How do you make a prediction? Practice active reading comprehension strategies, like making predictions, with your readers. Learners make predictions during the independent reading of Dogs Don't Tell Jokes by Louis Sacher. They observe...

What is the author's purpose for sharing an autobiography? Start this lesson with the short story provided about getting pulled over by a police officer. Then, discuss the acronym PIES and how it stands for the four main reasons an...

Discover the genre of short stories with sixth graders. They discuss the characteristics of short stories from the book America Street. Then, they compare and contrast movies and television shows and chart story characteristics....

Examine the connection between descriptive language and emotional impact. For the first few chapters of The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis, learners record the descriptive writing the author used to vivify the...

Fifth graders examine how characters and relationships can change in a text. In this realistic fiction lesson plan, 5th graders identify changes in the characters and relationships while reading The Great Gilly Hopkins. Students record...

Students solve 3 riddles given by the teacher and discuss how solving a mystery is like solving a riddle. In this language arts lesson plan, students watch as the teacher records problems in a detective story. Students record questions...