An informative activity invites learners to compose essays about animals. Some excellent writing prompts are included in this innovative activity. Use these ideas with a variety of grade levels.

Does your class love reading cartoons? Use their talents and interests to examine the process of writing a story they wish to tell through a cartoon. They develop the beginning, middle, and end of a story based on their original...

In this owl cartoon worksheet, students enjoy a wordless cartoon story about an owl mother and her babies. It is somewhat difficult to understand the moral. There are no directions.

In this animals activity, students view different familiar cartoon characters and answer multiple choice questions about what animals they are. Students complete 7 questions total.

Research a historic event using textbooks, primary source documents, the Internet, and other library and media resources. Young historians will take the research they have gathered and write an attention-grabbing, historically accurate...

The second lesson in a five-part poetry unit asks seventh graders to construct a metaphor poem. First, pupils examine Emily Dickinson's "The Railway Train" and identify the metaphor. They then select an object and an animal and craft a...

In this owl cartoon instructional activity, students color and examine a cartoon depicting a mother owl and her two baby owls who are taking a bath. No directions are given.

In this ESL Christmas activity learning exercise, students respond to 12 short answer questions after they have watched a Shrek Christmas animated show.

In this naming activity, learners write the names of 9 animals based on the cartoon like pictures that are shown. They name animals such as a cat, a dolphin, a dog, and a turtle.

Tenth graders analyze animated Disney movies. They demonstrate their awareness of how the artful use of language can affect and influence others. They evaluate how both genders and cultures are portrayed in mass media.

Gulliver's Travels tells the story of a man who goes on voyages and encounters strange people. A unit plan introduces readers to the classic text, as well as excerpts from other examples of sarcasm and satire, such as "A Modest...

This resource on personification provides three different approaches aimed at different levels. The first, appropriate for upper elementary, provides examples of personification, followed by an exercise that requires replacing a word in...

Students brainstorm on the evolution of communication with the use of an animated cartoon activity, 'From Caveman to Spaceman.' They discuss their own personal communication development and create a timeline to illustrate how they have...

Students complete a variety of activities related to the book "Dr. Seuss's ABC." They discuss the imaginary animals from the book and create a drawing of their own animal for the letter Z, and locate each letter on an alphabet chart...

In this coloring worksheet, students observe a cartoon-style black line drawing of a hippopotamus. Students color the picture.

For this coloring worksheet, learners examine a black line drawing of a cartoon- style animal that appears to be a beaver. Students color the picture.

In this coloring learning exercise, students examine a black line drawing of a cartoon style lion. Students color the picture. This page is not titled.

In this coloring activity, students color in a cartoon picture of a dog. Students can also cut out the illustration and add their own details to the picture.

In this coloring worksheet, students observe a black line drawing of a cartoon-style piglet. Students color the picture which has no title.

In this coloring worksheet, students examine a black line drawing of a cartoon-style duck swimming in water. There is no title on the page.

In this coloring worksheet, students examine a black line drawing of a cartoon-style angry bull. Students color the picture which has no title.

In this coloring learning exercise, students examine a black line drawing of a cartoon-style seal character. Students color the picture.

In this coloring worksheet, students examine a picture of a cartoon-style bear waving his hand from behind an upper case letter B. Students color the picture.

Seventh graders read a newspaper account of "Grady the Silo Cow" and complete news-writing activities. In this news-writing lesson, 7th graders read the newspaper account about the cow. Students examine newspapers and work in groups to...