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The Little Red Hen: A Tale of Cooperation
Ensure that your kids don't even consider saying "Not me!" when it comes time to read by engaging them in this set of lesson plans based around "The Little Red Hen." The class reads the story together before starting in on additional...
Novelinks
The Lightning Thief: Before Reading Strategy
This pre-reading activity will certainly make your class ponder. With five questions to reflect upon, get insight to the moral dilemma Percy faced in the novel Percy Jackson and the Olympians, The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan.
Shmoop
ELA.CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.11-12.2
There is nothing more frustrating than discussing theme in literature, and now the Common Core requires that your learners determine two or more, and discuss the development of it throughout the text. This is crazy, but manageable with...
Victoria Theatre Association
The Ugly Duckling Resource Guide
Our differences aren't meant to divide us! Use Hans Christian Andersen's classic tale "The Ugly Duckling" to reinforce the concept that appearances don't define someone's character, and that there is always somewhere where we belong.
Millennium Schools
Lifestyle Chemistry
My name is Bond, Hydrogen Bond. Written for distance scholars working on chemistry at the high school level, the lesson includes eight weeks worth of material divided into six parts: substances you use, mixing it up, your skin, what's...
Wordpress
Social Issues and Art Inquiry Project
Connect art to social issues with a extended inquiry project. Individuals or small groups select a social issue and a type of art to explore. They complete a KWL chart for both the social issue and the art strand and take time to create...
York Catholic
Elements of Drama
Introduce young actors to the key elements of performance with this handout that defines key staging terms and activities.
Novelinks
Wildwood Dancing: Rewriting a Fairytale
After completing Juliet Marillier's young adult novel Wildwood Dancing, class members rewrite a traditional fairy tale, making three significant changes to illustrate a theme of their choosing.
Museum of Tolerance
Documents That Shape Society
The Bill of Rights is a foundational document of American democracy, much like the Nuremberg Laws were a foundational document of the Reichstag of Nazi Germany. But that's where their similarities end. Engage high schoolers in a...
PBS
The Roosevelts: An Intimate History—Snapshot Lessons
The Roosevelt family was one of the most influential and prominent political forces in the 20th century, leaving behind a wide-ranging legacy of conservation, progressivism, and economic growth. Learn more about President Theodore...
Virginia Repertory Theatre
The Town Mouse and the Country Mouse
Accompany the story, Town Mouse Country Mouse by Jan Brett with an assortment of activities designed to reinforce concepts covering story structure, comprehension, grammar, and social studies. Here, scholars identify the difference...
Curated OER
Sing a Tale
This activity allows students to explore the elements of traditional folktales in folk music.
Curated OER
World Literature: The Inferno Essay
In this literature analysis worksheet, studnets read Dante's Inferno and write an introduction with a thesis statement. Students give a synopsis of the comedy and then write an essay. Students select from the five options to complete the...
McGraw Hill
Mc Graw Hill Companies: Critical Thinking Exercises
10 valuable critical thinking exercises ranging in subject matter. Includes questions and exercises regarding biological development, language usage, morals, values and ethics, and thought cycles.
University of Massachusetts
University of Massachusetts, Amherst: Aesop's Fables
Work your way through the moral tales of Aesop. Table of context provides links to traditional tellings and modernized versions. Videos and original illustrations help tell the stories.
PBS
Pbs: The Political Dr. Seuss
Behind some of your favorite Dr. Seuss characters are messages of social and political context. Explained here in detail are some examples of these types of works along with a biography.
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Dr. Chase Young, Ph D: Reader's Theater Script: The Ant and the Grasshopper [Pdf]
A reader's theater script for Aesop's fable, The Ant and the Grasshopper, is provided on these pages. Five character roles are needed in this activity.
Read Works
Read Works: The Grasshopper and the Ant
[Free Registration/Login Required] This site shares the fable of The Grasshopper and the Ant. This passage is a stand-alone curricular piece that reinforces essential reading skills and strategies and establishes scaffolding for...
University of Massachusetts
University of Massachusetts: Aesop's Fables: "The Lion and the Mouse"
Read this traditional fable of "The Lion and the Mouse" to learn that even little friends can do great things. Two illustrated versions are provided. Both include the same text, but one has traditional illustrations while the other has...
University of Massachusetts
University of Massachusetts: Aesop's Fables: "The Man and the Satyr"
Read and view illustrations for a traditional and then a modern-day retelling of Aesop's fable "The Man and the Satyr."
University of Massachusetts
University of Massachusetts: Aesop's Fables: "The Wolf in Sheep's Clothing"
Read the illustrated fable "The Wolf in Sheep's Clothing" to learn that things are not always the way they look on the outside. Then read the same fable with modern illustrations to see a different perspective and make connections.
Read Works
Read Works: The Boy Who Cried Wolf
[Free Registration/Login Required] A retelling of the classic fable of the shepherd boy who cried wolf. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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Read Works: Oh Nuts!
[Free Registration/Login Required] A literary text about two little squirrels. One collected nuts to prepare for winter, but the other decided to have fun playing instead. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in...
Read Works
Read Works: Oh Nuts!
[Free Registration/Login Required] A literary text about one little squirrel who gathers nuts for winter and another little squirrel who does not. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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