, 8th graders discuss childhood memories. Students write a story about their...

In this Cinderella worksheet packet, learners can practice their literacy skills by unscrambling vocabulary words, doing a crossword puzzle, completing a story sequence activity, answering eight short answer questions, and completing one...

In this word work instructional activity about "Arthur's Computer Disaster," students are given 5 activities which involve vocabulary words from the story (word search, crossword puzzle, sequencing, alphabetizing and sentence completion).

In this proportional rates worksheet, students read story problems, determine the necessary information, and identify a sequence of numbers at a specified time. This three-page worksheet contains three problems. The detailed answers...

In this average and permutation worksheet, students read story problems and write equations to determine annual income, the sum of a sequence, averages, and permutation problems. This two-page worksheet contains eight problems.

High schoolers investigate a decade of American history when the civil rights movement was a focus of national attention. They create a video essay about a person or event that played an important role in shaping the civil rights movement.

A creative way bring autobiographical writing to your poetry unit or back-to-school curriculum, this lesson plan guides you through a bio poem activity. Kids use the graphic organizer to describe themselves using adjectives, things...

Second graders explore setting through improvisations.  In this theatre lesson, 2nd graders perform a variety of improvisations in different settings and chart how they established the setting in the different environments. 

Students embark on a journey through colonial times.  In this early settlement lesson, students come to understand what life was like for the settlers in the early colonies. Students research and create projects illustrating their...

Through the book A Strong Right Arm by Michelle Y. Green, learners discuss the implications of a women playing on a Negro League baseball team. There are so many rich discussions that can be inspired by the questions in this packet.

Search a variety of sources to create a multimedia or book project about Japan. Learners use the independent investigation method to plan and conduct research about Japan. They use the information they discover to create a computer book...

It is much easier for kids to know they have reached a goal when that goal is clearly defined. By providing sixth graders with a checklist of Common Core reading standards written in "I can" format, each child can keep track of his own...

Watching is not the same as seeing. Transform viewers from passive watchers to active students of film with this 34-page packet, filled with lessons and activities that use Mr. Smith Goes to Washington to examine the technology, the...

Kids consider revolution as a basis for creativity, art, and storytelling. After reading an excerpt from the book, Persepolis, learners choose one event from any world revolution to write about. They storyboard the event focusing on...

Brian Jacques’ novel Redwall provides the focus for a series of lessons involving the analysis of folklore. Adopting the persona of a character, groups write letters in the voice of their character, assemble a collage using Microsoft...

Do not overlook this set of lessons just because your school does not have a data analysis system. There is plenty of material here to administer a complete mini unit on the formation, distribution, and properties of coal. Since it...

In this coal formation worksheet, students read and informational sheet about coal formation. Students are given 5 short-answer questions regarding what they've read.

Here is a terrific lesson plan on teaching homophones to your upper graders! In it, homophone word cards and homophone bingo cards, which are embedded in the lesson plan, are used in a game format which reinforces this important part of...

It is key to the learning process to make everything a child with visual impairments does as tactile as possible. After reading Anne of Green Gables, the class discusses her life events in order to make a tactile time line. They...

Here is a good lesson plan on butterflies and caterpillars. After listening to The Very Hungry Caterpillar, young learners put cards that depict the life cycle of a butterfly in the correct order. There are some good ideas for center...