Middle schoolers, after watchin the story What Does This Show, summarize everyday life in ancient Egypt by writing about a typical day in the life of an Egyptian man or woman

Learners research the Mayan number and calendar system. They translate a variety of math problems from base-10 Arabic numbers into a base-20 Mayan representation. They discuss current challenges faced by the people in today's Guatemala.

Tenth graders gain a better understanding of the historical significance of some of the procedures and traditions of the Senate. They see that the Senate in Canada is rich in traditions and pageantry.

Sixth graders choose adjectives to describe an object given by the teacher and share with the class, then do the same for a verb, choosing an adverb to modify each. In this adjective or adverb lesson, 6th graders review the difference...

Fourth graders explore U.S. Geography by reading a timeline. In this Nevada history instructional activity, 4th graders identify the geographic location of Nevada and discuss the history. Students read the book S is for Silver: A Nevada...

Third graders demonstrate knowledge of adjectives, and use this knowledge to color-code parts of speech of a sentence.

Students explore American Civil War, hypothesize that the Union Army was defeated at Gettysburg by Lee's army, and write an essay describing how different North America would be today if the South had won the Civil War.

Pupils examine the leadership skills of Civil War leaders. In this American Civil War instructional activity, students describe attributes of effective leaders and then debate the effectiveness of leaders during the war.

In this adjective forms and usage worksheet, 7th graders review and discuss all the different types of adjective forms and usage and complete one sentences with an article, a noun and an adjective.

Learners enhance their understanding of parts of speech by writing a cinquain poem about Louisiana. In this cinquain poem lesson, students read example cinquain poems and study the format for a cinquain poem. Learners create a class poem...

Students respond to a situation presented about the wetlands. In this wetlands lesson, students understand the various opinions over the use of areas in the wetlands. Students complete a worksheet using critical thinking questions about...

Incorporate technological fluency with a search for examples of active and passive voice in online resources. Discuss how use of active or passive voice influences mood or tone and contributes to author's purpose. List of...

Are you a good egg? Learners begin a farm-to-table lesson by acting out verbs in groups to demonstrate the egg production process, and then research the steps using online resources. Several excellent videos are linked through the...

If you're completely lost on what grammar you should cover for Common Core skill L.9-10.1, look here! You will find some ideas and examples on what to include, making sure your learners can master the skill. The multiple choice quiz is...

Students review the definition of a sentence and identify the sentences (complete thoughts) from a list of possibilities. Students evaluate complete and incomplete sentences by being judges at a sentence contest.

SMART boards a great way to create interest in any subject - even grammar! Using the provided SMART board activity, have your 10th graders come up to the board and combine two independent clauses using a "glue" word (coordinating...

Young writers complete work with sentence structure. Theys go over the definition of a sentence before deciding whether given groups of words are sentences. They view and identify the sentences on a teacher made chart.

Have your class learn about Wisconsin and farming. Learners begin by listening to stories that describe farming and engage in a discussion of goods and services. They could also compare the goods and services provided in different states.

Second graders listen to the story, Bruno the Baker, where some parts seem real and some seem fake. They must identify the parts of the story as realism or fantasy. An interesting way to teach young readers these two concepts.

A comprehensive presentation on narrative writing, this should be shown to a class before the writing process begins. There are not activities listed, so pupils can take notes on the elements of narrative writing and figurative language....

Go over how to read complex sentences. Learners work on identifying key ideas, examining sentence structure, looking up new vocabulary, and paraphrasing. An overview of methods to help class members read difficult texts, half of the...

As a short review of punctuation, such as the use of commas and semicolons, this presentation could be helpful in an upper elementary classroom. The series of slides defines each term and provides examples.

This worksheet provides an explanation of how to reduce or shorten time adverb clauses, cause/effect adverb clauses, and adjective clauses. After the explanation, students have an opportunity to practice reducing each type of clause....

Students review rules of grammar, specifically those that help find adverbs in a sentence. They practice finding the adverbs in a worksheet of sample sentences.