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.

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...

This is a lesson plan for teaching the seven literary terms used in poetry: simile, metaphor, alliteration, imagery, hyperbole, personification, and onomatopoeia.

This site offers links to lesson plans and ideas for teaching Onomatopoeia to high school students.

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,...

This article discusses people wanting to talk like Shakespeare and offers suggestions for ways to use Shakespeare's language in quotes, vocabulary, in party games, etc. The official Talk Like Shakespeare Day is April 23rd, Shakespeare's...

This site offers a definition of onomatopoeia and two lesson plans with two activities each for teaching onomatopoeia to 9th graders.

This glossary explains genetic and cell biology terms in language that is relatively easy to understand.

A learning module that begins with "How Human Should a Gorilla Be?" by Barbara J. King, accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. The text can be printed as a PDF or assigned online through...

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.

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