Young scholars explore science of taxonomy and the Five Kingdoms of life, categorize organisms into Kingdoms, and create multi-media presentations illustrating knowledge of a Kingdom. They collect data and related pictures on the...

In this online interactive literature instructional activity, students respond to 8 short answer and essay questions about Irene Hunt's Across Five Aprils. Students may check some of their answers online.

In this online interactive literature worksheet, students respond to 7 short answer and essay questions about Kurt Vonnegut's Slaughterhouse-Five. Students may check some of their answers online.

In this online interactive reading comprehension learning exercise, students respond to 25 multiple choice questions about Kurt Vonnegut's Slaughterhouse-Five. Students may submit their answers to be scored.

In this online interactive reading comprehension instructional activity, students respond to 25 multiple choice questions about Irene Hunt's Across Five Aprils. Students may submit their answers to be scored.

Kenzuke's Kingdom is a wonderful adventure about a boy sailing around the world, it's also the focus of this lesson. Students read the novel as a class then use the Comic Life website to create a two-page comic based on the story. This...

After reading Oedipus and Antigone, quiz your readers with these online, interactive questions. All questions are multiple choice, and they simply ask for information recall (as opposed to further analysis). Twenty-five questions are...

Included here are three short study questions and five essay topics for the novel For Whom The Bell Tolls. Consider using these in an upcoming final assessment, but also remember that many high schoolers use SparkNotes to prepare for...

Have you ever gone looking for one thing but ended up discovering something else? That is exactly what happened to Gaylen, a character in The Search for Delicious. Gaylen begins looking for a food to label as delicious, but...

Many and many a year ago Edgar Allan Poe crafted the chilling tale of "Annabel Lee." The poem is the perfect vehicle to introduce Poe's concept of unity of effect, the idea that every element in a poem or story should help to develop a...

In this online interactive reading comprehension worksheet, students respond to twenty-five multiple choice questions about Mortenson and Relin's Three Cups of Tea. Students may submit their answers to be scored.

Young scholars are introduced to the classification system of animals. In groups, they set up an aquarium in which they must maintain throughout the year. They also observe earthworms and how they react to various stimuli and research...

Use short stories to teach English? Yes! Designed as a professional development opportunity for English language teachers, the ideas in this booklet can easily be adapted to advanced ESL/ELL classes.

In this online interactive literature worksheet, students respond to 8 short answer and essay questions about Frances Hodgson Burnett's The Secret Garden. Students may check some of their answers online.

As part of their reading of Michael Morpurgo's novel Kensuke's Kingdom, young castaways create diary entries describing their own time left alone on an island.

War is one of the most profound human experiences in history, and is often best depicted in works of art and literature. Introduce class members to the poetry of World War I with this resource that uses John McCrae's "In Flanders Fields"...

Students examine their own history to expand how they examine the world. They research being a Peace Corps volunteer in Morocco. They also examine Muslim culture.

In this online interactive reading comprehension worksheet, students respond to 15 multiple choice questions based on Two Gentlemen of Verona. Students may submit their answers to be scored.

In this online interactive reading comprehension worksheet, students respond to 15 multiple choice questions based on Sir Gawain and the Green Knight. Students may submit their answers to be scored.

For this The Tempest worksheet, students answer 15 multiple choice questions on the plot, characters, and theme of Shakespeare's play.

In this animal kingdom worksheet, students read for information and determine comprehension. In this matching and fill in the blanks worksheet, students answer twelve questions.

Students probe their own histories to record how they have had to expand their world views. They determine "Everyone has a culture. It influences how we see the world, ourselves, and others." The explain the concept of cultural...

For this online interactive literature worksheet, students respond to 5 short answer and essay questions about B.F. Skinner's Walden Two. Students may check some of their answers online.

In this online interactive literature worksheet, students respond to 7 short answer and essay questions about Ken Kesey's One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest. Students may check some of their answers online.