In this lesson plan, 5th graders will engage in descriptive writing. Students will improve a piece of writing by using precise word choices that are full of sensory word choices.

The point of fiction is to cast a spell, a momentary illusion that you are living in the world of the story. But how do writers suck readers into stories in this way? Nalo Hopkinson shares some tips for how to use language to make your...

Created to teach students of the 21st century, SOPHIA is bringing the 8 parts of speech straight to your fingertips. Become the commander of your own learning experiences as you take part in this interactive lesson, including a...

When you write a narrative, you can draw your reader into your experiences by adding specific, concrete details and sensory language to your storytelling. This lesson tells you exactly how to do it. W.9-10.3d Precise/sensory details,...

Students will be able to describe familiar items and with prompting and support provide additional details by making Flubber. Making Flubber encourages students to engage in descriptive dialogue which helps develop the ability to provide...

For this lesson, students will develop a character by acting out the character for a partner. Students also will learn how to use descriptive language to develop and describe a character.

A brief description of the differences between compiled and interpreted programming languages.

Students work in teams to design a tabletop supply organizer inspired by the natural home of an insect species. Their prototype stores the group's classroom supplies (scissors, crayon boxes, pencils, and glue sticks). In addition to...

There are many computer programming languages in use today. This lecture series presents a brief description of the progression of programming languages.

A description of integer primitive data types and how they are implemented in the C and C++ programming languages.

Find out more about the Newbery awardwinning author Karen Hesse when you explore this resource. Provides a biographical description, a booklist and an interview transcript.

A description of how the Java Virtual Machine deals with floating point arithmetic.

During this lesson students navigate the Internet to learn about the accomplishments of George Washington Carver. Students explore the history of peanuts and sample different types of peanuts. They use their five senses to write a...

A wiki description of EToys and how they work with the Squeak programming language.

Description of what constant width means along with the question "are there shapes of constant width?". [Requires Java.]

A description of the Set interface in the Java programming language.

This series of 12 downloadable activities teach students some basics of story writing, using books or videos from the PBS "Arthur" series as a springboard. Activities include creating story maps, asking questions about characters and...

A page for accessing code for a collection of parallel algorithms.The algorithms are implemented in the parallel programming language NESL and developed by the Scandal project. There is a brief description along with its complexity (in...

A brief description about many areas of interest concerning Ireland. Areas include history, climate, environment, religion and languages, life expectancy, and others.

An alphabetical list of all the European countries with short descriptions stating their capital, population, political system, currency, and languages spoken.

Check out this interdisciplinary lesson plan. Students have an opportunity to draw a card with an adjective word and another card with a noun word and then make a drawing of the object.

Describing 3D shapes in Pre-K and Kindergarten is now an expectation as it is a key geometry standard. This resource contains 3D shapes activities and resources for practicing this standard. Included are chants, videos, games, poetry,...

Learners will learn how to use better word choices by completing a cloze activity, listening to A House for Hermit Crab by Eric Carle, and completing a word web.

This lesson focuses on teacher preparation of lesson plans before attempting to teach students to write short stories. It includes questions to ask yourself, ideas for activities, and a sample lesson plan.