Class members must provide definitions for a list of literary terms. The resource could be used as a notebook reference sheet, as a review, or as a group work activity.

In this Edgar Allan Poe worksheet, students work in groups to answer a series of questions for Edgar Allan Poe's story, "The Black Cat."

In this reading and study guide worksheet, pupils define 3 vocabulary words, define 5 literary terms, and respond to 14 short answer questions pertaining to chapter 1 of John Knowles's A Separate Peace.

Students study sequencing while reading an Australian folk tale. In this sequencing lesson students read a folk tale using Reader's Theater and discuss what happened first, second and last. Students also create animal ears and noses...

Students identify short story elements. In this story elements lesson plan, students review vocabulary about the elements of a story and then practice finding the elements in the short story links.

In this reading guide, students define vocabulary and literary terms found in the articles 'OJ's Final Run' and 'Cirque du OJ'. Students also answer comprehension questions based on the reading.

In this The Ring activity and progress test worksheet, students respond to a total of 19 short answer, multiple choice, matching, true/false, and fill-in-the-blank questions pertaining to The Ring.

In this "Three Little Pigs" worksheet, learners use their reading fluency and comprehension skills to read parts in this 5 page play.

Fourth graders read the book, Good Dog by Alexandra Day. In this writing activity, 4th graders re-write the story from a chosen character's point of view. This activity can be used with many other wordless picture books.

Learners, in groups, read a melodrama and rehearse their scenes to perform in front of the rest of the class.

Sixth graders listen as the teacher describes the difference between the 1st and 3rd person. They then search through their literature books to find a story written from a 3rd person perspective and discuss why the story is in third...

Fifth graders recall the major plot points of a chapter book. After reading the chapter book "Stone Fox," they students describe the plot framework through use of a worksheet. Students are then divided into group to act out selected...

In this Speak comprehension check worksheet, students respond to 18 short answer questions covering chapter 2 of Speak by Laurie Anderson in order to help them better understand the chapter and the novel.

In this online interactive grammar skills worksheet, students answer 10 multiple choice questions regarding illogical comparisons and mixed construction. Students may submit their answers to be scored.

Students culminate a science and language arts unit by participating in a performance. In this performance lesson, students make costumes and scenery before performing a play entitled, "The Mystery of the Missing Jewel Fish."

Students use video and the Internet to make predictions, draw conclusions, determine conflict and point of view while reading a short story. In this short story analysis lesson, students watch a related video and complete a prediction...

In this point of view flash cards worksheet, 8th graders create a set of flash cards for story writing perspective (first,n second, third person) with name and definition on one side and an example on the other.

Learners explore the evolution of time measurement, and explain the relationship of sunrise/sunset to length of daylight. They collect data and calculations to determine length of daylight during a given day.

Students dramatize a two act play in which scene one depicts the story of Lazzaro Spallanzani and the second act deal with Louis Pasteur and his refutation of spontaneous generation.

Students perform a play about the early explorers to America.

Students view a video and discuss different kinds of feet found in the animal kingdom. They make prints using paint, rubber stamps and their own feet and then measure and compare the tracks.

Students classify, weight and organize items during this lesson. This lesson works great as or with an introduction of the Periodic Table of Elements.

Pupils examine how connected they are to the environment and how organisms are affected by other organisms. They also discover that the environment is affected by human interactions.

Fourth graders apply scientific information about various landforms. They use the information to write and word process acrostic poems which they illustrate with clip art or pictures from magazines.