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Get Your Facts Right!
Students explore the life and the contributions of Christopher Columbus. For this Exploration Age lesson, students participate in several activities regarding the explorer. Students use the Internet and print resources to research...
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Filing A Conusmer Complaint
Learners discuss what makes good service and poor servies. They brainstorm ways to file a complaint when they receive poor service. Students work in pairs to practice making a consumer complaint verbally and in writing. This lesson is...
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Enrichment Activities - "Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH"
Fifth graders read the novel "Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH." They discuss the various characters in the book, and the different types of conflict that take place within the book. They also research owls and rats to make comparisons...
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Increased comprehension with the use of imagery
High schoolers improve their comprehension of reading material by generating mental images upon reading a description. They, particularly those in vocational or adult ed. classes, learn the use of mnemonics and visual imagery to help...
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Characters' Feelings Or Motives
Fourth graders use the text, "Fair's Fair" to examine how characters' feelings and motives are built throughout a text through descriptive phrases. They look at what a character does and says to record on their writing frames. Finally,...
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Plan A Trip Anywhere
Students role play being an international travel agent that is planning a trip for a client. The teacher gives specific details associated with the trip. They choose the destination and work out some of the other details. Students...
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Verb Tense Exercise 23
In this verb worksheet, students focus on simple future and future continuous tense. Students complete 18 fill in the blank statements, with he ability to self check using this online interactive worksheet.
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Verb Tense Exercise 28
In this online interactive grammar skills activity, students answer 10 fill in the blank questions regarding the use of future continuous and future perfect continuous verbs. Students may submit their...
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Mixed Phrasal Verbs 1
In this online interactive English language skills worksheet, students answer 20 fill in the blank questions regarding the use of phrasal verbs. Students may submit their answers to be scored.
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Oil Spill
Students examine the implications of the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil disaster. In this oil spill lesson, students research details regarding the BP oil leak and then participate in a simulation that requires them to role play those whose...
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Diseases of the Eye
Fifth graders research diseases of the eye. In this science lesson, 5th graders discuss and research eye diseases and complete a worksheet using the information they find.
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Comma Splices and Fused Sentences
In these comma splices and fused sentences worksheets, students read the sentences and the three underlined parts. Students then find and fix either the comma splice or fused sentence.
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The Wonderful Pigs of Jillian Jiggs
First graders compare fictional and real pigs. In this pig comparison lesson, 1st graders read a fiction text then a non-fiction text on pigs. Students complete a K-W-L chart and fill out a Venn Diagram.
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The Environment and Rubbish
Students complete matching, short answer, and fill-in-the-blank questions regarding garbage and the environment. Some thought-provoking conversation starters are embedded in the plan which should lead to some meaningful discussion...
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Making a Case for Beginning Wigh Suprasegmental Features in Pronunciation
Students explore the ways in which voice quality and intonation can convey meaning.
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Capital Punishment
Eighth graders research capital punishment and then type a six paragraph paper.
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Amazon Rainforest: You Won't Find George in This Jungle
Students identify locations of rainforests, compare/contrast layers of the rainforest, construct and interpret maps and graphs, recognize relationships between man and the environment, and write about an imaginary walk in the rainforest.
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The Cantankerous Pathogen
Students explore what factors influence the spread of infectious diseases. They explain how human manipulation of the environment affects the transmission of diseases.
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Famous People With Dyslexia
Students map out a plan of how schools could become more dyslexic friendly. Students create a portfolio on famous people who have overcome dyslexia and developed their talents.
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Tally Charts and Graphs
Fourth graders play the game 'Data Picking', where they collect data, place the data into a tally chart, and choose the circle graph that best represents the data. They go to the Mathfrog website and select 'Picking'. Students choose...
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Total English Upper Intermediate: Do They Regret It?
In this consolidating if structures worksheet, middle schoolers complete 8 sentences so that they mean the same thing that matching sentences mean. Students also write 3 if clauses to accompany the 3 scenarios on the worksheet.
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Family Sculpture Demonstration
Students simulate the personal interactions in a family with an alcoholic parent. In this alcoholism lesson, students read a family situation. They simulate the interactions in the family and create a living sculpture of the dysfunction.
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Conditional Exercise 9
In this online interactive grammar skills worksheet, students answer 15 fill in the blank questions regarding the use of conditionals. Students may submit their answers to be scored.
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Sled Kites and Trigonometry
Students study the history of kites and their fundamental properties. In this kites lesson students divide into teams and build and fly kites.