Students are guided through a series of websites which teach about the history of printing, the invention of the printing press, the trials of Johann Gutenberg, and advancements in printing. This 20 question multiple choice quiz is...

Young scholars are introduced to the composer, Gioacchino Rossini, and discuss his life and musical culture.

Students review a school map and identify areas along with vocabulary words. They label a map as a class then create corresponding flash cards and practice new vocabulary flash cards in pairs.

Students activity find the multiplicity of meanings buried within Shakespeare's language. They examine how the meanings of words differ in modern America and in Venice.

Students research and write about the importance of a primary industry in an assigned region of Canada. They study the environmental impact of developing a primary resource.

In this Language Arts worksheet, students read a short text and answer 8 questions. For example, students choose the correct spelling of the word excited.

Students explore the inauguration of George W. Bush, examine historical precedents, and devise inaugural proceedings for a person of their own choosing.

This lesson focuses on teaching compound words and is specifically designed for second grade; however, it could be adjusted for other grades.

This site offers two lessons with worksheets and answer keys on the use of who vs. whom as subjects and objects and relative pronouns.

View a lesson on using dictionaries and glossaries to determine the meaning of words. Test your skills using Test Mode or Game Mode.

[Free Registration/Login Required] A series of four lesson plans designed to develop students' vocabulary skills including understanding prefixes, using context clues, and using a glossary and a dictionary. Lessons are based on the books...

This article focuses on teaching 2nd graders to form possessive. It provides two complete lesson plans with activities for teaching them how to form possessives.

This lesson focuses on using resources such as dictionaries, thesauruses (or thesauri), and glossaries to find and use words that will improve not only your reading skills but also your writing skills. L.11-12.4c References

This lesson plan 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.

This lesson focuses on increasing your vocabulary including using context clues, dictionaries, and your working vocabulary. It also offers two videos with strategies for enhancing your vocabulary.

This video lesson focuses on the strategy of hearing unfamiliar vocabulary said aloud. The advantages of hearing it said aloud include activating prior knowledge and the brain remembering it better. It offers ways to learn the...

This lesson focuses on strategies to retain new words such as reading voraciously, use a good dictionary and thesaurus, use new words, and learn a new word every day. It also provides an annotated biography of resource material.

This slideshow lesson focuses on compound words; it defines the term, provides a list of examples of both hyphenated and non-hyphenated compound words, explains the rules for when to hyphenate them, and provides examples. It also...

In this lesson, you'll be reminded why spelling is important; a three-step strategy to follow when you edit your written work or the work of your peers; when to rely on the spell-checker and when to override it with your own good...

In a given text, words and phrases do not appear in isolation but are embedded in the context of a narrative, an argument, an explanation, and so on. Accordingly, clarifying meaning questions test your ability to identify contextually...

Students will have the opportunity to do research on a weather topic in which they are interested. This activity will teach the students how to use dictionaries, encyclopedias, resource books and the Internet to find facts about the...