Students use photos to generate opinions and feelings for them to write about. They use the photos to find something they are interested in and help them write.

Second graders write and illustrate their own comic strip. Students can still look at the various comics brought in by the teacher. Remind students that this is a fun activity and that they should have fun with this activity. When...

Students investigate people, places and environments. Using the internet, students gather information about the country and culture that they visit. Students use Classport technology to collaborate and communicate with students on a...

Learners collects artifacts from home that they feel describe themselves. They write captions for each artifact and display them for their classmates.

Students create illustrations of narratives. They listen to recorded narratives in the target language and write notes of the actions described. They draw illustrations of the main objects conveyed in the narrative of the story. They...

Looking for alternative options to the traditional California missions project? This is the resource for you!

To enrich their study of wild animals, fifth graders create a wildlife photography exhibit, create a book about animals that live in national parks, and plan a wild animal park for the animals living in their area.

Do your classes love reading and drawing cartoons? Middle schoolers read an editorial cartoon from a newspaper. They discuss the cartoonist's topic, audience, and purpose. Next, they brainstorm questions they have about the cartoon and...

Turn the pictures on your phone into a great looking movies that will blow the hair back of whoever watches it. It is easy to make people laugh, cry, or just inform them about something interesting by using the creative tools available....

Here’s a must-have resource for anyone using The Grapes of Wrath. Everything from guiding questions to background information, from photographs to documentary films, from activities to assessments is included in a richly detailed packet...

Students analyze a photograph to complete a visual learning activity. In this visual learning instructional activity, students analyze the photograph and follow step process to identify the facts within the picture. Students analyze the...

Young scholars research about the chemical processes involved in cave formation. In this chemistry lesson plan, students draw or find a cave picture with stalagmites and stalactites online. They write a brief caption and share them with...

Students focus on translating the real experience of an ordinary day into a representation of it to assist with recall and stimulate expressive language. They compose picture captions to match visual representations of events of the...

Students create an autobiography. In this autobiography lesson plan, students create a digital autobiography using photographs and captions about their lives. Students will publish their autobiography on the class blog page, as...

Students take pictures. In this nature walk lesson, students read I Went Walking and brainstorm a list of things they might see on a nature trail. Students take pictures of things they see on the nature trail, write a caption for each...

Students explain scientists' ideas about the structure of the atom over the last century. They develop a pictorial history of the changing ideas about the atom and write a caption describing the scientific thinking behind the model.

Students create a digital story. In this technology and memories lesson, students use a digital camera and a notebook to capture an event they have outside of school. They write photo captions and create a digital story.

Students research Lewis and Clark and use the information for a book.  For this Lewis and Clark lesson, students gather information and complete worksheets in an activity to write a book.  Students use a variety of text features.

Students research the causes of the extinction of Pleistocene mammals.  In this Pleistocene mammals lesson, students read essays to understand the Pleistocene epoch. Students write an essay about the personal impact of this...

Students write a comic. In this writing lesson, students discuss comic books and why they continue to be so popular. Students create a comic book using an imaginary character. Students must present a problem and solution in their comic.

Students recognize poetic devices including rhyme, syllabification, and meter. They identify the characteristics of a nonsense poem and of a limerick. They write their own limericks.

Students examine how motion capture technology allows computer based animators to design realistic effects in animation. They study how the center of gravity contributes to animation and how to use the center of gravity to write an...

Fifth graders are introduced to the strategy TPRS (Total Physical Response Storytelling) for studying world languages. They utilize this strategy as a vehicle to storytelling and expand their vocabulary by contextualizing it in high...

Students research bees. In this organisms lesson, students participate in various learning centers to find out more about bees. The centers include watching a video and taking notes, reading books about bees, and going on a WebQuest. As...