Challenge your class to construct a definition for trapezoids. Looking at four examples and four non-examples, young scholars individually create definitions and use them to classify an unknown shape. Allow for small group and...

The Fantastic Voyage is becoming close to reality. The class reads an article on the use of nanotechnology in the medical field and participate in a discussion about what they read. The discussion method helps class members become more...

How can you recognize bullying? How is verbal bullying different from physical or social bullying, and when has a joke gone too far? Learners use their own experiences and ideas to inform the discussion.

Class members identify bullying in contemporary texts and role play how they might change those scenes to examples of anti-bullying. They then re-define their initial definitions of bullying and discuss what they...

Determining the meaning of a word based on context clues or marking how the meaning of a term evolves in the course of a document can be a challenge in more complex text. Give your pupils an opportunity to practice this skill with a...

Exercise practicing the use of a, an, and the.

This full-featured interactive textbook encounter utilizes French speakers in real life scenarios. Well structured for work on grammatical concepts (links to Tex's French Grammar), vocabulary, listening comprehension and exposure to...

Comprehensive grammar site by the University of Texas - entertaining yet very detailed. Has audio, downloadable mp3's, interactive quizzes-everything you could want to enhance understanding of the French language. Can be utilized by...

This site from Tex's French Grammar is a wonderful site with clear explanation of determiners when used to express quantity, with usage examples (written and audio) and interactive practice exercises (written and audio).

[Free Registration/Login Required] Requires free membership.T his passage is a stand-alone curricular piece that reinforces essential reading skills and strategies and establishes scaffolding for vocabulary learning. It contains...

This site is provided for by the Colby College. Understanding plurality is very important in Spanish grammar. Use these exercises to help strengthen your knowledge of adjective and substantive plurals. Great practice changing definite...