Students explore common health issues.  In this health and literacy lesson plan, students match simple health statements with appropriate visual representations.  Students prepare and perform dialogues in which health issues...

Students create a fitness schedule for a famous person.  In this advice, encourage, discourage lesson plan, students ask questions to determine the best fitness schedule for a person.  Students relate this activity to that...

Students practice using a new language by reading letters.  For this foreign language lesson, students read a fictional letter by a young person from the target language's country.  Students read the letters separately, but...

Young scholars practice discussing timely manners in a target language.  In this foreign language lesson plan, students discuss words that represent frequency such as never or often.  Young scholars create a timeline...

Students investigate event planning.  In this literacy and communications lesson, students brainstorm food, activity, and guest  ideas for a monthly classroom celebration of student birthdays.

Students practice discovering a target language by playing a game of Jeopardy.  In this foreign language lesson, students utilize their target language vocabulary to answer Jeopardy style questions they prepared the day before....

Students discover geographical places and terms in another language.  In this geographical identification instructional activity, students utilize their geographical vocabulary to describe to other classmates where they would like...

Students discuss environmental responsibility. In this environment lesson, students create a story with the teacher with four made up characters. They have these characters do environmentally responsible and irresponsible behaviors and...

Students practice using clothing related vocabulary in a class game.  In this descriptive words lesson, students utilize newly learned vocabulary words to describe what a classmate is wearing.  Students participate in a game...

Students create a newspaper or magazine advertisement for clothing and personal items. Students make statements of preference regarding these items. Students engage in a role play where two people are bargaining for various items.

Young scholars describe photographs. In this travel photos lesson, students view a slide-show of travel photos in order to assist them with developing photo captions.  Young scholars describe details, events, and persons from the...

Students practice their listening comprehension by playing the "telephone" game.  In this foreign language lesson, students listen to a story read by a teacher in their target language and try to remember the details by writing 5...

Students examine the impact of movies and television. In this communication lesson, students share filmstrips that lack sound and determine the genre of the segments. Students discuss popular movies and television shows from different...

Students describe the daily routine of a person using a different language.  In this foreign language vocabulary lesson, students discuss the different items people use to get ready every day and practice using those vocabulary...

Students discover the essential items to properly groom for a nice event.  In this cleaning habits lesson, students discuss and identify important cleaning items such as a brush, shower gel, cologne, etc.  Students create a...

Students practice using transportation vocabulary in a foreign language.  For this language arts lesson, students utilize the vocabulary terms for locations in order to give directions and find a specific place.  Students...

Students practice using a new language to plan a community event.  For this civics lesson, students practice writing a proposal for a community project using their target language.  Students brainstorm in small groups what...

Students study their national and family heritage while working in groups.  For this personal history project, students examine the family shield or crest of the teacher while preparing to create and share their own with the class....

Students investigate the format of a typical newspaper.  In this journalism lesson plan, students read a newspaper from a target language and discover the vocabulary associated with the news.  Students work together as a...

Eighth graders explore the Pythagorean Theorem.  In this middle school geometry lesson, 8th graders solve problems using the Pythagorean Theorem as they explore the definition of a theorem and attempt to determine the formula for...

Pupils explore the story "The War Prayer" by Samuel Clemens, aka Mark Twain. Students are introduced to the life of the author, read the story, and respond to prompting questions about the text. The story is included in this lesson.

Students examine interactions between Native Americans and settlers. In this Westward Expansion lesson, students participate in a classroom simulation and then write paper about how the Native Americans and settlers could keep the...

In this compound nouns worksheet, students cut out cards with compound nouns on them and put them into a Venn diagram. Students have 36 cards to put into the Venn diagram.

Students research word frequencies in Macbeth and create a frozen picture inspired by a word.  In this Macbeth lesson, students view Blood Will Have Blood and discuss the dual meaning of the word "blood."  Students identify...