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Writing Fix
Writing Fix: Responding to Comparison/contrast: Word Splash Sentences [Pdf]
For this PDF comparison/contrast lesson, students learn a word splash writing activity which asks students to craft meaningful sentences that utilize content vocabulary words. Students-alone or in groups-examine a collection of...
Writing Fix
Writing Fix: Now & Then
Inspired by Gene Barretta's Now & Ben: The Modern Inventions of Benjamin Franklin this fantastic cross-curricular activity has students comparing or contrasting a particular topic of history with how things are in this day and age.
ClassFlow
Class Flow: Alike? Different? Compare and Contrast
[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart contains numerous interactive activities. The flipchart introduces students to the concept of comparison and contrast, how it relates to real life, how it is used by authors, and signal...
Teachers.net
Teachers.net: Venn Diagrams With the Pain and the Great One
Come and check out this awesome lesson plan featuring Judy Blume's book, "The Pain and the Great One." Learners will have an opportunity to learn about comparing and contrasting through this Venn diagram lesson plan.
The Book Report
Kids reads.com: The Fudge Books by Judy Blume
This comprehensive site features activities, reviews, and more for Judy Blume's "The Fudge Books." Come and explore this educational gold mine.
Scholastic
Scholastic: Judy Blume's Biography
Discover more about the life and work of Judy Blume with this resource. Students and teachers will gain a different perspective of this author after exploring this resource.
ReadWriteThink
Read Write Think: Write Talks: Students Discover Real Writers/audiences/purposes
There's a world of writers out there, and in this lesson students discover them as they listen to presentations from local writers and learn about what, why, and how they write in their day-to-day lives.
Other
Hong Kong Polytech: Functions in Academic Writing
Provides a wealth of interactive exercises dealing mainly with the structuring of sentences in different kinds of academic writing.
University of Texas at Austin
Spanish Proficiency Exercises:beginning Task 07
Video clips of native Spanish speakers provide examples for students who are taking Spanish. The videos feature Spanish speakers describing physical features of different people.. Provides a transcript as well so you can read along.
PBS
Pbs: The Roman Empire of the 1st Century: The Violence of Ancient Rome
This lesson focuses on the extreme violence that permeated Roman society and how that violence may have attributed to the downfall of the Roman Empire. Students will make comparisons between the violence in ancient Rome and the violence...