K12 Reader
Playground Antonyms
There are opposites all around you, even at school! Using an antonym word bank with playground-themed words, young learners complete sentences opposite in meaning from the ones provided.
Gottlieb
Kennings vs. Stock Epithets – A Quick Review
Bone-crusher. Troll-wife. Battle-sweat. Blood-worm. What study of Beowulf would be complete without offering readers of this Old English epic poem an opportunity to craft their own kennings and epithets? Provide individuals with a copy...
Curated OER
Illustrating the Elements of a Story
Explore the elements of a story with this two-page graphic organizer. Readers write and draw descriptions of each element, including setting, plot, conflict, rising action, climax, dialogue, and narration.
Curated OER
Comparisons: Well-Known Sayings
How familiar is your class with basic idioms? Eight idioms and their explanations are listed here, and learners must match each explanation with the correct idiom. Looking for a way to extend this activity? Have your learners choose one...
Curated OER
Proverb Test
Use this entertaining worksheet in your class after a lesson on proverbs or as a fun activity after a test. Learners read each question and think of the proverb or expression that best fits the description. Have them work in teams or...
Curated OER
French Idioms With "If"
Your intermediate French speakers study a series of five French proverbs (all using si + le conditionnel). Can they explain what each proverb or idiom means? Answers are not included here, but it might be interesting to break learners...
Curated OER
Irish Idioms Exercise
Whether or not it’s St. Patrick’s Day, whether or not your pupils are studying the Gaeilge, they will have a great fun with this worksheet of Irish Idioms. An answer sheet is provided. That’s grand!
K12 Reader
3-D: It’s Not Just for Movies
This two-part reading comprehension exercise asks kids to read a short passage about cubes, rectangular prisms, spheres and pyramids, and then to respond to a series of questions about the article.
Barbara Kowal
Winter Crossword (with Pictures)
This winter, reinforce vocabulary instruction with a crossword puzzle. Scholars examine picture clues to determine its word and plug them into the puzzle. Vocabulary terms include snowball, skate, cold, and more!
Curated OER
Idiom Quizzes - L
In this online interactive figurative language worksheet, students respond to 20 multiple choice questions regarding the meaning of idioms.
K12 Reader
Alliteration in Literature and Rhetoric
Middle schoolers are asked to identify the alliteration used in John F. Kennedy's Inaugural Address, Emily Dickinson's "May-Flower," and a passage from Robert Lewis Stevenson's Kidnapped.
Curated OER
Idiom Workout
Teach your students that identifying a phrase as an idiom isn't an insult! Providing an ample definition of the term "idiom," as well as three categories of popular idioms ("get the..." "in a..." and "on the..."), the activity prompts...
Curated OER
People Alliteration
Young readers discover alliteration as they read about it and fill in the blanks in 12 questions using alliterative words.
Curated OER
Animal Alliteration
Second graders discover alliteration as they read about it and fill in the blanks in 12 questions using alliterative words.
Curated OER
Famous People - A Quiz on Definite and Indefinite Articles
This online, interactive worksheet helps English language learners practice identifying the correct article among four options. Feedback is immediate by clicking on the answer button following each questions. It includes 15 questions...
Curated OER
To Kill a Mockingbird
Provided here are activities and questions for Part I of To Kill a Mockingbird (although one activity is also included for Part II). Readers study the novel's plot, characters, and setting. I wouldn't recommend using this as the sole...
Curated OER
Chapter 19 B Word Search Puzzle
For this language arts worksheet, learners examine 12 words in a word bank which pertain to geometric figures. Students locate the words in a word search puzzle. The meaning of the title is unclear.
Curated OER
Understanding Idioms
For this language arts worksheet, learners discover that idioms are spoken or written sentences where the meaning is not obvious from the individual words used. Students read 10 idioms and match them with their meanings from a word bank.
Curated OER
Idioms Beginning with V
In this online interactive language instructional activity, students choose the multiple choice answer that best describes each idiom that begins with a V.
Curated OER
Idioms 3
In this English language skills worksheet, students answer 6 multiple choice questions regarding the meaning of idioms.
Curated OER
Spelling by Picture - School Subjects
In this school subjects spelling worksheet, students spell each of the 8 school subject words correctly in the blanks provided. There is a corresponding picture to help students figure out what the word is, and some of the letters are...
Mt. San Antonio Collage
Elementary Geometry
Your class may believe that geometry is a trial, but they don't know how right they are. A thorough math lesson combines the laws of logic with the laws of geometry. As high schoolers review the work of historical mathematicians and...
ESL Library
Muhammad Ali
"Float like a butterfly, and sting like a bee" with a resource about the greatest boxer of our generation. A short biographical reading passage introduces young readers to Muhammad Ali, and includes information about his early life...
K12 Reader
Alliteration and Tongue Twisters
Did she sell seashells by the seashore, or did Bill buy berries by the ballpark? Practice literary skills with an activity based on famous tongue twisters. Kids replace the nouns, verb, and adjectives in two phrases to create a new...
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