Jack - Criminal Or Victim? Or, Happily Ever After

Learners to use all levels of Bloom's taxonomy to look at the case of 'Jack and the Beanstalk' through the eyes of our present legal system. They analyze the story to determine if Jack was a criminal or a victim.

In this grammar skills worksheet, students respond to 21 fill in the blank and short answer questions regarding the use of the words "ever" and "never".

Have your class explore the life of Roberto Clemente using this lesson. After reading the story Roberto Clemente by Jonah Winter, learners answer cause and effect questions, classify ideas, make comparisons, and write a news article.

Prepare for an interview project with a set of worksheets about asking questions and quoting people. After completing a grammar exercise about quotation marks, kids write out the questions they want to ask their interviewee, and record...

Work on basic grammar concepts and vocabulary about free time activities with a language arts learning exercise. After kids write negative and affirmative questions and answers in the present tense, they complete sentences using a word...

Whodunnit? Find out who killed Mr. Brooks through a logical examination of evidence. Class members fill out a couple of data tables to help them pin down the suspect. After they've figured out just who the culprit is, pupils compose...

Is trickery ever justified? Is it okay to steal from someone who has stolen from you? Puss, from Puss in Boots, and Jack, from Jack and the Beanstalk, might have some ideas about these ethical questions. After listening to a series of...

Students work in pairs in order to pick a fairy tale to rewrite. They review conflict resolution in order to guide and help them to write their Happily Ever After Endings to their fairy tale stories.

Through reading and writing, learners explore common elements found in fairy tales. After discussing traditional fairy tales, class members listen to The True Story of the 3 Little Pigs by John Scieszka, a hilarious retelling of the...

Do your pupils know what makes someone follow their lead? The second activity in a 17-part series uses a scene from the movie Babe to create a discussion around leadership qualities. After watching the clip, groups talk about leadership...