Do the places you have lived influence what you write? Class members research the lives of writers and look for how places these writers have lived might have influenced their writings. 

The Dubliners contains 15 short stories all bound in one book. The stories begin with narration by young children, and as they progress, so do the ages of the narrators. The author, James Joyce, focuses most stories on characters that...

In this online interactive reading comprehension worksheet, students respond to 13 multiple choice questions about Joyce's Dubliners. Students may submit their answers to be scored.

In this online interactive literature activity, students respond to 8 short answer and essay questions about James Joyce's Dubliners. Students may check some of their answers online.

In this online interactive reading comprehension worksheet, learners respond to 25 multiple choice questions about James Joyce's Dubliners. Students may submit their answers to be scored.

In this online interactive reading comprehension activity, students respond to 12 multiple choice questions about The Importance of Being Earnest. Students may submit their answers to be scored.

Whether it's St. Patrick's Day or not, this lesson can be a great way to study James Joyce and how his heritage has influenced his writing. The lesson is meant to be used with the Gale database, specifically the Student Resource Center...

In this making predictions worksheet, young scholars write nine sentences about various areas making predictions about their lives. Students read a text about recent changes in Ireland and Dublin and decide what type of word might fit...

Who are "the most pernicious race of little odious vermin that nature ever suffered to crawl upon the surface of the earth”? Readers of Gulliver’s Travels will learn the answer, as the journey with Lemuel Gulliver to Lilliput,...

Students participate in a lesson that focuses on the literature of Korea. "The Name Jar" is read by students to practice some essential reading skills. This would include the recognition of sequence in a story, characterization, and...

Pupils explore the different forms of media utilized by journalism including writing, photography, video, sound and the Internet. In this journalism activity, students compare and contrast the ways in which information is presented...

In this Vikings worksheet, learners read a passage on the Vikings, answer short answer questions, draw, and research the internet. Students complete 4 activities.

In this world capitals worksheet, students practice research skills as they identify the capital cities of the 20 countries listed.

In this homophones instructional activity, students read sentences and underline the incorrect word in the sentence while they provide the sentence with the correct homophone. Students complete 15 sentences.

In this presentation worksheet, students read the descriptions of the characters on the sheet, and fill in the blanks to sentences about them. Students fill in 39 blanks total.

For this reading worksheet, students answer 20 true/false questions about cities around the world. If an answer is false, students write the correct answer.

In this ESL verb forms worksheet, students read a story about John and his girlfriend. For each blank space, students fill in the correct verb form of the word provided.

Students learn how death is an indicator of the community beliefs and values, and how have the rituals surrounding death changed over time.

Fifth graders identify the basic elements of a narrative story, such as the beginning, middle, and the end; to analyze the character traits in the story to write a summary using the 5 Ws and How chart included; through sample stories...

For this online interactive reading comprehension worksheet, students respond to 18 short answer and essay questions based on Joyce's Ulysses. Students may also access an online quiz on the selection using the link at the bottom of...

In this Saint Patrick's Day worksheet, students complete activities such as reading a passage, phrase matching, fill in the blanks, correct words, multiple choice, spelling sequencing, scrambled sentences, asking questions, take a...

High schoolers analyze strong female characters infive different European folktales. In this European folktales lesson, students identify the setting and culture described in each folktale to gain understanding of the...

Want to improve your handwriting? This 48-page resource is packed with practice exercises designed to make handwritten items more legible.

In this Battle of Clontarf worksheet, learners read about the battle, answer short answer questions, draw a picture, and make a model of the battle. Students complete 4 activities.