Annenberg Foundation
Native Voices
The Navajo people build their dwellings with the doors facing the rising sun in the east to welcome wealth and fortune. Pupils learn about the traditions of the Navajo people in the first part of a 16-part unit. They explore American...
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Writing Places
High schoolers brainstorm ideas after being read a poem and then are to write their own poem and read them out loud.
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Poetry
Students apply reading comprehension skills to poetry and synthesize the information to create a new piece of work.
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Presenting Poetry
Students encounter the fluency formula that states that it is important for kids to read and reread decodable words in a connected text. They must become effortless decoders in order to read fluently, and fluency in reading allows the...
Classroom Adventures Program
Creating Characters
Examine character in depth. Over the course of these six lessons, learners explore their own character traits, determine the traits of characters in the books they read, practice comparing and contrasting, and collaborate in small groups...
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My Antonia: Guided Imagery
Willa Cather's novel My Antonia is full of vivid imagery. Encourage your pupils to visualize and translate images from the text into original writing with this guided imagery activity. Learners listen to an excerpt, take a moment to...
Bully Free Systems
Bully Free Lesson Plans—10th Grade
Two lessons, "What Does Cyber Bullying Look Like?" and "Factors Influencing My Reporting the Bullying of Others," serve as examples of the 12 included in a Bully Free curriculum. Each plan includes discussion questions, an activity, and...
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What Genre Am I?
First graders differentiate between different pieces of literary genres by participating in a hands-on activity. This includes a student assessment sheet.
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
A World of Animals: English Language Development Lessons (Theme 10)
Animals are the theme of this series of English language development lessons. Scholars take part in grand conversations about woodland, jungle, and grassland animals. They also go on picture walks, read poems and high frequency words,...
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Haiku Written by Kids
In this Haiku poetry activity, learners will read 20 examples of Haiku poems written by students. The poems are centered around nature.
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Journeys: Challenge Activities (Theme 1)
This nine-page packet, the first in the series of support materials for the Houghton Mifflin Harcourt thematic units on journeys, contains enrichment activities for learners who have mastered the basic concepts of the lessons. Kids...
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Clause Types Recognition Practice
In this clauses worksheet, students read the examples and learn the difference between independent or main clauses and dependent or subordinate clauses. Students write down both kinds of clauses in ten sentences.
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Identify Figurative Language
Your class can identify idioms, metaphosr, similes, hyperboles or personification by reading poetry and interpret meaning.
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My Name Is Me!
Learners write about themselves. In this personal writing lesson, students write their name vertically down a sheet of paper and think of a self descriptive word that matches each letter of their name. Learners write a descriptive...
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First Day of GT
Students discuss feelings about being teased about being a gifted student. In this feelings lesson plan, students then toss balls to each other and give responses based on questions asked.
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Making Text-to-Text Connections
Model for your class how to make text-to-text connections by following the script presented by this resource. No specific texts are offered as examples.
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Figurative Language
Students interpret figurative language. In this language lesson, students are read the poem "I Love the Look of Words" by Maya Angelou and are to find examples of hyperbole and personification in the poem. Students then rotate among...
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Picture It: Teaching Descriptive Writing
There are many fun and effective ways to teach students to write descriptively.
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May Writing Ideas
In this writing instructional activity, students explore and discover a variety of ways to help make writing more interesting and creative.
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First Day of GT
Students listen to and discuss a poem about a gifted student. They discuss what being gifted means to them and their families, and participate in a game that helps students to bond with each other.
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God's Weaving in Taylor's "Huswifery"
Eleventh graders trace Taylor's use of conceit or extended metaphor in his poem "Huswifery" where he compares the process of cloth making to God's salvation of man, and write a poem in which they compare a personal transformation with an...
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Stories Aren't Always What They Seem; Or Are They?
Students draw conclusions about a story with examples to support their statements. In this reading comprehension activity, students look at a PowerPoint of a variety of passages from different books. They answer questions about the...
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Art and National Identity: Analyzing Painting and Literature from the Era of Manifest Destiny
Students begin the activity by discussing the causes and effects of the movement west. Using primary sources, they develop their own definition for manifest destiny. In groups, they view examples of paintings and read poems on the...
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Darfur Now Lesson Four: The Messages of Darfur Now
Students explore the work in individuals that are part of Darfur Now. In this human rights lesson plan, students also analyze the message of Weisel's Not on Our Watch. Students create found poems pertaining to social responsibility and...