This lesson plan engages students in reading comprehension strategies related to high interest articles. Students will participate in reading aloud from various texts and analyzing punctuation in sentences. Students will follow author...

This lesson focuses on the short story "The Outcasts of Poker Flat" by Bret Harte who uses stereotypical but realistic characters to invent the culture of the "Old West." This story is an example of Regionalism, a sbu-genre of Realism....

Classroom teachers will learn about Peer Assisted Learning/Literacy Strategies (PALS) an engaging instructional strategy for students. Teachers will learn how to implement PALS, understand how to measure progress with PALS, and find...

This lesson focuses on MLA documentation including MLA paper formatting, Works Cited citations, and in-text citations. It includes multiple videos and a slide show, a practice activity, and a self-check.

A learning module geared toward English as a Second Language Learners. Students read and/or listen to a short text entitled "Goats Being Hired" and click on the links below to increase comprehension and vocabulary skills. Students can...

A learning module geared toward English as a Second Language Learners. Students read and/or listen to a short text entitled "Fishing for Girls" and click on the links below to increase comprehension and vocabulary skills. Students can...

A learning module geared toward English as a Second Language Learners. Students read and/or listen to a short text entitled "English is Confusing" and click on the links below to increase comprehension and vocabulary skills. Students can...

A learning module geared toward English as a Second Language Learners. Students read and/or listen to a short text entitled "Pump Up the Tires and Ride the Bike" and click on the links below to increase comprehension and vocabulary...

A learning module geared toward English as a Second Language Learners. Students read and/or listen to a short text entitled "Golf Like a Girl, Manage Like a Man" and click on the links below to increase comprehension and vocabulary...

Can a person have two selves? Beyonce is also known as Sasha Fierce; Clark Kent, the newspaper reporter, transforms into Superman. The idea that a person can have "another self" is a relatively new concept. As you read about the concept...

This small group instructional activity addresses a very specific skill that some students need to improve their reading skills - self-monitoring. Using play phones, the students will listen to themselves very carefully to see whether...

A learning module geared toward English as a Second Language Learners. Students read and/or listen to a short text entitled "Squirrel Attacks Woman in Golf Cart" and click on the links below to increase comprehension and vocabulary...

A learning module geared toward English as a Second Language Learners. Students read and/or listen to a short text entitled "Brother, Can You Spare a Carburetor?" and click on the links below to increase comprehension and vocabulary...

This is the text of Chapter 18 of Walden by transcendentalist Henry David Thoreau. By immersing himself in nature, Thoreau hoped to gain a more objective understanding of society through personal introspection. Simple living and...

This site gives facts about the original Beowulf manuscript, its authorship, and its ties to archeology and culture. One may also read Beowulf in Old English or its translation to Modern English along with summaries of text portions and...