How Long is Forever?

“It was a miracle.” Basil Heatter’s “The Long Night of the Little Boats,” which details the miraculous rescue of the British army from the shores of Dunkirk in 1940, is featured in a series of exercises that ask class members to read,...

After reading up to chapter 12 of Bud, Not Buddy by Christopher Paul Curtis, scholars read chapter 13 and take part in a grand conversation about the author's writing techniques. Pupils discuss how his writing conveyed literary themes...

Yes. Make up your mind to use this reading comprehension resource with your readers. You need not be nervous, not even a little nervous. An answer sheet is provided.

Bud, from Bud, Not Buddy by Christopher Paul Curtis, followed a series of rules. The questions is, how did he use those rules to thrive or survive? After a grand discussion, class members explore the novel to locate and cite textual...

While the title implies that the presentation is only about the heading, the author has actually included more details about how to properly format a paper using MLA style. After viewing the slides, learners will know how to set up the...

Learn how the tiger got its stripes with a seven-minute audiobook featuring the classic folktale detailing the origin of the big cat's colorful coat.

A repetition poem is the focus of a lesson that challenges scholars to compose an original piece. To add meaning to their poem, authors choose words to repeat at the start of most lines.  

Writers compose an original found poem by searching for words that inspire them. Words are taken from everyday conversation, books, cut from magazines, the mail, or an already written poem. 

Emily Dickinson's use of punctuation in her poetry helps to create a unique structure and fluency. The last video in a series about close reading poetry uses Dickinson's "The Wind's Visit." It helps sixth graders to analyze the use of...

At four and a half minutes long, a video about setting in a short story would be a great addition to your literature unit. Sixth graders study how the place and time period of a story can impact the plot, as well as other elements of the...