Scholars learn about the Hero's Journey as they read Ray Bradbury's "The Drummer Boy of Shiloh." They analyze the story's structure and narrative techniques. Finally, they write summaries of the text's central idea and use their...

This engaging picture dictionary encourages reading and vocabulary building among your young students whose first language is Spanish. There are also coloring activities which can be printed out.

This engaging picture dictionary encourages reading and vocabulary building among your young students whose first language is Spanish. There are also coloring activities which can be printed out.

This engaging picture dictionary encourages reading and vocabulary building among young students whose first language is German. There are also activity pages which can be printed for classroom use.

Listed alphabetically, these commonly misspelled words often find their way into our writing! Here are the correct spellings, with brief tips for remembering how to write these words correctly. In addition, use the links of the left to...

Distinguish between the denotative (dictionary) meaning of a word and its connotative (emotions or associations that are implied rather than literal) meaning. L.9-10.5b nuances

By simply using the side, blue navigation bar, you can get very complete dictionary-style references for English-Spanish and Spanish-English translations. Easy to understand. Idioms are included. There is also a free download which...

English and Dutch students can begin to build a basic vocabulary by using this picture dictionary. Students learn words by clicking on different letters and seeing pictures of those words. Easy site to use. If entry word is hot linked,...

A short biography of English writer and lexicographer Samuel Johnson. Includes information on Johnson's friendship and travels with his eventual biographer, James Boswell.

This lesson defines antonyms, explains where to locate them in a dictionary and thesaurus, discusses why it is helpful to know antonyms, and provides examples. Offered in both text and audio formats.