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District 186 Springfield Public Schools

Tone, Mood, Theme, and Motif

For Students 9th - 12th Standards
It's all well and good when you're asked to identify a speaker's tone using his or her body language, facial expression, and pitch and emphasis. Identifying the tone of a written passage is another challenge entirely. Check out an...
Handout
Deer Valley Unified School District

Close Reading: Analyzing Mood and Tone

For Students 9th - 12th
The AP Literature and Composition exam is all about close reading. Test takers are presented with a passage and asked to analyze how an author uses literary devices to create a desired effect. Prepare your students for the exam with a...
Activity
First Stage

A Charlie Brown Christmas

For Students 2nd - 6th Standards
Charlie Brown may not feel the Christmas spirit this year, but your elementary students can use the season to practice important cross-curricular skills! A set of worksheets and activities based on A Charlie Brown Christmas guide...
Activity
Amani Project

Write a CoronaKindness Song

For Students 3rd - 8th
And the beat goes on! Finding a way to connect during the isolation imposed by the Coronavirus pandemic can be challenging. This activity from the Amani Project offers a way to stay close during a time of physical distancing....
Activity
PBS

Heart to Heart

For Students 3rd - 7th
Study heart health and math in one activity. After measuring their resting heart rates by finding the pulse in their wrists, learners build a stethoscope to listen to their heart rate, and note the differences between the two methods.
App
Bee Visual

Choiceworks

For Students K - 9th
Check out this clever way to help children learn to navigate daily schedules, choices, and feelings. This application supports the completion of routines and promotes positive choices that can be used at school and home. It is ideal...
Worksheet
Curated OER

Grandpa's Face

For Students 3rd - 12th
In this Grandpa's Face worksheet, students read the book Grandpa's Face and answer short answer questions about it. Students complete 9 questions total.
Interactive
Curated OER

For Whom the Bell Tolls - Essay Questions

For Students 9th - 12th
After finishing the dense novel For Whom the Bell Tolls, have your class prepare for your unit test with this set of study questions. Consider narrowing the list down to encourage a deeper analysis of specific questions.  
Unit Plan
CommonLit

Common Lit: Themes: Loneliness & Isolation: What Does It Mean to Feel Alone?

For Students 9th - 10th
This is a collection of Grade-Leveled texts (3-12) to address the question, "What does it mean to feel alone?" Select a grade level and a collection of on grade-level reading passages on the topic comes up. [Free account registration...
Professional Doc
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Daniel Tiger's Neighborhood: Collection

For Students K - 1st
This Daniel Tiger's Neighborhood collection emphases social-emotional development and academic success. Research tells us that for children to be successful in school, they must be mentally healthy and they must have good interpersonal...
Graphic
Other

Whitney Museum of American Art: Georgia O'keefe: Abstraction

For Students 9th - 10th
Find a full-featured analysis of an abstract work by Georgia O'Keeffe that communicates many key elements of her art, such as her use of color, the inspiration she found in nature, and her approach to abstraction. Includes insightful...