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A Midsummer Night's Dream
Young scholars explore the book A Midsummer Night's Dream. In this literature lesson, students identify main characters and vocabulary words from the text. Young scholars participate in a book discussion group.
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While Reading, Think About These Questions
For this reading worksheet, students are given a list of questions to think about as they read the story or book. Students reflect upon 16 questions.
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"Be the Kiwi" Whale Rider
Young scholars compare and contrast the movie and the novel. In this Whale Rider lesson, students work in groups to find similarities and differences in the book and the movie. Young scholars discuss the Maori culture and the...
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An Exploratory Approach to the Teaching of French in the Middle School
Middle schoolers review the most recent vocabulary list of French words. Using literature by Victor Hugo and Guy de Maupassant, they discover the history and culture of France. Using a map and the text, they locate the cities and...
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Reference Materials
Young scholars discuss reasons to use reference materials, identify correct reference material to use for specific information, find answers to specific questions by locating information in encyclopedia, dictionary, atlas, almanac,...
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Online Museum Worksheet
In this technology learning exercise, students research an online museum and select a topic within that museum. They read the story section and summarize it in a paragraph. Then students list five important things that they learned about...
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Coming Home from the life of Langston Hughes
In this Coming Home from the life of Langston Hughes worksheet, students read the book Coming Home from the life of Langston Hughes and answer short answer questions about it. Students complete 10 questions total.
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Women: Stride Toward Freedom
Students read facts about women'ts suffrage and research topics related to women's rights. Optional films for viewing and books to read.
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So Far From the Bamboo Grove
Students read and discuss the book So Far From the Bamboo Grove. They select and reflect on the events that they consider most important in shaping their lives.
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Selecting a State Fish
Students work in groups to select a state fish for their state. They review reference materials to make a list of state characteristics and select a fish that best exemplifies the state.
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Intergenerational Friendships
Students complete a variety of activities dealing with the book "Wilfrid Gordon McDonald Partridge" by Mem Fox. They take a field trip to a senior citizen's home and conduct an interview, and complete journal entries having to do with...
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Using a Time Focus- Owl Moon
Students practice writing on a specific topic. Students read "Owl Moon." They chronologically and comprehensively list all events occurring in the story. Students choose one specific event in the story on which to write.
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Smiling on the Outside
In this English worksheet, students discuss and analyze how to read a persons personality, first impressions and list the positive and negative personality traits some people possess.
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The Keys to the Kingdom Word Scramble #3
In this Keys to the Kingdom book series word search worksheet, students locate the 19 words or names listed in the puzzle and circle them to solve the word puzzle.
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Missing Words: The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
In this missing words learning exercise, students fill in the blanks in two passages from "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer" from the word list given.
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BigMama
In this BigMama instructional activity, learners read the book BigMama and answer short answer questions about it. Students answer 10 questions total.
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Gandhi's Non-violent Revolutions: Examining Tools to Make Non-violent
Young scholars analyze Gandhi's philosophy of nonviolent social change. In this nonviolence and social change lesson, students research a leader from the attached list who practiced nonviolent social change. Young scholars write their...
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Poetry: What's on Your Plate?
Students analyze "The Road Not Taken" and discuss examples of "roads traveled" by their own age group. In this poetry lesson, students read and discuss the meaning of the poem. Students choose another poem and review it for...
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Out of the Dust--Appeals to Senses
Students list examples of appeals to the senses in the poem Out of the Dust. In this Out of the Dust lesson, students discuss ways that the author brings the story alive through appeals to the senses. Students discuss...
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The Titanic
Young scholars use various sources to compare and contrast information about the Titanic. In groups, they create a list of questions and use the internet to find the answers. They write a report with the new information and use their...
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The Media and Social Justice in the United States
Students investigate why the hip hop is sometimes called the CNN of black youth. They explore the political themes in American hip hop. Students examine the connection between art, media and social justice in hip hop.
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Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry
Eighth graders read the novel, Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry and then watch a movie based on the novel. They write an essay comparing the movie to the book.
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Total English Upper Intermediate: Jungle Adventure
In this present perfect and present continuous verbs learning exercise, students complete 8 sentences using the correct tense of the verbs in parentheses and write a descriptive email using the words listed in the word bank.
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You've Got to be Taught to Hate and Fear
Students explore themes of prejudice and acceptance. In this character education instructional activity, students listen and respond to several fiction books, poems, and lyrics with a similar theme. Students locate articles with the main...