Lesson Plan for Puns

Students read the books writing by John H. Ritter and complete discussion questions about them. In this reading lesson plan, students answer discussion questions for 4 different books.

Read and analyze a variety of Shakespearean and contemporary puns using Visual Thesaurus computer software. Middle and high schoolers analyze a pun as a class; in small groups they analyze a Shakespearean pun using contextual clues and...

Students analyze why puns are funny. In this puns usage instructional activity, students work in small groups to analyze Shakespearean puns, then write their own puns to share with the class. Students are encouraged to use...

Students research a number of theories about how Valentine's Day originated. They examine the styles and designs of Valentine's from the Victorian Era before they reproduce the style by creating a Victorian style Valentine's. They use...

Students investigate the relationship between parts of speech and pronunciation of stress homographs.  For this homographs lesson, students use the Visual Thesaurus to define the word "homograph", brainstorm different pairs of...

What is a homograph? Develop your students' vocabulary with a word association tool.   Language arts classes discover what a homograph is and how it can be used as a visual thesaurus. They discover the other uses for homographs such as...

Young scholars create a poem about insects after listening to Insectiopedia by Douglas Florian. They listen for rhythm, alliteration, and interesting words as the poems are read. The book is then used as a model for creative writing as...

In this Pensioner attacking a famous painting worksheet, learners read the article, answer true and false questions, complete synonym matching, complete phrase matching, complete a gap fill, answer short answer questions, answer...

In this English learning exercise, students read "Kyoto Protocol Heated Bra Developed," and then respond to 47 fill in the blank, 7 short answer, 20 matching, and 8 true or false questions about the selection.