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Cruzin' to the Arctic
Young scholars, in groups, study life in the Arctic Region and connect their own life experiences to the experiences of students in the Arctic.
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Heroes, Legends and Folktales
Fourth graders read classic stories including "The Magic Brocade" and "St. George and the Dragon". They complete a series of lessons in which they compare stories and produce original narrative legends.
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Economic Market Pain
Young scholars read and discuss article, and write an interpretation of the message for a class newspaper.
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Journey
Students complete a variety of enrichment activities that focus on the book, Journey, by Patricia MacLachlan. They create a photo album that shows their own family history.
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Get into the Flow with an Interactive Volcano
Young scholars research the structural elements of a volcano. They make a PowerPoint slide that contains five facts which will be added to a whole class slideshow. They add an interactive table of contents using action buttons.
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Questions of War and Peace: Using Case Studies to Teach the History of American Foreign Policy
Students read three case studies to focus on how the United States dealt with foreign policy issues. In groups, they read about the decision to drop the atomic bomb, the commitment of troops to Vietnam and wwhether to send troops to...
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Government and Community Resources
Adult learners, with the assistance of flash/picture cards, explore a variety of United States holidays and social customs: Labor Day, Halloween, Thanksgiving, Hanukkah, Christmas, and more. In addition, they draw pictures illustrating...
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Level 3--Maintaining Employment
Students examine and define an extensive list of vocabulary words that refer to employment, including the Employee Assistance Program, as well as the keeping of a job. They complete a variety of activity sheets to assist them.
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Health and Nutrition
Students examine vocabulary words that deal with the parts of the body. They identify the body parts and organs associated with the five senses. They identify common illnesses, causes and treatments. They research various lifestyle...
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ADULT ESOL LESSON PLAN--Communicate Effectively on Health and Nutrition Topics
Students, while reviewing an extensive vocabulary list on the board, identify basic food groups with the help of picture cards. As a group, they create a collage of healthy and unhealthy foods using pictures from magazines and newspapers.
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The Screwtape Letters by C.S. Lewis (Letter 1)
In this The Screwtape Letters by C.S. Lewis worksheet, students define six key vocabulary words with only one or two words and answer thirteen comprehension questions over letter one.
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People and the Environment
For this environment worksheet, students look at how different human actions can cause pollution and how the pollution effects the environment. This worksheet has 6 short answer questions.
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Groundwater
In this groundwater worksheet, students use 12 given terms and match them to their definitions related to characteristics of groundwater and the components of the ground where the water travels. Students also fill in 5 blanks with given...
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Sentence Variety and Modifier Placement
In this sentence variety instructional activity, students learn that modifier placement can make sentences more interesting. Students read 10 sentences and add an initial, mid-sentence or terminal modifier as directed. This is an on-line...
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To Be or Not to Be Democratic
Seventh graders explore the democratic republic principles of U.S. government. In this U.S. government lesson, 7th graders compare and contrast the governments of ancient Athens,the Roman Republic, and the United States today. Students...
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Multiply & Complete Balloon Exercise
In this online interactive problem solving instructional activity, students practice using the times sign to shorten 9 multiplication problems. Students check their answers online as they go.
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Freckle Juice
Students complete activities with the book Freckle Juice by Judy Blume. For this literature lesson, students read chapter one and brainstorm adjectives for the four main characters. They make a page of vocabulary words and...
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Let Me Tell You About My State
Fifth graders research one of the 50 U.S. States that they were unfamiliar with. In this U.S. Geography lesson, 5th graders utilize encyclopedias as well as the Internet to research a chosen U.S. State in order to write a report....
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Synonyms
Students examine synonyms from their reading. In this synonyms instructional activity, students use vocabulary from their reading to create a chart and illustrate the words. Students complete online activities from the story.
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Lesson 6 - Quotation Marks
Students complete activities with the book Sarah Plain and Tall. In this literature lesson, students read, discuss, and review vocabulary from Chapter 6. They make a list of quotations and review how to use quotation marks.
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Madame Bovary by Gustave Flaubert
In this literature worksheet, learners respond to 12 short answer and essay questions about Flaubert's Madame Bovary. Students may also link to an online interactive quiz on the novel at the bottom of the page.
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The East Africa Times
Learners work in teams as editors to design the front page of a newspaper covering a country in east Africa. They individually research and write articles that define modern life for the country's citizens.
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The Very Hungry Caterpillar
Learners read the book The Very Hungry Caterpillar and answer questions. In this Bloom's Taxonomy questioning instructional activity, students answer knowledge, comprehension, analysis , application and synthesis questions about the book...
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Persuasion
Students explore the characteristics of a persuasive letter. They label each characteristic and they create a persuasive letter using the correct business letter format. Students recommend a school rule or change of a rule and justify...