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Match the prefixes
In this prefixes worksheet, students match the base words with their appropriate prefixes. Students complete 5 matches total.
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Lesson One: The Historian's Craft
Students examine a fairy tale villain (such as the wolf from the Three Little Pigs or the Wicked Witch of the West from The Wizard of Oz). Next, they complete a worksheet considering the challenges presented by historical resources.
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What is Opera? Fill in the Blank
In this opera worksheet, students fill in 17 blanks in an essay that explains the composition of an opera. They use the words given in two word banks which include recitative, chorus, solo, ensemble, scenes, aria, and duet.
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Guess the Secret Code
Students practice blending sounds into words. After the instructor demonstrates blending phonemes to make words that can be read, students are divided into two teams for a word blending game. Given the initial and final sounds,...
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Questions for "The Black Cat"
In this Edgar Allan Poe instructional activity, students work in groups to answer a series of questions for Edgar Allan Poe's story, "The Black Cat."
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Nibble, Nibble, Little Mouse
Students complete activities to analyze points of view in different texts. In this point of view lesson plan, students read Hansel and Gretel and The Magic Circle and discuss the points of view. Students choose a character from the story...
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Witch Maze
In this witch maze worksheet, students figure out the most efficient way for a witch to work through a maze to find her broom.
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Halloween
Discover the origins and traditions of Halloween with a crafty lesson plan! Second graders create bats, monsters, witches, and ghosts with masks and puppets. Next, they share their work with their classmates in a fun...
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Witchcraft
Tenth graders develop response to witchcraft from a historical and cultural perspective. They evaluate the use of ceremonies and rituals in witchcraft. They develop a character and develop use of genres and styles of drama. They role...
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Common and Proper Nouns
This worksheet helps young learners differentiate between common and proper nouns by coloring each of the examples on the page in either red or blue, depending on the type of noun.
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"Macbeth" Quotes: Fun Trivia Quiz
Who said that? Test takers are given ten quotes from Shakespeare's well-known play Macbeth and asked to identify the speaker from a list of four possible characters. Useful as a check for understanding or completion of reading, this quiz...
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Macbeth: Act Three Questions for Study
The 29 specified questions included in this resource cover the climax in Act three of Shakespeare’s Macbeth. Test your students by using this activity as a reading check quiz, group work exercise, or to illicit class discussion. If...
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The Power of Music
High schoolers analyze the music Shakespeare chose for his play The Tempest. They seek to research why he alluded to popular music and contemporary artists. Students make connections between their own musical knowledge/tastes/interests...
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Reading Comprehension Activity
In this reading comprehension worksheet, students listen to a story titled, "Winnie The Witch," and complete follow-up comprehension questions.
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What Do You See?
Students listen to a passage out of the book, The Lion, The Witch, and The Wardrobe and close their eyes to try to make a picture of what was being read; describing it in their mind. They then read a passage out of the book that is very...
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Viciousness in "Twelfth Night" and "Lord of the Flies"
Young scholars work in discussion groups to examine the treatment of Malvolio in Shakespeare's "Twelfth Night" by comparing the play to the novel "Lord of the Flies".
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Stomping and Romping with Shakespeare
Did you know that Green Eggs and Ham is written in iambic pentameter? Model the rhythm of language using Dr. Seuss’s tale. Direct class members to march about the room tapping their right foot on the first syllable and stomping their...
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Fairy Tale Alliterations
Fairy tales are the perfect way to focus on alliteration. Learners complete activities relating to alliteration and similes using a fairy tale theme. Then, they complete an acrostic poem using the words fairy tale.
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Ending a Famous Fairy Tale
Altering the ending of a famous fairy tale is a really fun way for kids to experience creative writing. The lesson here has them do just that! Learners listen to the famous fairy tale, "The Twelve Brothers," and change the ending of the...
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Pragmatics
Discover the differences in dialect when teaching linguistics. Many examples from Creole, Pidgin, slang, and the UK are used. The slides are black and white and mostly consist of various examples.
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Collective Nouns
In this grammar worksheet, students read the definition of collective nouns. They complete 17 phrases using the words from a word bank at the bottom of the page. They write more collective nouns on the back of the page.
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Dandelion Wine by Ray Bradbury
Create an online poster, or Glogster, with your class to promote Ray Bradbury's novel Dandelion Wine. This activity can be done at any time in the novel, although the directions suggest waiting until your readers near the end so...
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Dictionary Skills
An online, interactive activity provides plenty of practice with using the dictionary. Learners look up and complete or correct 22 compound nouns and adjectives. They connect definitions of words that have affixes to the definitions of...
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Gender of Nouns
Have a race in your class to see who can come up with the opposite gender noun for each of the nouns listed on this worksheet! This resource includes 3 sheets of nouns and lines on which pupils write the opposite gender noun. They write...