Hispanic, Latino - What's the Right Word? an Examination of the Language Used To Categorize People

Figurative language is the focus of the fifth lesson in a unit study of To Kill A Mockingbird. Groups review different chapters read so far and locate examples of images, similes, and metaphors, and then consider what this language...

Learners set these civil rights terms straight by unscrambling each group of letters. When they are finished with rediscovering their vocabulary, class members figure out what civil rights leader's name the circled letters spell.

Individuals utilize the strategies practiced in the previous lesson to complete a mid-unit assessment on  figurative language and how Christopher Paul Curtis uses word choice to create meaning in Bud, Not Buddy.

The language of the Constitution can feel quite ominous to young learners, but there are a variety of strategies you can utilize to help your class grasp the important concepts and ideals in our nation's founding document. This lesson...

Invite your class to experience human rights situations first hand. Following an introduction to human rights, class members read statements and categorize them as a whole class. They then work in small groups to prepare a role play as...

Your class used to be confused about verb tenses, but now they understand more about the past tense! Practice the different ways to use used to in writing with a clear slideshow presentation, which includes negative and positive...

Are your students having trouble choosing the right words to communicate their point? Learners view a presentation that explore active and passive voice, redundancy, and diction through examples and definitions.

Is the term Orwellian itself an example of double speak? Often it is, according to this short video that examines George Orwell's warnings about how language can be used to control thought. A great resource for today's digital natives.

Words, words, words. The function of words in persuasive writing is the focus of a group activity that asks members to analyze how words advertisers use are designed to influence targeted audiences.

Your learners will take a trip through history as they peruse through historic digitalized newspapers, reading real articles from such historical periods in the United States as the Temperance movement and passage of the Thirteenth...