Where I'm From: Personal and Cherokee

Part of the Read 180 curriculum for English language learners, this plan prompts writers to sharpen their skills. They select one of four listed personal narrative writing prompts to complete and respond to six questions that require...

Which do you use: that or this? Which or where? Me or I? Practice pronoun use with a series of activities that focus on personal and demonstrative pronouns.

In this writing a personal narrative worksheet, students read a sample personal narrative and respond to 3 short answer questions. Students then use a graphic organizer to plan their own personal narrative.

"I have for the first time found what I can truly love—I have found you." Class members read a series of excerpts from Jane Eyre and then use the provided discussion questions to consider Bronte's views on love.

Students analyze 'Where I'm From' by George Ella Lyon. In this poetry lesson students examine the content and structure of the poem and mimic it to create a similar poem of their own.

Imagery is the focus of this lesson, featuring "The Moon is distant from the Sea" by Emily Dickinson. Readers discuss the lunar cycle and its connection to the speaker's desires, and then choose an image from the poem to compare to their...

Students make a connection between the place where they live and the people who occupied that place before them. They write a "Where I'm From"poem from their point of view and from that of a Cherokee Indian.

In this online interactive reading comprehension worksheet, students respond to 25 multiple choice questions about Wilson Rawls's Where the Red Fern Grows. Students may submit their answers to be scored.

With this New York Times "Learning Network" exercise, high schoolers read an article about the death of Maurice Sendak, author of Where the Wild Things Are and then respond to several prompts that require them to shape their own opinions...

Approach the topic of popularity with this resource from the New York Times and their Learning Network series. The article is about Alexandra Robbins' "Quirk Theory." Learners respond to the article excerpt either on paper or online....