ReadWriteThink
Read Write Think: Writing an Autobiographical Incident
Lesson in which students are required to read and analyze biographies and autobiographies and use them as a model for writing about an autobiographical experience. Students complete the writing process and share written work with the class.
John F. Kennedy Center
The Kennedy Center: Arts Edge: Learning to Perform the Dances of Martha Graham
The newest member of the Martha Graham Dance Company shares her experiences with you. Peek inside her virtual locker to read journals and watch video clips as she learns her new roles.
ReadWriteThink
Read Write Think: Creating Question and Answer Books Through Guided Research
Contains plans for five lessons that develop research skills in primary students by having them create their own question and answer books. In addition to objectives and standards, this instructional plan contains links to sites used in...
ReadWriteThink
Read Write Think: When I Was Young In, a Literature to Language Experience
Past meets present in this lesson in which young scholars practice verb tense when they write personal short stories that they then publish in a flip book.
ReadWriteThink
Read Write Think: Guess What's in the Bag a Language Based Activity
Contains plans for a language activity called "Guess What's in the Bag." Students try to guess the object in a bag in order to develop descriptive language, listening, and problem solving skills. In addition to objectives and standards,...
University of Illinois
University of Illinois Extension: Character Ed "Interpreting Maxims"
Excellent resource for empowering students to become better learners. This lesson includes motivating students to read, encouraging students to use critical thinking skills, cooperative learning and shared experiences, and appreciation...
Writing Fix
Writing Fix: An I Pod Inspired Writing Lesson: Oh, the Places You'll Go!
After listening to Van Morrison's "Days Like This" and Lee Ann Womack's "I Hope You Dance " and reading Dr. Seuss' Oh, the Places You'll Go! learners will consider their choices in life. After asking students, "Who decides your lives are...
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: My Very Own Puppy!
The students will participate in a read-a-loud with the teacher by reading the book "Biscuit." The students will learn about taking care of a puppy. Students will also create text to self comparisons by using sentence starters to...
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Georgia Department of Education
Ga Virtual Learning: Into Thin Air by Jon Krakauer [Pdf]
This is an 11- page PDF about Into Thin Air, Jon Krakauer's book about his experience climbing Mount Everest. It includes a short summary of the book, a biography about the author, book reviews, discussion questions, an interview with...
Georgia Department of Education
Ga Virtual Learning: Psychology: Stress and Health
Virtual learning unit on the theories of personality and the study of stress. Students will find a variety of engaging activities including a personality test, introvert/extrovert experiment, presentation, and video series in addition to...
Brown University
Brown University: The Decameron Project
Few great books like the Decameron have shaped our very notion of storytelling and its crucial role in the negotiation and production of shared social and cultural values. In its hundred stories, shared in ten days by ten young people...
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College
Serc: Analyzing P H: Comparing Citrus Fruits, Stain Removers and a Green Product
The students will analyze the pH of four citrus fruits: lime, lemon, orange, and a grapefruit, and then they will analyze the pH of four different types of stain removers: Shout Advanced, Spray 'n Wash Max, Oxi Clean Laundry, and Clorox...