Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Titanic

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Students conduct research with the purpose of writing a report about the Titanic. They use a variety of resources. The students produce a written document that has plenty of documented information. They also compare the information that...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Mixing Metaphors with Politics

For Teachers 6th - 12th Standards
Students discuss different literary devices and use them to write summaries of New York Times articles dealing with international news. They reflect on the effectiveness and appropriateness of sports metaphors in the political arena.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Poetry for Kids

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders be immersed indirect experiences which are opportunities for students to reflect, look back, debrief or abstract from their experiences what they have felt, and thought, and studied.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Author Study

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Students examine and identify the characteristics of the different genres of literature. After being read and reading various stories, they identify how different books by the same author carry the same story elements. They discuss how...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Ode to a Nightingale

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students read poems about Tuberculosis by John Keats. Using the poems, they identify similies, metaphors, personification and imagery. In groups, they make connections about the author's outlook on life and how his disease impacted his...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Thinking Syntactically: Using non-print text to faciliate generation of syntax and analysis of tone

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Students write with a command of the stylistic aspects of composition. They respond to non-print text. Students demonstrate working knowledge of syntactical choices. They construct sentences using descriptive language. Students analyze...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Poetry Unit

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers, after examining three forms of poetry, review and document a variety of literary terms. Vocabulary words are enveloped into the literary terms as well and are cited from each selection by each student.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Hyperbole, Idiom, Oxymoron

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders identify the usage of idiom, hyperbole, and oxymoron in literary passages. They apply this knowledge of figurative language through a composition exercise. The writing of teacher generated examples is also helpful.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Putting It Together

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students read aloud the book "Courage" by Bernard Waber and discuss the examples that compromise the defintion of courage. They describe another word such as joy and work with a partner or group to brainstorm and write sentences of...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Octavio Paz

For Teachers 10th
Tenth graders read and analyze the poem, "The Street," by Hispanic author, Octavio Paz. They research the life of Octavio Paz and identify his literary contributions. They complete an online scavenger hunt and create an author map of...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Quick As A Cricket

For Teachers K - 1st
Young scholars engage in a lesson that is concerned with the concept of reading a story and then they reenact it while performing a pantomime. They answer questions related to the reading and then children move throughout the class...
Worksheet
Curated OER

Nature Metaphors

For Students 4th - 6th
In this metaphor instructional activity, students read information about how to write a metaphor . Students are instructed to write some metaphors about nature in an unlined blank space.
Worksheet
Curated OER

Camel Similes

For Students 1st - 2nd
In this language arts activity, students learn that similes compare 2 things using the words like or as. Students write 5 similes about camels and then illustrate one of them.
Worksheet
Curated OER

Desert Similes Bulleting Board Cards

For Students 3rd - 4th
In this language arts and geography activity, students write their favorite similes about the desert on the given cards. They color the desert pictures that will be displayed on a bulletin board.
Worksheet
Curated OER

Durango Street Chapters 2 & 3 Questions

For Students 10th - 11th
In this Durango Street worksheet, students complete a series of questions over chapters two and three in order to advance their understanding of the text. Students also define several vocabulary words from these chapters.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Study Guide for Saki's "The Interlopers"

For Teachers 7th - 12th
In this comprehension check worksheet, students define 6 vocabulary words, define 9 literary terms, respond to 8 short answer questions, and complete a graphic organizer pertaining to "The Interlopers" by Saki in order to help them...
Worksheet
Curated OER

Antarctic Similes

For Students 3rd - 6th
In this Antarctic similes worksheet, students review the definition of this type of figurative language and then write 5 similes about Antarctic animals illustrating 1 of them.
Worksheet
Curated OER

Synonyms: Words with Similar Meanings

For Students 3rd - 6th
In this synonyms practice worksheet, students read 15 sentences and identify the words that are synonyms for the designated words in the sentences. A word bank is provided and answers should be written in complete sentences.
Worksheet
Curated OER

Synonyms: Words with Similar Meanings 2

For Students 3rd - 6th
In this synonyms practice worksheet, students read 15 sentences and identify the words that are synonyms for the designated words in the sentences. A word bank is provided and answers should be written in complete sentences.
Worksheet
Curated OER

Synonyms: Words with Similar Meanings 3

For Students 3rd - 6th
In this synonyms practice worksheet, learners read 15 sentences and identify the words that are synonyms to the designated words in the sentences. A word bank is provided and answers should be written in complete sentences.
Worksheet
Curated OER

Synonyms: Words with Similar Meanings 4

For Students 3rd - 6th
In this synonyms practice worksheet, students read 15 sentences and identify the words that are synonyms for the designated words in the sentences. A word bank is provided and answers should be written in complete sentences.
Worksheet
Curated OER

Synonyms: Words With Similar Meanings

For Students 3rd - 4th
In this synonym worksheet, students choose words from a word box that act as synonyms for italicized words in sentences. Students then complete the sentence frame, "__________is another word for________."
Worksheet
Curated OER

Synonyms #2: Words With Similar Meanings

For Students 3rd - 4th
In this synonym worksheet, students choose words from a word box that act as synonyms for italicized words in sentences, then complete sentence frames.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Connecting Poetry with Philanthropy

For Teachers 7th - 9th
Learners use their knowledge of philanthropy and poetic conventions to write original poetry about philanthropic giving. In this philanthropy lesson, students write poetry based on philanthropy using poetic conventions. Learners...

Other popular searches