Learners can respond to each chapter of The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton by composing journal entries. This page lists several prompts for each chapter that pupils can choose from. The prompts are based on the content of the chapter and...

Hand out these project ideas when working with The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton. Pupils can choose from six different options or propose their own. The idea is that they will complete more than one project to meet the point requirement. The...

Provide this packet for your pupils as they pour over The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton. The study guide includes graphic organziers and comprehension as well as higher-level questions. Class members briefly summarize each chapter, compare...

Bring this online interactive reading comprehension worksheet to your unit on S.E. Hinton's The Outsiders. Middle schoolers respond to nine essay questions based on the novel. They may also access an online quiz on the selection...

In this The Outsiders comprehension check worksheet, students respond to 20 short answer questions covering chapter 1 of The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton in order to help them better understand the novel.

In this comprehension check worksheet, students respond to 12 short answer questions covering chapter 2 of The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton.

S.E. Hinton's The Outsiders is the anchor text in a unit that asks readers to reflect on their own identity, their place in their family, in groups with which they identify, and in school. 

Ninth graders explore middle section of S.E. Hinton's The Outsiders, and complete eight analytical questions to demonstrate understanding of messages in story. Students then watch portion of movie that coincides with chapters read.

In this online interactive reading comprehension worksheet, students respond to 15 multiple choice questions about Albert Camus's The Plague. Students may submit their answers to be scored.

Compare and contrast reading passages with the ever favorite story of Cinderella. The versions in focus include an Italian version and a Native American story followed by three questions designed to share similarities and...

In this grammar worksheet, students match twelve movie genres with their appropriate definitions and examples from two answer banks and then translate the titles into Chinese. Students answer six questions regarding personal movie...

Review important grammatical rules. Focusing on the past tense, learners practice concepts that are used to form sentences in the past tense. This could a good activity at a center.

Learning how to use context clues is helpful for both reading comprehension skills and to determine the meaning of unfamiliar vocabulary words. As they read ten sentences with underlined words, learners choose the most...

Students are introduced to the genre of the musical film. They become aware of the music and dance trends of the 1920s. They identify musical motive as a basis for unity in composition.

Discover why popcorn pops and how it found its way to the movie theatre with a worksheet that reinforces comparing and contrasting skills. Scholars read two brief passages then share through writing the similarities and differences they...

Young scholars create a movie to illustrate an original haiku poem in this upper-elementary school, Language Arts instructional activity utilizing technology. The instructional activity meets state standards for Language Arts and...

Students create a movie or slide show depicting a typical day at school through the eyes of a student. Students will use knowledge and experience to tell about events. Students will use multimedia to tell about events.

Approach the topic of popularity with this resource from the New York Times and their Learning Network series. The article is about Alexandra Robbins' "Quirk Theory." Learners respond to the article excerpt either on paper or...

Learners explore the genre of the musical film and its history. They draw conclusions on relationships between a stage musical and a musical film. They share the results of their research as a class.

To whom will you assign this exercise that focuses on interrogative pronouns? Your students, of course! Learners complete 18 sentences by adding in the correct interrogative pronouns. The page includes a list of pronouns to choose...

Interrogatives—who, what, where, when, why, and how—are the focus of a grammar worksheet that reinforces writing questions and using auxiliary verbs. 

Fourth graders explore various strategies to overcome fears of writing, and utilize a story map as a prewriting strategy. They read and discuss the steps of the writing process, follow the steps along with the teacher as they discuss the...