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More Choices
Fourth graders create onomatopoeia for a variety of things such as a mean dog, a crying baby or a doorbell ringing after exploring word choice as used by authors in selected books. They complete a Word Choice worksheet that is attached.
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Don't Eat Your Words
Students create punctuation marks using different sizes and shapes of macaroni. They show their understanding of proper use of quotation marks.
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Vivid Verbs in Writing
Eighth graders explore how to incorporate vivid verbs in their writing. They review action verbs in sentences and view a Power Point presentation discussing possible verbs and their meanings. They view a website and retell a Greek myth...
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Personal / Group Magazine
Sixth graders complete the magazine template in the Macmillan "Writer's Journal" available through the basic skills department using word processing, spreadsheet, graphic, and electronic resource (i.e.-Internet) skills
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Peter and the Wolf
Students create movements to music that reflect focused listening, write story using complete, coherent sentences, design and perform class play speaking clearly and at an appropriate pace, and retell Peter and the Wolf story, including...
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Total English Intermediate: Suffix or Prefix?
In this intermediate suffix or prefix worksheet, learners examine the words in italics in 8 sentences and choose the appropriate suffix or prefix. Students also use prefixes and suffixes to form words.
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Types of Prepositions
In this grammar instructional activity, 5th graders examine the use of relation and location prepositions. They identify prepositions, and write lists of prepositions to be used in sentences. Includes teacher suggestions.
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Fractions to Percent
In this fraction worksheet, 6th graders change fractions to percent. Students complete 10 matching questions connecting the given fraction to its correct percentage amount.
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All About Me Poster
In this biography/autobiography lesson, young scholars read a few biographies and discuss the term and it's characteristics. Students then brainstorm what makes a good biography/autobiography and create an 'All about me' poster....
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Volleyball Recall Poster
Learners create an artistic promotional poster to assess retained knowledge of volleyball terms used during volleyball unit.
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Symbolic Poem
Students read and analyze several highly symbolic poems. They create their own symbolic poem, read it to the class, and discuss whether they can guess any hidden meanings.
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Preposition Pizazz
Young scholars examine examples of poems and identify the prepositions in them. They write original poems using prepositional phrases and create illustrations to go with them.
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Greeting Card to A Character
High schoolers create a greeting card from one character to another after finishing a novel. Individually, they use their imagination to write the paragraph using the text to support their ideas. They share their greeting card with the...
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The Gold Rush: An Introduction
Eleventh graders study the Gold Rush in relation to "To Build a Fire." They research a website and view a Power Point presentation on the Alaskan Gold Rush. They write notes on a graphic organizer and write a sentence supporting their...
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Twelve Angry Men
Students assess their understanding of Twelve Angry Men. They create flashcards for vocabulary terms, summarize one of the acts, construct a diorama and complete character wheels. They choose from other activities including creating...
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The Earth-Moon System
For this Earth and moon worksheet, students will review the different phases of the moon, how eclipses are created, and how the moon influences tidal patterns. This worksheet has 13 fill in the blank, 8 true or false, and 2 short answer...
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Waves
For this wave worksheet, students will review the characteristics of waves which includes the parts of a wave, how waves are measured, and how waves are created. This worksheet has 8 vocabulary used in a word puzzle, 5 true or false, and...
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Soil Formation
In this soil formation worksheet, high schoolers will review examples of chemical weathering and biological weathering. Students will also review the different soil layers and how they are created. This worksheet has 6 matching, 5...
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Can/Can't
Verbs are the focus of this language arts worksheet. Students complete 10 sentences by creating the ending to each sentence using the verbs "can" or "can't."
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QUIZ 6A: Indefinite Pronouns
In this indefinite pronouns worksheet, middle schoolers examine 21 sentences and fill in the blanks with "anything, nothing, anyone, anybody, no one, or nobody".
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Passive Voice: Theme Parks Around the World
In this passive voice instructional activity, students are given a sentence they must rewrite so that it is in the passive voice. Students complete this exercise with ten sentences.
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Final -ed Verb Endings: Practice Exercise 3
In this verbs worksheet, students complete a 25 question multiple choice on-line interactive practice exercise about verbs ending in "-ed". Students choose the best verb for the sentence from two choices.
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Modern Culture and Society
Sixth graders investigate different cultures by comparing the United States to Europe. In this social structure lesson, 6th graders discuss the economies, religions, languages and cultures in the Americas and Europe and define their...
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Animal Alphabet: Kindergarten Zoo
Students explore the letter sounds and read the book, "A, My Name is Alice." They create a page for a class alphabet book or zoo animal display.