British Library
British Library: Teaching Resources: The Tempest: Slideshow Who Is Savage & Who Is Civilised?
These activities encourage students to explore the 'brave new world' of The Tempest in light of thought-provoking texts on early modern colonization. A link to a slideshow featuring images of Native Americans and Europeans which...
British Library
British Library: Teaching Resources: The Tempest: Who Is Savage & Who Is Civilised?
These activities encourage students to explore the 'brave new world' of The Tempest in light of thought-provoking texts on early modern colonization. Included are discussion questions, primary sources, links for extended reading,...
Better Lesson
Better Lesson: Rl.1.1 Ask and Answer Questions About Key Details in a Text.
This landing page offers different lessons related to the standard RL.1.1 Ask and answer questions about key details in a text.
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Scholastic
Scholastic Teaching Resources: Nonfiction Notepads [Pdf]
From Just-Right Reading Response Activity Sheets for Young Learners, this graphic organizer can be used when students read informational texts. As responses to nonfiction, students will write the following on each notepad response:...
TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: Who Can Make the Best Coordinate System?
Students learn about coordinate systems in general by considering questions concerning what it is that the systems are expected do, and who decided how they look. They attempt to make their own coordinate systems using a common area...
Other
Fitzhenry and Whiteside: 'The Countess and Me' Teaching Guide [Pdf]
"The Countess and Me", a novel by Canadian author Paul Kropp for grades seven to nine, deals with the struggle of a thirteen-year-old boy to gain acceptance from his peers who belong to a gang. He juggles this with his feelings towards...
TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: Waves: The Three Color Mystery
Students are presented with a challenge question concerning color blindness and asked to use engineering principles to design devices to help people who are color blind. Using the legacy cycle as a model, this unit is comprised of five...
Other
Fitzhenry and Whiteside: 'Archipelago' Teaching Guide [Pdf]
"Archipelago", a novel by David Ward set in the Queen Charlotte Islands in British Columbia, follows a boy who is transported to prehistoric times and must learn to survive there. This extensive teacher's guide includes chapter summaries...
Other
Fitzhenry and Whiteside: 'Dooley Takes the Fall' Teaching Guide [Pdf]
"Dooley Takes the Fall", a mystery novel by Canadian author Norah McClintock for grade nine and up, is about a boy who has made some mistakes in the past. He becomes a suspect after he witnesses a boy jumping off a bridge and has to...
Other
Into the Book: Questioning
Learn the significance of questioning in the classroom to teach students how to question the text in order to better understand what they are reading.
Read Works
Read Works: Teaching English in Thailand
[Free Registration/Login Required] A biographical text a young woman named Michelle who went to Thailand for four months to teach English in a school. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
University of Victoria (Canada)
University of Victoria: Making Questions
This is targeted practice for question formulation; guided prompts ask the student to type question (yes-no or who, what, where, when). Students can then check the answer, ask for a hint, or see the answer.
Scholastic
Scholastic: Discussion Guide: Who Are You Calling a Woolly Mammoth?
Scholastic presents this discussion guide of "Who Are You Calling a Woolly Mammoth?" by Elizabeth Levy. The guide includes discussion questions, extension activities, and more.
Scholastic
Scholastic: Discussion Guide: The Boy Who Saved Baseball
Scholastic presents this discussion guide of "The Boy Who Saved Baseball" by John H. Ritter. The guide includes discussion questions, extension activities, and more.
Can Teach
Can Teach: How to Write a 5 W Poem
This site describes how a 5W poem is a good way to teach children to identify and focus on the five W's of a story or an event. Lesson plan indicated for 1st grade and above.
Other
Paul Yee: 'The Boy in the Attic' Teaching Guide [Pdf]
This teaching guide provided by Paul Yee for his book "The Boy in the Attic" provides a summary of the story, discussion questions and classroom activities. The book explores the theme of loneliness as felt by a young boy who left his...
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McGraw Hill
Glencoe Literature Library: "To Kill a Mockingbird" Study Guide [Pdf]
A great resource for students reading "To Kill a Mockingbird," complete with pre-reading material (author biography, introductory article, novel background, and vocabulary words), as well as brainstorming activities and thought-provoking...
Other
The Critical Thinking Consortium: A Teacher's Guide to the Gardener [Pdf]
The Gardener by Sarah Stewart won the Caldecott Honor in 1998. It centres around a set of letters about a young girl who moved from the countryside to the city. In the lessons in this teaching guide, students must make inferences from...
Teaching Treasures Publications
Teaching Treasures: Year Eight Nine Math (Page 3)
This interactive worksheet focuses on math concepts such as algebra, measurement, geometry, problem solving, and number sense. Answers to questions are available immediately and can be printed. Help links are also available to learners...
Teaching Treasures Publications
Teaching Treasures: Year Eight Nine Math (Measurement)
Display your knowledge of Pythagoras theorem, pi, measurement, and algebra using this interactive worksheet. Answers can be accessed immediately and help links are provided for learners who may have difficulty grasping these concepts....
Read Works
Read Works: Grade 2: Three Lesson Unit: Character
[Free Registration/Login Required] A series of three lesson plans designed to teach students to recognize a character's personality traits, predict a character's actions, and describe a character using rich language. Lessons are based on...
Other
Alpha Dictionary: Online Russian Reference Grammar
Most questions about Russian grammar can be answered at this website. Intended for native speakers of English who are interested in learning Russian. Background on Russian grammar might also be useful by ELL students and their teachers,...
Read Works
Read Works: Caught in a Lie
[Free Registration/Login Required] This short literary text passage shares the story of a girl who was caught in a lie. This passage is intended for guided practice and is designed to reinforce essential reading comprehension skills.
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Hedy Lamarr: Feminism in Hollywood
Learn how Hedy Lamarr struggled to transcend the "bombshell" label placed on her by Hollywood in this media gallery (three videos) from the American Masters film Bombshell: The Hedy Lamarr Story. During a time when women in Hollywood...