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123/ABC Hopscotch
Students practice alphabet recognition, alphabet sounds, and number readiness while playing a hopscotch type game.
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Woodrow Wilson
Students practice their reading comprehension skills by reading about Woodrow Wilson. They answer questions about the story to test for comprehension.
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Everybody Move Who....
Young scholars are placed in a circle seated in a chair. They follow directions from one student who is in the middle of the circle. They discuss how each of them are alike and how they are different.
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Coming to America: Opportunities, Risks, Consequences
Students examine the immigrants of various cultures throughout the world. In groups, they identify the push and pull factors of those immigrating and the risks and consequences they are subject do when going through the immigration...
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Friendships and Differences
Students complete a variety of activities related to the book "My Friend Jacob" by Lucille Clifton. They complete a graphic organizer web about friendship qualities, and participate in a discussion about friendship. In small groups...
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Adjectives
Pupils are encouraged to think about the adjectives they choose and to steer away from adjectives that have become meaningless through overuse, such as "nice" and "good." They then add meaning and interest to sentences.
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Our Opinions
In this opinion survey instructional activity, middle schoolers will work in groups of four to complete a survey of each group member's opinion on 20 topics.
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English Skills Assignment
In this English skills worksheet, students complete various English skill activities. There are 12 activities in total, with topics including proof-reading, word puzzles, alliteration, consonants, vowels, word meanings, anagrams, and...
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The Home Front
In these World War II home front worksheets, students read several passages about the home front during World War I. Students learn about the evacuation plan, rationing methods, the women, and the home guard.
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Prefix "Dis"
In this prefix "dis" worksheet, students learn to add this prefix to make a new word that means "not". Students add the prefix "dis" to six words.
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Creating a Digital Newspaper
Students create a digital newspaper. In this digital newspaper lesson, students review the sections of a newspaper and brainstorm ideas for their paper. Students complete a schools news report, student interview, opinion page, sports...
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Faulkner's The Sound and the Fury: Benjy's Sense of Time and Narrative Voice
Learners analyze narrative voice in William Faulkner's The Sound and the Fury. In this novel analysis lesson, students analyze Faulkner's writing style and the narrative voice of Benjy. Learners create a reading journal for the lesson...
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Teaching Tolerance: Taking Action on the R-Word
Students explore the use of derogatory language and labeling others. In this discrimination lesson plan students research word origins, how different terms came to be used in a negative sense and what it would be like to have a negative...
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Thai Children's Trust
Students read the story of Father Ray Brennan who is a priest who helps people. In this helping lesson plan, students recall details of the story as it is read.
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Confronting the -Isms
Young scholars keep "Mindwatch" diaries to chart their own prejudices and stereotypes. In this social justice lesson, students monitor their own reactions to people who are different from themselves. Young scholars identify and discuss...
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The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian: Quotes Quiz
In this online interactive symbols quiz worksheet, students respond to 5 multiple choice questions about quotations from The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian. Students may check their answers on this timed quiz.
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The Adventures of Tom Sawyer Theme of Youth
In this reading comprehension worksheet, students respond to 4 short answer questions about themes from Mark Twain's The Adventures of Tom Sawyer.
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The Adventures of Tom Sawyer Theme of Hopes, Plans, and Dreams
In this reading comprehension instructional activity, students respond to 4 short answer questions about themes from Mark Twain's The Adventures of Tom Sawyer.
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The Adventures of Tom Sawyer: Quotes (What was Said) Quiz
For this online interactive symbols quiz worksheet, students respond to 5 multiple choice questions about quotes from Twain's The Adventures of Tom Sawyer. Students may check their answers on this timed quiz.
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The Adventures of Tom Sawyer Theme of Manipulation
In this reading comprehension instructional activity, high schoolers respond to 4 short answer questions about themes from Mark Twain's The Adventures of Tom Sawyer.
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The Adventures of Tom Sawyer Theme of The Supernatural
In this reading comprehension worksheet, students respond to 4 short answer questions about themes from Mark Twain's The Adventures of Tom Sawyer.
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The Adventures of Tom Sawyer Theme of Language and Communication
In this reading comprehension worksheet, students respond to 4 short answer questions about language and communication themes from Mark Twain's The Adventures of Tom Sawyer.
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The Adventures of Tom Sawyer Theme of Race
In this reading comprehension worksheet, students respond to 3 short answer and essay questions based on the theme of race in The Adventures of Tom Sawyer. Students may also complete their choice of 3 reading activities suggested.
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Religious Themes in The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
For this reading comprehension worksheet, students respond to 3 short answer and essay questions based on religious themes in Twain's The Adventures of Tom Sawyer. Students may also complete their choice of 3 reading activities suggested.